Youth Today
All posts tagged "OST Reporting Project"
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5.9KNews‘It’s not just a jail break’: Juvenile prison populations reach all-time lows
The statistics are fueling proponents’ hopes of entirely eliminating juvenile detention centers.
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1.8KNewsAfterschool programs raise pay, lower hiring requirements amid staff shortage
Some programs face long waitlists due to staffing shortages; others have closed.
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1.8KNewsYoung farmers adapt to a hotter, drier future
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
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2.0KNewsBiden Administration’s signature gun safety bill earmarks modest funding for afterschool programs
One of the Biden Administration's signature pieces of legislation — the $13 billion gun safety bill known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities...
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1.4KNewsYouth take lead in mapping heat impacts across communities
Across the country, young people are banding together to undertake surveys and create heat maps that capture their communities’ desire to mitigate...
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1.5K► Nonprofit ToolboxMission impact begins with you
As a leader committed to transforming the lives of youth, the mission impact of your charity begins with you. The youth of...
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1.6KNewsCampus divestment movement targets schools’ nonprofit status
Student groups argue that damage to the environment and human health inflicted by the fossil fuel industry conflicts with the schools’ missions...
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1.6KNewsAs educators tout the benefits of social and emotional learning, sparse research exists on how to actually teach it
Social and emotional learning has emerged from the pandemic as a top priority for many schools and afterschool and summer programs in...
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2.9KNewsAs shelters face staffing crunch, some homeless teens are left with few safe options
Homeless teenagers and young adults are arriving at emergency shelters with more acute needs, but shelter providers strained of adequate staff and...
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3.4KGuest Opinion EssayFully prepared doesn’t require being problem-free, just resilient
“Problem-free isn’t fully prepared” is the slogan I am most known for... Today, in the wake of a youth mental health crisis exacerbated...
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3.4KNews‘Every day was a bad day’: Children working in agriculture aren’t protected equally
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Mneesha Gellman examines the benefits of teaching Indigenous languages in public schools
The biggest lesson Mneesha Gellman learned, she said, is that policies don't "magically appear from on high" — they are handed down...
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2.3KNewsYouth and climate change: How a generation is adapting while fighting for their future
Climate change is a galvanizing force for young people whose lives are being radically altered by storms, wildfires, drought, heat waves and other effects...
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1.1KNewsMillions of cookies: MacKenzie Scott gives Girl Scouts $85M
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches, the 110-year-old organization said...
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2.3KNewsFor youth activists, historic climate law is only the beginning
Over the summer, youth climate activists ramped up their campaign, organizing petitions, sit-ins, protests and rallies at Congress and state capitols across...
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2.4KNewsIncreased federal and state funding spurs afterschool expansion
The majority of federal and state grants that afterschool programs have depended upon for decades typically cannot be spent on transportation, despite...
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Beth Tyson on helping kinship families rebuild trust, fight stigma
Psychotherapist Beth Tyson specializes in helping children who are living with relatives who are not their parents, most often grandparents. Often, this...
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1.9KNewsQ&A: Youth violence expert Paul Boxer on how to help kids struggling with antisocial, potentially violent behaviors
Paul Boxer has become an expert in youth violence. He has co-authored 80 research papers and is head of the Rutgers Center...
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3.7KNewsAfterschool programs mobilize in wake of mass shootings
The pandemic emphasized the important role afterschool and summer programs can play in supporting kids with their social and emotional well-being. Some...
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2.1KNewsElectrical workers union trains Chicago youth for growing solar market
The solar academy run by Chicago’s branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW Local 134, is a direct path to...
