All posts tagged "OST"

High Court Debates Student Strip Searches

An attorney for an Arizona middle school told the Supreme Court today that strip searches are necessary to combat the ever-changing but...

Watch: “Is Anybody Listening?” video that caused a sensation

Watch: The video that drew presidential attention. Read our article here.

Camp Worker in the Line of Fire – Literally

The fire destroyed two cabins and charred half of the wooded property at Nebraska Youth Camp, in Kearney. A youth worker at...

Two Good After-School Advocacy Jobs Open Up

Erika Argersinger of the AfterSchool Alliance is moving out of the nation’s capital, so her policy director position is open at the...

Conference Call on Summer Learning Funds Friday (Must RSVP Today!)

Johns Hopkins University’s National Center for Summer Learning will host a conference call Friday at 1 p.m. about how to access funds...

Newark Plans First Program for LGBT Youth

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth in Newark, N.J., have never had a place to go for counseling, mentoring and stress-free...

Resources: Curriculum Review

Real Stories, Real Teens Keith Hefner, with Development Without LimitsYouth CommunicationLeader’s Guide: $34.95, 286 pages.Anthology: $16.95, 188 pages.Full Program: $695, 20 anthologies,...

OJJDP to Take Bids on Stimulus Mentoring Money (Updated)

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is currently developing a solicitation for proposals to spend local mentoring funds carved out...

OJJDP to Take Bids on Stimulus Mentoring Money

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is currently developing a solicitation for proposals to spend local mentoring funds carved out...

BGCA Struggling

Late last month, AS Today had a chance to speak with Kevin McCartney, who heads government relations for the Atlanta-based Boys &...

How-to on Getting After-School Money out of the Stimulus

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Obama last month includes lots of money for states to spend on education...

MENTOR Names New CEO

Alberto Gonzales might be hard up for a job, but not every Bush 43 guy is having the same trouble. MENTOR, a...

The Cost of Quality Out-of-School-Time Programs

Community decision makers in need of a comprehensive guide to wisely investing in out-of-school-time (OST) programs may have a new bible. The...

Course Credit Accrual and Dropping Out of High School, by Student Characteristics

National Center for Educational Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences Educators and parents who are looking for warning signs that a high school...

An Urge to Care Lit Her Fire

  Pasewalk: “Her ability to make work light and fun was always appreciated,” an ex-colleague says. It was 1973, and Jill Pasewalk...

Student Youth Travel Association Youth Foundation

http://www.sytayouthfoundation.org Designed to promote educational travel experiences for young people, the site offers scholarship and grant programs for individual students, school classes...

The Teens with Michelle Obama at President’s Speech

Three Washington, D.C., high school students who asked first lady Michelle Obama questions during her recent visit to their after-school program were...

Most Stimulus Jobs Require College Experience

A little more than half of the 3.7 million jobs expected to be created by the new economic stimulus package will require...

Online Sports Registration Vendor Strikes Out

  Youth sports and after-school groups from Alaska to New Jersey that hired a Washington company to register program participants online are...

1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007