Youth Today
All posts tagged "OST Reporting Project"
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3.1KNews“Play streets” bring summer camp atmosphere to neighborhoods
This summer, select cities across the country will block traffic to “play streets,” creating child-friendly zones in urban neighborhoods that lack parks...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssaySummer offers opportunity to bridge gap in academic and social emotional learning
As America’s education system and economy recover from COVID-19, communities everywhere are turning to summer learning for hope and inspiration in preparing...
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1.6KNewsBoy Scouts, Girl Scouts suffer huge declines in membership
America's most iconic youth organizations – the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA – have been jolted...
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3.6KNewsHow a hands-on summer science program for underserved youth pivoted online
Every summer for over 30 years, Stanford Medical Youth Science Program (SMYSP) had brought underserved Northern and Central California high school students...
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2.5KNewsYouth programs central to Biden’s crime prevention plan
Expanding summer programs and employment opportunities for youth is a key plank of President Joe Biden’s plan to curb rising gun violence...
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2.3KNewsStudents disappeared during the pandemic. Community organizations are helping find them.
Schools across the country may have lost track of 1 million to 3 million students during the pandemic, but some are finding...
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1.4KNewsFamilies rejoice as camps reopen with new COVID guidance
Kennesaw, GA — Tina Lewis is helping her 10-year-old son Aaron get prepared for a week-long adventure at Camp Woodruff, a Boy...
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1.8KNewsTulsa youth camp honors Black Wall Street’s legacy of entrepreneurship
TULSA, Oklahoma -- Juneteenth celebrations in Tulsa’s historic Greenwood neighborhood were in full swing Saturday as 17-year-old Amya Jamison, flanked by black...
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1.2KNewsSummer Camps Return But with Fewer Campers and Counselors
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Overnight summer camps will be allowed in all 50 states this season, but COVID-19 rules and a...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssaySummer Learning Does Not Equal Summer School: Let Kids Be Kids
PANAEK PHOTOGRAPHER/SHUTTERSTOCK The outcry has been predictable: To catch kids up and reduce further slide after a year of pandemic-disrupted education, this...
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2.6KNewsSummer Enrichment Out of Reach for Millions of Families
The number of kids taking part in structured summer activities has grown steadily over the past 15 years, but that growth has...
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1.1KNewsAnother COVID Side Effect: Many Kids Head to Summer School
With her three teenagers vaccinated against COVID-19, Aja Purnell-Mitchell left it up to them to decide whether to go back to school...
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2.2KNewsGeorgia Establishing New Therapeutic Foster Care Program
ATLANTA — Georgia is establishing a therapeutic foster care program to provide specialized treatment for children with an assortment of behavioral, mental...
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948NewsCDC Loosens Mask Guidance for Summer Campers
NEW YORK — Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
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1.4KNewsCounselors: No ‘Quick Fix’ to Repairing Damage of Pandemic Year
Wendy Mallis was proud to be the first person in her family to go to college, but she never expected that she...
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1.1KNewsNew Mexico Summer Programs for Youth Include New Internships
As many as 2,600 students across New Mexico could participate in the internship program, according to the Public Education Department, which announced...
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1.4KFrom the BureausMental Health Cuts in Poorest New York City Schools Amid Pandemic
As the pandemic raged across New York City in spring 2020, Jose Rivera trekked from the Bronx to Coney Island, Brooklyn to...
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4.1KGuest Opinion EssayTexting is Taxing on Adolescent Brains: What Can Adults Do to Help?
We all know a teenager who is incessantly texting. Is it innocuous or harmful? While it might be impossible to track the...
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1.9KNewsVirtual Prom Shows How Pandemic Challenges Can Spur Creative Solutions
From choosing a theme to booking the DJs, planning a virtual prom during a pandemic offered one group of Baltimore-area high schoolers...
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2.0KNewsQ&A with Lucy N. Friedman of Here to Here: Offer paid internships to all high school students
Lucy N. Friedman is the founder and former president of The After-School Corporation (TASC) now known as ExpandEd Schools. She started the...
