Youth Today
All posts tagged "Education and Training"
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2.2KOpinionShared 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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2.9KOpinionDetained 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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4.5KFrom 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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3.7KOpinionEducation 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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4.5KOpinionCollege 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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2.2KOpinionWhat is the next step?
We should build options for students to gain skills needed for alternative career pathways.
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2.7KFrom 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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1.8KOpinionUniting in defense of the ecosystem
The Trump Administration abruptly announced that it's withholding ~$7 billion in federal education funding.
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2.9KNewsJuma 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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2.2KNewsAfter 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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2.3KOpinionCan 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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3.6KOpinionWe 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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2.7KNewsAmeriCorps’ 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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6.6K► 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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2.0KNewsEducation Department reinstates some research and data activities
Trump administration lawyers admit some DOGE cuts violated congressional statutes.
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2.4KNewsIn Dallas, a Big Thought is brewing about how cities can help their children grow
Big Thought provides youth with opportunities to learn how to think and act creatively.
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1.2KOpinionTransformative summer programs focus on learning love, not learning loss
Summer's the time for experimenting with new activities and building year-round, community-based learning ECOsystems.
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2.1KNewsTrump wants to cut tribal college funding by nearly 90%, putting them at risk of closing
The nearly 90% reduction would likely shut down most or all of the institutions.
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6.0K► Reports2025 KIDS COUNT data book: State trends in child well-being
An annual report tracking child well-being across the country shows a mixed-bag of results.
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2.0KNewsFederal judge prevents Trump administration’s cuts to AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps volunteers work in schools, health facilities, food banks, homeless shelters and veterans’ facilities.
