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All posts tagged "afterschool"
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4.2KNewsSummer camps are booming, fueled by largest single federal funding windfall
Pandemic spending included $3 billion for afterschool/summer programs addressing learning loss and mental health.
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2.3KOpinionSouth Dakota afterschool program shows the power of authentically responding to community needs
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has managed to access public funding bottlenecked in school budgets.
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2.7KNewsBiden signs executive order to improve access to child care
It aims to increase child care access and improve the work life of caregivers.
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The power of us comes from fully being us and fully seeing them
Complete Power of Us survey today to build understanding of youth program staff shortages.
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1.6K► ReportsSkills for success: developing social and emotional competencies in out-of-school-time programs
A new report discusses how OST programs can effectively incorporate SEL instruction and practices.
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3.3K► NewsmakersNational AfterSchool Association names 2023 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders
17 out-of-school time professionals from across the country were chosen.
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8.9KNews‘It’s not just a jail break’: Juvenile prison populations reach all-time lows
The statistics are fueling proponents’ hopes of entirely eliminating juvenile detention centers.
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4.1KOpinionHiring part-time, temporary staff to work with youth isn’t okay any more
We did something revolutionary with our two newest job postings in our youth program: offered them as full-time, year-round positions.
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3.0KNewsYoung farmers adapt to a hotter, drier future
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
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2.9KNewsBiden Administration’s signature gun safety bill earmarks modest funding for afterschool programs
One of the Biden Administration's signature pieces of legislation — the $13 billion gun safety bill known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities...
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2.4KNewsAs educators tout the benefits of social and emotional learning, sparse research exists on how to actually teach it
Social and emotional learning has emerged from the pandemic as a top priority for many schools and afterschool and summer programs in...
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6.6KNews‘Every day was a bad day’: Children working in agriculture aren’t protected equally
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
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3.1KNewsQ&A: Mneesha Gellman examines the benefits of teaching Indigenous languages in public schools
The biggest lesson Mneesha Gellman learned, she said, is that policies don't "magically appear from on high" — they are handed down...
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3.6KNewsFor youth activists, historic climate law is only the beginning
Over the summer, youth climate activists ramped up their campaign, organizing petitions, sit-ins, protests and rallies at Congress and state capitols across...
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3.6KNewsIncreased federal and state funding spurs afterschool expansion
The majority of federal and state grants that afterschool programs have depended upon for decades typically cannot be spent on transportation, despite...
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3.1KNewsQ&A: Beth Tyson on helping kinship families rebuild trust, fight stigma
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
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4.9KNewsAfterschool programs mobilize in wake of mass shootings
The pandemic emphasized the important role afterschool and summer programs can play in supporting kids with their social and emotional well-being. Some...
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3.5KNewsGirl Scouts Beyond Bars maintains connections between incarcerated mothers and their children
Organizers say the aim of Girl Scouts Beyond Bars is to build relationships between incarcerated mothers and their children. In doing so,...
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5.1KNewsIn- and after-school programs aim to combat mental health effects that COVID-19 worsened
The National Education Association’s July 2022 report, “Mental Health in Schools: The Kids Are Not All Right” spotlights some problems and solutions...
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2.1KNewsWhite House plan to put 250,000 volunteers, staff in schools draws support, skepticism
The new student success partnership is the latest in a web of initiatives that attempts to make up for the learning and...
