Youth Today
All posts tagged "Education and Training"
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1.9KOpinionSAT start times: A simple systems change
While adolescents are naturally inclined to sleep later than their young peers, the systems they engage in have decided that things should...
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3.2KFrom the FieldThe crisis in Gen Z’s political education
Today’s youth are forming political opinions and social identities on online platforms built for engagement.
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6.3KFrom the FieldAfterschool STEM: Turning curiosity into careers and citizenship
A growing body of evidence shows that high-quality afterschool STEM programs excite and engage youth.
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2.4KFrom the FieldWhat happens when Bronx students lead the way in STEM equity
Black and Latino students are underrepresented in STEM. Too often, this reflects a lack of access to early, hands-on, project-based STEM learning.
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5.3KNewsQ&A: Why the former CEO of AmeriCorps is excited about heading an organization he had never heard of
Karen Pittman talks with Michael Smith about building pathways to success for opportunity youth.
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2.1KOpinionShared advocacy and sustainable financing: Making a “big picture” case for community supports
Communities are intertwined and organic, blending funding into a web of community supports.
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2.5KOpinionDetained and in the dark: Girls in juvenile detention need menstrual health education now
Young women/girls in juvenile detention lack fundamental knowledge needed for choices about their bodies.
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4.2KFrom the FieldQ&A: How service learning, done well, changes lives
Karen Pittman speaks with YSA's Scott Ganske about the current state of service learning.
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3.5KOpinionEducation and youth development are under attack: Now is the time to talk differently and act together
We have to build forward with a grounding in the evidence of what works.
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3.9KOpinionCollege affordability is undermining student mental health. We can’t address one without the other.
College affordability isn’t separate from mental health; it’s at the center of it.
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2.0KOpinionWhat is the next step?
We should build options for students to gain skills needed for alternative career pathways.
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2.5KFrom the FieldReimagining support for learning differences: What parents find in learner-centered environments
Learner-centered environments can help students with learning differences do more than just get by.
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1.7KOpinionUniting in defense of the ecosystem
The Trump Administration abruptly announced that it's withholding ~$7 billion in federal education funding.
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2.2KNewsJuma Ventures helps “opportunity youth” earn, learn and launch careers
Opportunity youth are young people from low-income households often disconnected from school and work.
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1.6KNewsAfter outcry from tribes, federal agency scales back tribal school choice plan
President Trump's order had parents and educators worried it would undermine tribal sovereignty.
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2.1KOpinionCan you legislate a collaborative, youth-centered vision of education? Iceland did.
Iceland passed the Wellbeing Act mandating that all youth-field professionals collaborate across sectors.
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3.2KOpinionWe surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health: What did we learn?
What we learned suggests school phone bans may have important -- but limited -- effects.
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2.1KNewsAmeriCorps’ work with students nationwide in limbo despite halt to federal funding cuts
No relief for hundreds of programs in Republican-led states that sat out the lawsuit.
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5.5K► NewsmakersNew executives announced at three organizations known for their leadership in blurring the lines between learning and development systems
Elena Silva, Philip M. Robinson Jr. and Jean Desravines step into new leadership roles.
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1.8KNewsEducation Department reinstates some research and data activities
Trump administration lawyers admit some DOGE cuts violated congressional statutes.
