All posts tagged "OST"

Children As Givers: Teaching Kids and Teens to be Philanthropic

April 20, 2010. People around the world were glued to their TV’s as hundreds of millions of gallons of oil gushed into...

Top Headlines 01/14

In New Workshops for Queens Kids, Fun and Games with a Side of Math and Science

  Ron Callahan, left, coaches students in computer programming and circuitry at his Nov. 26 Raspberry Heights workshop. Photo by Meral Agish.   ...

Top Headlines 01/13

Juvenile Justice New novel features restorative justice. Cuomo calls for change to New York’s juvenile justice laws. Education Alaska legislative listening session...

Computing and Engineering in Afterschool

Top Stories 01/10

Juvenile Justice Missouri part of national trend in juvenile justice reform. Illinois takes “huge step” in reforming juvenile policies. Education Georgia receives...

Top Headlines 01/09

Juvenile Justice Schools sending too many kids to court. Report excoriates Indian Country juvenile justice system. Education Conservative Texas education reform group...

Top Headlines 01/08

Juvenile Justice Victim’s family calls for 11-year-old suspect in attempted murder remain in jail. Education South Carolina governor’s race will focus on...

Out-of-school Time Programs Boost Students’ Computing, Engineering Skills

In the Growing Up Thinking Scientifically after-school program based in Santa Fe, N.M., students design, create and test computer models to examine...

Students Talk About Common Core standards

Creatas / Thinkstock From Newsday: The Common Core academic standards and more rigorous curricula and testing stemming from them are subjects of increased...

Top Headlines 01/07

Juvenile Justice Steubenville rapist released after less than one year. The push for reform in the U.S. Education Iowa conservatives suspicious of...

Top Headlines 1/06

Juvenile Justice Applying juvenile reforms that work to adult detention. Georgia juvenile corrections officers have 57 percent annual turnover rate. Education Kentucky...

Top Headlines 12/19

Juvenile Justice Florida counties allege state is overcharging them for detention costs. South Dakota seeks to change its number one place in...

Top Stories 12/18

Juvenile Justice Troubled Texas juvenile facility to be closed, but some staff remain. Examining girls’ paths to delinquency. Education U.S. DOE to...

Top Headlines 12/16

Juvenile Justice Teen accused of murder now sits on Maryland juvenile task force. Working group suggests improvements to Hawaii’s juvenile justice system....

Before Student Debt: The Story of a Student’s Struggle to Pay for College

Rakhi Agrawal, photo by Gwen McClure. NEW YORK — During her senior year at William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Conn.,...

Top Headlines 12/13

Juvenile Justice Maine Advisory Group Grants $150,000 to Expand Youth Programs. Probation for Teen Who Killed Four in DUI Accident. Education South...

Top Headlines 12/12

Juvenile Justice Georgia DJJ and juvenile court supporting transportation for alternative schools. Twenty percent of detained youth show impaired social and emotional...

Top Headlines 12/11

Juvenile Justice Former Ohio public defender blames system, not judge, in unfairness allegations. Virginia boy’s sentence of six life terms plus 118...

Top Headlines 12/10

Juvenile Justice Wyoming to expand juvenile justice database program. Helping youth offenders transition back to school. Education U.S. education system is working...