Youth Today
All posts tagged "afterschool"
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3.8K► NewsmakersJane Quinn of Children’s Aid & Nat’l Center for Community Schools Steps Down to Pursue Doctorate Degree
Jane Quinn, the vice president for community schools at the Children’s Aid in New York City and director of its National Center...
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4.8KNewsHow to Teach STEM and Have Fun With Rube Goldberg Machine Contest
When the cereal box slid down and dumped its contents in the toilet, the eighth graders cheered. They had successfully built a...
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10.0KGuest Opinion EssayHow Big Brothers Big Sisters Is Making Its Mentoring Programs More Inclusive for LGBTQ People
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning youth face extremely high rates of bullying, depression and homelessness. At school, they often experience bullying...
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9.3KNewsTransportation a Barrier to After-school Programs
What if a student wants to go to an after-school program but doesn’t have a ride? It’s an issue faced by most...
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2.6KNewsBryan Stevenson’s Message to Youth Workers: Change Narrative for Kids
At the end of April, Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Institute opened a striking museum and a memorial to 4,400 victims of lynching...
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3.2KNewsYouth Violence Shows How Necessary After-school Is, NAA Leaders Say
When NAA President and CEO Gina Warner stepped to the podium at lunchtime Tuesday at the National Afterschool Association Convention, she had...
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3.0KNewsDespite DeVos Claim, Data Show Effectiveness of After-school Programs
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday repeated the Trump administration's claim that no data shows after-school programs to be effective.
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5.5KNewsAfter-school Professionals Find New Ideas, Resources, Messages at NAA Convention
ATLANTA — About 1,800 after-school professionals attended workshops on social and emotional learning, effective approaches to STEM, creating high-quality programs and many...
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3.8KGuest Opinion EssayHow Closing My Competency-based School Led to Learning What Works
I closed the doors to Missouri’s first competency-based high school after just three years. Our school, based in St. Louis and on...
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Disadvantaged Middle School Youth Out-of-School Time Program Support Grants
Subject: Education, Out-of-School Time, Afterschool, Summer Learning | Deadline: Jan. 26, 2018
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2.4KNewsEx-Big Brother, Little Brother Team for Power Up, Providing Martial Arts, Mentoring
At a martial arts gym in Atlanta, kids sit in a semicircle around their sensei. He talks to them about persistence, about...
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2.4KNewsOhio’s Before- and After-school Project Link Wants to ‘Make Our Program More Professional’
Nora Gajewski is site coordinator at the Bassett Elementary school for Project Link, the before- and after-school program at the Westlake K-12...
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Afterschool Youth Digital Learning Center Program Grants
Subject: Education, Technology Education, STEM, Afterschool | Deadline: Ongoing
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2.2KNewsAfter-school Programs Have Role to Play in Reducing Bigotry, NAA Says
In the wake of hate crimes that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, adults who work with youth need to be equipped to...
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Early Childhood Education, After-School, Mentoring, Literacy, STEM and Job Training Program Grants
Subject: Education, Afterschool, Mentoring, Literacy, STEM, Job Training | Deadline: Jan. 15, 2017
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3.1KNews21st Century After-school Programs Connect Kids to Careers, Advocates Tell Congress
Colby Holmes, a recent high school graduate from the small town of New Hope, Alabama, found himself on Capitol Hill this week....
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3.0K► Nonprofit ToolboxCultivating Leaders: Scaffolding Successful Youth Outcomes with Strong Staff Supports
Holding hands, seven young people stood in a circle doing final breathing exercises before their entrance onto the stage — the culmination...
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National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award Grants
Subject: Youth Development, Education, Afterschool, Arts Education, Humanities | Deadline: Feb. 8, 2017
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3.6KNewsAfterschool Alliance Report: Add After-school Programs to High-Poverty Areas to Close Achievement Gap
It may be no surprise to youth development professionals: Kids who need after-school programs are not often able to enroll in them....
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2.7K► Nonprofit ToolboxUnify a Fragmented Profession: A Conversation About the OST Workforce
Ellen Gannett is director of the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College. NIOST...
