Youth Today
All posts tagged "afterschool"
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3.7KNewsNatural playgrounds offer restorative play for pandemic-fatigued children
A growing trend in playground design aims to eliminate over-programmed playgrounds in favor of more natural ones that lend themselves to unscripted...
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2.5KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds flow to summer out-of-school programs
As $122 billion flows into American education from the American Rescue Plan, some kids and families are beginning to feel the impact...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayTo ‘Build Back Better,’ we must invest in our young people of color
As the U.S. begins to rebuild from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has signaled that it intends to seize the...
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3.2KNewsEven with a windfall of new funding, out-of-school programs face challenges
Last summer, when it became clear that K-12 schools across Kansas City, Missouri, would have to teach virtually due to the pandemic,...
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1.7KNewsYouth organizations step up to fill gap in classroom civic discourse
As partisan tensions over America’s fraught racial history reshape classrooms into ideological battlegrounds, community youth organizations are finding new, alternative avenues for...
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1.3KNewsSummer camps hit with COVID outbreaks — are schools next?
The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois,...
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3.5KNewsChild tax credit payments poised to hit American family bank accounts
Millions of American families with children will start receiving monthly payments this week as a result of the temporary expanded child tax...
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3.0KNews“Play streets” bring summer camp atmosphere to neighborhoods
This summer, select cities across the country will block traffic to “play streets,” creating child-friendly zones in urban neighborhoods that lack parks...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssaySummer offers opportunity to bridge gap in academic and social emotional learning
As America’s education system and economy recover from COVID-19, communities everywhere are turning to summer learning for hope and inspiration in preparing...
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706GrantsLouisiana arts, music and culture community and education grants
GRANT FOCUS: Arts/Cultural Education, Music Education, Community, K-12, Youth Development, Louisiana | Amount: Up to $5,000 | Deadline: Aug. 6, 2021
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1.6KNewsBoy Scouts, Girl Scouts suffer huge declines in membership
America's most iconic youth organizations – the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA – have been jolted...
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3.6KNewsHow a hands-on summer science program for underserved youth pivoted online
Every summer for over 30 years, Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) had brought underserved Northern and Central California high school students...
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2.5KNewsYouth programs central to Biden’s crime prevention plan
Expanding summer programs and employment opportunities for youth is a key plank of President Joe Biden’s plan to curb rising gun violence...
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2.3KNewsStudents disappeared during the pandemic. Community organizations are helping find them.
Schools across the country may have lost track of 1 million to 3 million students during the pandemic, but some are finding...
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1.4KNewsFamilies rejoice as camps reopen with new COVID guidance
Kennesaw, GA — Tina Lewis is helping her 10-year-old son Aaron get prepared for a week-long adventure at Camp Woodruff, a Boy...
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1.2KNewsSummer Camps Return But with Fewer Campers and Counselors
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a...
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1.9KGrantsYouth Afterschool Service and Service Learning Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Afterschool, Youth Development, Education, Civic Engagement, Youth Service | Amount: Up to $500 | Deadline: July 30, 2021
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssaySummer Learning Does Not Equal Summer School: Let Kids Be Kids
PANAEK PHOTOGRAPHER/SHUTTERSTOCK The outcry has been predictable: To catch kids up and reduce further slide after a year of pandemic-disrupted education, this...
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2.6KNewsSummer Enrichment Out of Reach for Millions of Families
The number of kids taking part in structured summer activities has grown steadily over the past 15 years, but that growth has...
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1.1KNewsAnother COVID Side Effect: Many Kids Head to Summer School
With her three teenagers vaccinated against COVID-19, Aja Purnell-Mitchell left it up to them to decide whether to go back to school...
