Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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1.0KFrom the FieldOur school started enforcing its cell phone ban. The results have been astounding.
After a cell-phone-free year, this teacher says school cell phone bans should be nation-wide.
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2.2KOpinionQ&A: From summer slide to summer glide — Blending learning, engagement and fun
Brodrick Clarke's interview focuses on the connection between learning and development.
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2.1KNewsHow classroom rituals help create community
Students feel disconnected from themselves, each other, their environment: Classroom rituals help them reconnect.
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2.2KNewsHelping young people reconnect with school: What reengagement programs need to succeed
Students drop out for many reasons. Can reegagement programs bring them back to school?
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1.8KNewsWhat happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea
Why do students that know how to read struggle to understand what they read?
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1.6KNewsMany states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?
Many smaller schools struggle to offer career and technical education classes for new pathways.
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1.3KFrom the FieldFrom frontlines to funding: Youth changemakers and a call for radical philanthropists
How are youth leaders and changemakers building the future they deserve?
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1.2KOpinionRe-centering youth work across systems
We must radically reimagine how we use our resources to benefit youth.
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2.2KNewsOut-of-school programs play an outsized role in child development
New research shows that OST programs are more important than policymakers and parents realize.
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1.6KFrom the FieldQ&A: Nature and well-being: When the natural world is your teaching partner
Why is time spent outdoors so effective in supporting young people's well-being?
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1.9K► ReportsThe nature of the outdoors: Stronger youth development through exploration
A study highlights how outdoor youth programs uniquely amplify youth development and promote thriving.
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1.5KNewsMAHA report on children’s health highlights harms of ultraprocessed foods – a food scientist explains the research
A growing body of research links ultraprocessed foods with many negative health outcomes.
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1.6KNews‘She’ll fall through the cracks’: Parents of kids with disabilities brace for new reality
The potential Medicaid cuts could both unravel a child’s well-being and their family’s finances.
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956From the FieldImmigration crackdowns mean an expanded role for schools and for educators like me
Educators have long been asked to perform miracles. So what’s new?
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1.1KOpinionShifting mindsets: Acting differently requires us to think, talk and see differently first
What's the simplest, most consistent way to spark voluntary action to try something different?
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1.2KNewsSome NY schools turn to virtual learning as Trump deportation fears keep immigrant students home
NYC schools already have virtual classes available. Will this option help fearful immigrant students?
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1.8KOpinionConnection and co-regulation precede self-management: A common sense approach to learning, development and discipline
Self-control is not built through discipline/punishment; but cultivated through relationships, trust, and co-regulation.
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1.1KFrom the FieldMy ACE score reflects my history of trauma. It also connects me to my students.
Higher ACE scores often lead to more negative impacts on a child's adult life.
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3.3KNewsHead Start gets a reprieve from Trump budget cuts, but the fight isn’t over
Head Start staff and advocates launched a nationwide campaign to save the program.
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1.5KOpinionIn learning ECOsystems OST must be a champion of positive youth development
OST and youth development are not interchangeable. One is about place, one about approach.
