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All posts tagged "OST"
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6.5KGuest Opinion EssayBattling the Ninth Grade Bulge
Researchers call it the “ninth grade bulge,” and it has nothing to do with weight gain among teenagers. Rather, the term refers...
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4.2KFrom the BureausTeen Girls’ Photos Raise Awareness of Health Disparities
“Where you live, where you go to school, the amenities in your community, all those things matter to community health.” Beatriz Solis,...
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1.9KNewsAccess to Arts Is Linked to Greater Well-Being in Economically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, Study Says
As spring slides toward summer, kids at the Sitar Arts Center in Washington, D.C, are beginning to audition for roles in the...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayLGBT Youth Promote Justice By Creating Their Own Media
We face grave dangers to social gains that have been hard won by social movements: the possibility of a so-called “religious freedom”...
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2.9K► Nonprofit ToolboxHow to Help ‘People’ People Interpret and Use Data
Walking into our monthly meeting for preventive services program management, we couldn’t miss the giant chart with numerous hand-written lines of different...
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5.3KNewsJuvie Talk: A Window Into the Lives of Kids in Trouble, a Resource for Educators
The website Juvie Talk is a compilation of verbatim stories of more than 100 young people in the juvenile justice system. The...
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1.4KNewsPoverty Simulation Pushes Educators, Youth Workers to Reflect, Relate
Educators and youth workers participated in the National Youth-At-Risk Conference's annual poverty simulation in Savannah, Georgia, in March 2017.
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3.0KNewsInnovative Summer Learning Programs Bubble up, Draw Attention at the State Level
In New Britain, Connecticut, elementary school students can get a passport at the beginning of summer, listing places in the community they...
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1.9KNewsConferences Highlight Challenges, Solutions: Threat to After-school Funding, High Need Among Youth
As 2,000 after-school workers gathered in Dallas earlier this week for the annual National AfterSchool Association convention, they immediately understood the convention...
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3.2KNewsSupporting Those Who Support Homeless Youth
He brought candy to that first meeting at the Covenant House homeless shelter in Manhattan a few days after Halloween — a...
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1.9KNewsTrump Proposal Zeros Out 21st Century Program; Advocates See Devastation for Needy Families
A longstanding program designed to keep America’s most impoverished children in a safe, learning environment during after-school hours would be eliminated entirely...
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3.3KNewsReaching LGBT Youth With Support, Mentoring and a Message That ‘It Gets Better’
As a high school student, Brian Wenke was harassed and bullied before he even realized he was gay.
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5.1KNewsWhen Schools and Nonprofits Collaborate with Faith-based Organizations
Amachi is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that recruits volunteers from faith-based organizations to mentor the children of incarcerated parents. However, it has a...
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5.3KNewsProviding Support for Young Black Men in College
Young African-American men are far less likely to graduate from college than other segments of the population. A little more than one-third...
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2.2KNewsAt Big Thought, Gigi Antoni Has Taken a Big-Picture Approach to Out-of-school Learning
“It’s in out-of-school time that kids get to pursue their interests,” says Gigi Antoni, who moves to the The Wallace Foundation in...
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2.8KFrom the FieldA Year of VISTA Service: Five Lessons for Nonprofit Practitioners and Other Service Members
Derek Moore and Nicole Smith completed their AmeriCorps VISTA service this week. During their year of service, they supported the launch of...
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1.6KNewsBeyond School Hours Conference Looks at Ways to Level Playing Field for America’s Kids
Schools can’t do it alone. That’s the message of the Beyond School Hours conference going on in Atlanta through Saturday.
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2.3KNewsPalm Beach County Creates Master Plan for Youth
“Nobody thinks we are a county in which kids go hungry, but we are,” said Tammy Fields, Palm Beach County youth services...
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1.5KGuest Opinion EssayContinuum of Professional Development Should Target Needs, Develop Talents
Our approach to staff development should be rethought and and expanded. A continuum of professional development that targets individual needs, fosters and...
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3.0K► Nonprofit ToolboxCultivating Leaders: Scaffolding Successful Youth Outcomes with Strong Staff Supports
Holding hands, seven young people stood in a circle doing final breathing exercises before their entrance onto the stage — the culmination...
