All posts tagged "OST"

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  How To … Create Maps to Help Kids and Youth Workers

    Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are all the rage right now, and many youth-serving organizations have embraced the technology to improve their...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Niles Teen Center

    Niles, Ill.(847) 375-8949http://www.NilesTeenCenter.org Artful use of time: Ceramics projects are among the activities at the Niles Teen Center. Photo: Niles Teen...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Service Movement Creates Opportunities for After-School

    What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility: a recognition on the part of every American that...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Scholarships 101: The Real-World Guide to Getting Cash for College

    Kimberly StezalaAMACOM Books244 pages. $17.95 paperback. “Scholarship Lady” Kimberly Stezala uses warm encouragement and insider expertise to coach students in how...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Program Assessment Tool Goes Free Online

    A well-vetted assessment tool used by hundreds of after-school programs across New York state to examine the quality of their services...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Youth Frontiers

  http://www.youthfrontiers.org This site, created by a nonprofit of the same name, contains information about numerous programs and resources aimed at making schools...

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  Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth

    American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) Programs that offer youth expanded learning opportunities are placed under a microscope in this report, which...

• New Rule Opens Up TANF Money for After-School Programs

  If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  New Rule Opens Up TANF Money for Youth Programs

  If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Funding available for green jobs training

  The Department of Labor plans to release $500 million in federal grants next month for agencies prepared to give “green job training”...

• AFT School Reform Effort Launched

  The American Federation of Teachers, a national teachers’ union, recently launched a privately funded school reform effort that covers out-of-school time programs....

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Obama Budget Cuts Some Youth Programs, Grows Others

  President Barack Obama released a proposed 2010 budget Thursday that would eliminate several funding streams for youth programs, including $82 million in juvenile...

• News

  Pitching New HOPE for Dropouts

  Washington—The effort to focus more attention on the national high school dropout problem came to the National Press Club this week, where...

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  The Case for School-Based Integration of Services: Changing the Ways Students, Families and Communities Engage with Their Schools

  Public Private Ventures Schools should be used for so much more than school. That’s the message of this report outlining the benefits...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Camp Cope

  New York YMCA camps pledge to raise more money for camper scholarships, and lower fees for low-income parents. The New York YMCA...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Community Schools: A Rose By Any Other Name

  When U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan appeared on the “Charlie Rose Show” in mid-March, he outlined a vision for America’s public schools...

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  The Need for Expanded and Enhanced Summer Learning Opportunities in New York State

  New York State Afterschool Network The New York State Afterschool Network (NYSAN) stresses the importance of summer learning programs through this list...

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  The Role of Afterschool Programs in Increasing High School Graduation Rates in New York State

  New York State Afterschool Network This policy brief aims to promote after-school programs as a way to prevent high school dropouts. The...

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  Community Colleges: A Route of Upward Economic Mobility

  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Four-year colleges and universities tend to dominate the discourse on American higher education, but this report...

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  Saved by the Lunch Bell: As Economy Sinks, School Nutrition Program Participation Rises

  School Nutrition Association Increased participation in the national school lunch and breakfast programs can be added to the mounting evidence of how...