Youth Today
All posts tagged "Education and Training"
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2.1KFrom the FieldThe overlooked link between literacy, STEM and student success
For decades, schools across the country have invested heavily in literacy reform. New curricula, mandates and funding have reshaped classrooms, yet reading...
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3.6KOpinionWhen accommodations exist on paper but not in practice: How ACT testing fails students with disabilities
Students with disabilities face barriers when trying to access standardized testing accommodations, especially those without strong adult support networks.
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2.1KGrantsAt-risk community and family support program grants
GRANT FOCUS: At-risk Community/Family Support, Education, Job/Career Training, Reentry/Recidivism | Amount: Up to $15,000 | Deadline: Feb. 20, 2026
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2.4KOpinionThe empty desk: A student’s view of the siege in our hallways
A junior at Columbia Heights High School in Minnesota gives a glimpse into what it's like to be student during the ongoing...
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2.0KFrom the FieldWe taught students to love hands-on learning. Let’s help them continue to embrace it once they leave the classroom.
Many students, encouraged by hands-on learning, are perfect for a career in skilled trades. But, society's response has often been: Go to...
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3.5KFrom the FieldWhat I learned teaching sex ed as a teen, and why every school needs it
A peer educator speaks about her experiences teaching peer-led sex education lessons.
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2.5KOpinionFrom systems leadership to ecosystems stewardship: A next step for OST intermediaries?
The benefits of comprehensive learning ecosystems are vast, but a vital part of maintaining and stewarding them will fall on OST programs/intermediaries.
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1.7KFrom the FieldOn learning and meaning making
Katherine Plog-Martinez speaks with Kim Sabo Flores about how meaning making—reflecting on and making sense of experiences—is crucial to youth development.
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1.4KGrantsGrants to support and educate youth associated with non-state armed groups
GRANT FOCUS: Youth Combatants, Youth Welfare/Wellbeing/Safety/Development, Education, Mental Health | Amount: Up to $5,000 | Deadline: Jan. 31, 2026 (LOI)
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2.2KFrom the FieldGiving Tulsa students a clear path from curiosity to career
Afterschool STEM programs spark interest and help students build skills and confidence while increasing awareness of STEM careers.
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1.9KOpinionAn invitation to learn, reflect and act together for equity-centered thriving
A new podcast features foundational thinkers, exemplary youth practitioners and policy leaders discussing what it takes to support equity-centered thriving.
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1.6KGrantsMaine community grants
GRANT FOCUS: Economic/Community Development, Arts, Education, Environment, Human Services, Maine | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Feb. 17, 2026
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3.0KOpinionFrom chronic absence to chosen presence: The case for new measures, especially for high schoolers
Looking at what motivates students to attend when they don’t have to could be the secret to helping communities reduce chronic absenteeism.
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7.5KOpinionWhy unconstrained kids need unconstrained ecosystems
Understanding developmental pathways of constrained and unconstrained skills helps realize the importance of learning ecosystems.
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2.5KFrom the FieldFour ways a reimagined internship prepares students – and teachers – for the future of work
District C’s Teamship program is an in-school, reimagined internship where students tackle live business challenges.
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4.8KFrom the FieldQ&A with Michaela Leslie-Rule on “How We See Us”
Katherine Plog Martinez talks with Leslie-Rule about writing “How We See Us”.
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7.1KFrom the FieldWhat back-to-school season reveals about youth in foster care — and the attendance crisis
Foster youth miss school, repeat grades and drop out more compared to their peers.
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3.2KOpinionIs the youth development field confident enough about its contributions to learning to disrupt K-12 education?
We must recognize the youth development and OST fields as complementary systems that are too important to ignore and essential.
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6.6KFrom the FieldQ&A with Michael Crawford, America Succeeds
Karen Pittman speaks with Michael Crawford, Ph.D. of America Succeeds about its goals, including why they have joined the Alliance for Youth...
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4.6KOpinionYouth financial education (literally) pays off
Mandating financial education isn’t enough. Without targeted interventions, we’re setting up a generation to learn money management through trial and error.
