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All posts tagged "OST"
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2.3KNewsStart Your Planning Now for Summer Learning Programs, Wallace Report Says
It’s time to plan your summer learning program! Yes, the holidays are in full swing and summer seems far away, but school...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssaySupporting Smaller OST Programs Reduces Opportunity Gap, Builds Equity
A good friend of mine, a middle school teacher before going on to earn his Ph.D. in education leadership, once told me:...
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3.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhy Wyoming Is Using After-school Programs to Keep Kids Out of School-to-prison Pipeline
In 2013, the Wyoming Afterschool Alliance (WYAA) became interested in understanding the school-to-prison pipeline based on the alarming statistics that we were...
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4.5KGuest Opinion EssayHigh-quality Out-of-school Time Programs Are Worthy of Investment
Out-of-school time (OST) programs, offered after school and during the summer, are intended to provide youth a safe space to go with...
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2.7KNewsMidterm Elections Could Be Positive for After-school, Youth Protections: Advocates
As the dust settles after the midterm elections, youth advocates are looking at the impact on young people.
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayStaff Development Must include Youth Development, Especially in S. Asia
Investing in youth from an early age can be a slow and difficult process, but its benefits can be far-reaching, especially from...
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2.1KNewsAtlanta Teens Survey Teens for Lights On Afterschool Event
To kick off its national rally for after-school programs this week, the Afterschool Alliance released survey results showing 89 percent of adults...
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5.0KGuest Opinion EssaySTEAM in OST, Learning About Multiple Intelligences Will Empower Kids
What if every child had the knowledge that their talents were valuable? They would grow up confident in who they are. They...
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5.3KNewsFor Youth in Sports, Transgender Means Off the Pitch
Keiran Flynn had just finished his junior year at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., when he decided he was ready to...
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2.5KNewsAfter-school People, the Fed Wants to Help You Teach Financial Literacy
After-school programs looking to teach kids financial literacy can find resources in an unexpected place — the Federal Reserve.
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayPost-traumatic Growth: Hope Is a Strategy, Not a Feeling
When a young person experiences trauma, there is no single answer regarding how that experience may impact them in their later years....
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1.9KNews‘Career-pathing’ Is How to Retain Millennial After-school Workers, Trainer Says
ATLANTA — Earlier this year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta changed the way it introduced new workers to the...
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4.1KGuest Opinion EssayLeaders Aren’t Born, They’re Built — at Summer Camp
“Wait. What are we going to do?” The six 12- to 14-year-olds looked at each other as the skies opened up during...
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2.6KNewsChess Teaches Girls Focused Thinking, Chess Girls DC Founder Says
Robin Ramson was a chess player in high school, and she introduced the game to her daughter, Sarah, when she was 4.
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5.0KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Teach Kids to Listen to, Respect Each Other
The meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June was, at minimum, riveting political theater, and potentially...
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9.5KNewsHomeboy Industries Helps Los Angeles Youth Exit Gang Life With Jobs, Therapy
Garry Powers stands on Alameda Street near the North Vignes Street overpass, across from a smoke shop and a Vietnamese restaurant. He’s...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayYouth With High Stress Need Mentors Carefully Chosen to Match With Them
In recent decades, youth mentoring programs have grown exponentially in popularity and have received increasing support from both private and public sources...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayYouth Philanthropists Are Achieving a Lot With a Little Money
Most folks know of Margaret Mead's quote: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world ..."...
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4.0KGuest Opinion EssayChess Saved Me From Life of Crime, So I Teach It to Tough Kids
I’m in the business of playing a game with young people. Let me clarify that. I’m in the business of not only...
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3.8KNewsFocusing on Grit ‘Distraction’ From Systemic Problems, Says OST Expert Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman’s new book, “It’s Not About Grit: Trauma, Inequity and the Power of Transformative Teaching,” challenges the focus on grit as...
