Youth Today
All posts tagged "Feature Story"
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1.9K► ReportsPreparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants
The Urban Institute uses the most recent and comprehensive data available to show the rates of enrollment of immigrant children in early...
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2.2KNewsMany Guns, Few Mental Health Services Drive High Rural Death Rate, Experts Say
Paul Reviere is sheriff of Lincoln County, a rural area with just under 8,000 people two hours east of Atlanta. In addition...
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3.4K► NewsmakersGreg Zweber to be Next President & CEO of Camp Fire
Greg Zweber, chief affiliate officer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, will be the new national president and CEO of Camp...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayResearch Into Police Probes Is Crucial, Ignored Part of Gun Violence Prevention
I began my research program on gun violence prevention in the early 1970s, when my children were just starting school. Now I...
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3.7K► ReportsA Tool for After-school Providers: Evidence of Impact For a Host of Programs
Looking for funding for an after-school program? Trying to decide what type of program to implement?
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1.7K► ReportsCollaborating for Successful Reentry: A Guide to Support Justice-Involved Young People Returning to the Community
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive reentry guide for juvenile justice and social service practitioners which offers information...
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2.6KNewsBasketball Program in NY Goes Full-court Press on STEM
The well-meaning cannot parachute into a minority and marginalized community with a remedy for a systemic problem and expect to be easily...
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3.0KNewsHomelessness Advocates Tell of New Successes Via State Legislation
Some laws can make life exceptionally difficult for homeless and runaway youth. Whether it’s requiring parental consent to receive health care or...
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4.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Help Youth Activists Change the World
I love working with kids and supporting the people who work with kids. If you are reading this, you probably do too....
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2.4KFrom the BureausAfter-school Experts Encourage Program Directors to Help Teens Turn Passion Into Action
Students around the world walked out of school Friday to raise awareness for climate change. This type of collective youth action is...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayExperiential Learning: How to Teach the 3 Skills Students Will Need for Their Dream Careers — on a Budget
Instead of teaching students the content we think they should know, what if students chose the content based on their passions and...
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4.1K► ReportsCops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students
The ACLU takes a look at newly released Dept. of Education data showing the numbers of social workers, nurses, and psychologists in...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayBoost Education for Youth in Solitary With More Books, Workbooks, Graphic Novels, Audiobooks
Advocates often urge the dismantling of the school-to-prison pipeline. But for many of our youth, prisons are already their schools. In 1954,...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayAfter-school Programs Too Important, Needed to Be Endangered by Budget Cuts
With the release of President Donald Trump’s budget, summer program and after-school advocates around the country are again gearing up to rally...
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3.7KNewsTrump Budget Would Kill After-school Funding, Leaving Providers Fearful
For the past two years it’s been a rite of spring for Trump to propose killing the program, for advocates to defend...
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4.0KNewsAspen Report Marks Pivotal Moment For Child Welfare: Youth Development Leader
Karen Pittman is the co-founder, president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit whose goal is to change the...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayOST: Learn Differences Between Tools to Measure Your Program Quality
What is a high-quality after-school program? What do you expect to see in high-quality programs? As an experienced practitioner, you have likely...
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2.6K► NewsmakersJohn Palfrey Named MacArthur Foundation President
John Palfrey has been named president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He succeeds Julia Stasch, who has led the...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayThese Connections Are Currency; Some Young People Need Our Help to Form Them
The other day I attended a diversity training at work. The facilitator talked about who and how we hire. She said something...
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24.6KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Aging Out of Foster Care Need a Runway, Not a Cliff
Toni should be celebrating. She’s part of a rarified group — the 10 percent of students at four-year public colleges who graduate...
