Youth Today
All posts tagged "OST"
-
2.1KNewsSomali community organization aims to train youth as health workers
Ilhan Omar, 23, a recent college graduate, aspiring social worker and daughter of Somali refugees, was concerned by how many people in...
-
2.1KNewsAfterschool programs looked forward to a normal year. Then delta happened.
After a year of remote learning, experts worry students have fallen behind academically and are struggling socially and emotionally, having been isolated...
-
2.7KGuest Opinion EssayHow youth-serving organizations can teach civil discourse
Empowering youth to speak up about issues that matter to them is an important step toward self-awareness and community advocacy. This is...
-
1.8KNewsRecord delta wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open
With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record...
-
1.8KNewsAnti-violence internship program finds flexibility in face of fluctuating pandemic
Kabuya recently completed an internship at a local juicery where she learned skills related to entrepreneurship and financial literacy. The internship program...
-
4.0K► NewsmakersYMCA of the USA names Suzanne McCormick as its first woman president and CEO
YMCA of the USA has named Suzanne McCormick as its next president and CEO, making her the first woman leader in the...
-
3.8KNewsHow afterschool programs are using data to measure outcomes and equity
The power of using data to drive decision-making has become a mainstay in most industries, and in recent years has begun to...
-
1.3KNewsSummer funding helped school districts address disparities
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — After another pandemic-disrupted school year, organizers of vastly expanded summer learning opportunities are investing heavily in efforts to...
-
2.4K► NewsmakersCarlos Santini is the new CEO of Mizzen by Mott
Carlos Santini joins the Mott Foundation to lead its afterschool program improvement organization and app, Mizzen by Mott.
-
1.7KNewsDemand for summer programs outpaces resources
When Virginia Clinton-Lisell received word in February that the summer day program where she had planned for her 9-year-old daughter, Katie, was...
-
5.7KNewsBlack children most likely to be investigated by CPS, study says
For a lot of children in the U.S, especially Black kids, a common part of childhood — alongside the typical birthday parties,...
-
3.7KNewsNatural playgrounds offer restorative play for pandemic-fatigued children
A growing trend in playground design aims to eliminate over-programmed playgrounds in favor of more natural ones that lend themselves to unscripted...
-
2.5KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds flow to summer out-of-school programs
As $122 billion flows into American education from the American Rescue Plan, some kids and families are beginning to feel the impact...
-
2.7KGuest Opinion EssayTo ‘Build Back Better,’ we must invest in our young people of color
As the U.S. begins to rebuild from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has signaled that it intends to seize the...
-
3.2KNewsEven with a windfall of new funding, out-of-school programs face challenges
Last summer, when it became clear that K-12 schools across Kansas City, Missouri, would have to teach virtually due to the pandemic,...
-
1.7KNewsYouth organizations step up to fill gap in classroom civic discourse
As partisan tensions over America’s fraught racial history reshape classrooms into ideological battlegrounds, community youth organizations are finding new, alternative avenues for...
-
1.3KNewsSummer camps hit with COVID outbreaks — are schools next?
The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois,...
-
3.5KNewsChild tax credit payments poised to hit American family bank accounts
Millions of American families with children will start receiving monthly payments this week as a result of the temporary expanded child tax...
-
3.0KNews“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...
-
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...
