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All posts tagged "afterschool"
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayLeverage Power of Remote Internships With These Tips
In 2013, while I was in college at the University of Arizona based in Tucson, I had the opportunity to participate in...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayHow Your Program Can Build Opportunities for Career-ready Youth
In Philadelphia and in cities across the country, thousands of youth are engaged in purposeful internships, summer work programs and OST programs...
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2.4KNewsAtlanta Nonprofit Teaches ‘Storytelling,’ Provides Pathway to Film, Digital Work
In Atlanta, the center of the South’s burgeoning film industry, a small nonprofit is bringing digital media and film-making skills to young...
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2.9KNewsMore Apprenticeships For Young People on Horizon If Federal Legislation Passes
MONKEYBUSINESSIMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK Apprenticeship programs could soon expand in the United States, opening up more pathways for young people to earn while they learn....
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6.2KNewsApprenticeship Program Aims To Open Film Industry To Under-represented Young People
Not long after graduating from Lakeside High School in Atlanta, Yabsira Gebrewubet found himself working at a Publix grocery store in the...
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4.3KGuest Opinion EssayTinkering Afterschool Program Demonstrates Moving Beyond Binary of Adult- Versus Child-centered Education
Throughout our work in youth programs and critical educational spaces, we have witnessed how educators, mentors and facilitators committed to liberatory learning...
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2.0KNewsAs States Struggle With Budget Cuts, After-school Advocates In NY Push Back
Across the nation, states are tightening their belts as the pandemic cuts into their budgets. Some are feeling a financial shock similar...
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1.1KGrantsCleveland Region Education and Community Healthcare Program Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Healthcare, Low-Income Communities, Afterschool, Cleveland | Amount: $2,500 - $15,000 | Deadline: Mar. 1, 2021
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2.5KNewsCalifornia Nonprofit Calls On Companies To Offer Foster Youth Internships
In 2020, Tom Fandre had hoped to place at least 90 foster youth in internships in the Silicon Valley area. But when...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayThe Top 10 Ways To Help Kids Beat Stress In 2021
For many kids, this is all they know. Their entire lives have been defined by unrelenting, unprecedented times. Today’s kids are growing...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayBiden Must Integrate Developmental Relationships Into Training Plans For Young People
Making relationships a focus of federal policy is long overdue given that decades of research have shown that relationships are the critical...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayService Learning Makes Online Learning Meaningful and Engaging
During distance learning youth can feel disconnected from their educators, their peers and the content of what they are learning. Service learning...
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1.7KGrantsAfterschool and Summer Learning Support During COVID Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Education, Afterschool, Summer Learning, Academic Support, Remote Learning | Amount: $15,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: Feb. 1, 2021
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5.6KGuest Opinion EssayPositive Community Programs By Police Lead To Positive Relationships
SEVENTYFOUR/SHUTTERSTOCK Growing up in San Jose, California, I had some amazing experiences with law enforcement that I can say likely made a...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayOST Funders, Here’s How To Step Up: Invest In Organizations’ Capacity
DOTSHOCK/SHUTTERSTOCK (Part 2 of 2) In 2019, I wrote a chapter called “Rooted in Scarcity and Deficit: Time to Reconsider the Funding Process”...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayOST Providers, Pandemic Time Means Time To Build Relationships
As the world around us continues to feel like it’s spinning off its axis, one of the best things we can do...
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5.4KNewsAfter-school Providers Can Assist Kids Experiencing Homelessness
As the pandemic continues, the number of people experiencing homelessness could rise — especially if eviction moratoriums are lifted. More children in...
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2.3KNewsAt Atlanta Bike Shop, Kids Learn Bike Repair, Job Skills, Soft Skills
Last spring, COVID-19 put the brakes on after-school activities at Bearings Bike Shop in Atlanta. But on a recent Saturday, a gaggle...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayLean Into Youth Voice And Leadership To Help Our Youth Endure This Time
While schools begin the arduous task of tackling a new combination of academic summer and COVID learning slide, OST programs have an...
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1.7KGuest Opinion Essay8 Ways to Evolve Your OST Programs Online
This summer was filled with disappointments as each camp I had enrolled my daughter in — both day camp and overnight camp...
