Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayProgram Quality Goes to Summer Camp, Where It Belongs
Think about the last time you had a quality customer service experience — was it at a store? On vacation? Over the...
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1.8K► ReportsThe Price of Justice: The High Cost of “Free” Counsel for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This report from the Juvenile Law Center shows how numerous states across the nation permit or even require the cost of court-appointed...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayTeens’ Brains May Be Molded by Living With Neighborhood Violence
Flinching as a gunshot whizzes past your window. Covering your ears when a police car races down your street, sirens blaring. Walking...
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2.9K► NewsmakersSandra Gasca-Gonzalez is New VP of the Center for Systems Innovation at the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez has been appointed vice president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s (AECF) Center for Systems Innovation.
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2.2KNews‘Radically Interactive’ STEM Course Teaches the After-school Teachers
After-school programs are increasingly expected to teach science, technology, engineering and math, but staff often have little training. How do after-school staff...
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3.7KGuest Opinion EssayMentors, Here’s What Kids Around the World Need Most
As a private school, most of the students came from wealthier families. During my time there, I also helped feed and plan...
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4.8KNewsSurveys Driven by Homeless Youth Show Others Undercount, Chapin Hall Report Finds
Researchers at the University of Chicago's Chapin Hall have found that traditional homelessness surveys seem to miss large swaths of young people....
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayCoach for Confidence, not Compliance
As I emerge from the train station in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District, my senses are overwhelmed with the sights,...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayI’m a Teen: How Can I Tell Who’s Joking, Who’s Crying for Help
The nation’s conversation about mental illness and school shootings has changed the way I listen to my classmates.
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2.1K► ReportsHorizon Report: 2018 Higher Education Edition
Educause and the New Media Consotium take a look at the future of technology adoption and education practice changes in higher education.
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2.5K► NewsmakersDon Chen Selected as the Surdna Foundation’s Next President
The Surdna Foundation has announced the selection of Don Chen as its third president. He succeeds outgoing president, Phillip Henderson.
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3.9KGuest Opinion EssayNetwork Model of Emotional Peer Support Groups Eases Stress for Foster Parents, Staff
Here at Graham Windham, a youth development and family organization located in New York City, we rely heavily on data and ways...
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8.1KFrom the BureausHow Homelessness Crisis in LA Affects Aged-out Foster Youth
Doniesha Thomas is in her bedroom, crouching on the floor and peering into a pet carrier that appears empty. “He’s in there,...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayCulture of Trust Is Key for School Safety
When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming book, “Navigating Conflict: How Youth Handle Trouble in a...
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3.9KGuest Opinion Essay10 Ways for Youth Workers to Fight the Rise of Narcissism
Narcissism was a term unfamiliar to many as recently as a decade ago. Yet within the past 10 years it has risen...
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2.4KEditorialDemonizing the Free Press Puts President on Wrong Side of History
Criticism is nothing new to people in the news business. If you have spent more than a day gathering it, writing it,...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayMultilevel Collaboration Will Give You Unique Advantages
Those of us who work to increase opportunities for children and families regularly seek new and different methods that will let us...
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1.7K► ReportsTransfer and Mobility: A National View of Student Movement in Postsecondary Institutions
Author(s): The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) and the Project on Academic Success (PAS), Indiana University Doug Shapiro – NSCRC Afet...
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3.3K► NewsmakersDr. Kimberly Howard Robinson New EVP, Forum for Youth Investment & Mng. Dir., Center for Youth Program Quality
Dr. Kimberly Howard Robinson has been announced as the next executive vice president of the Forum for Youth Investment (FYI) and the...
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2.6KNewsStudent Reporting Labs Teach Youth to Report News About Community Issues
When PBS NewsHour aired last week, the show included a story about Mighty Greens, a youth-led gardening cooperative in Washington, D.C. Not...
