All posts tagged "OST"

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Great Science for Girls: Webcasts

  http://www.edequity.org/gsg/about/webcasts Engaging girls in science is the focus of this 40-minute webcast of a PowerPoint and audio presentation recorded in March. Presented...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  The Gifted Kids’ Survival Guide: For Ages 10 & Under

  Judy Galbraith Free Spirit Publishing122 pages. $12.99 paperback. Self-help publisher Judy Galbraith, an advocate for gifted youth, created the first edition of...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Society for Research in Child Development

  www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=330 After-school science learning gets more attention – this time involving programs for both boys and girls – in this new searchable...

• News

  House Passes Labor, Health and Education Appropriations Bill

    The House of Representatives passed the appropriations bill for Labor, Health and Education Programs today 264-153, leaving intact the $1.069 billion ...

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  Life After Debt?

  A growing number of low-income minority students who go to for-profit colleges are taking out and defaulting on private student loans, which...

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  America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009

  Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics An annual federal inter-agency report shows a few small changes in the well-being of...

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  Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of ADHD/ADD and of Learning Disability

  Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Though it makes no effort to establish possible causes and some of its findings are...

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  House Appropriations Committee Passes CNCS Budget

  The House Appropriations Committee on Friday fought back an effort to withhold all money for AmeriCorps programs pending an investigation into the...

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  Five Teams Receive Grants to Expand Learning Opportunities

  Leadership teams from five states received a total of $250,000 in grants to support after-school and summer learning opportunities for students through...

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  Supreme Court Rules School Strip Search Illegal

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 today that the strip search of a 13-year-old Arizona girl suspected of having prescription-strength pain relievers...

• A Good Resource if You’re Huntin’ for Recovery Act Money

  YouthBuild has circulated guidance to its own network of sites entitled Memo on Accessing 2009 Recovery Act and Stimulus Funding Opportunities. Some...

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  Making Every Day Count: Boys & Girls Clubs’ Role in Promoting Positive Outcomes for Teens

  Public/Private Ventures This latest report on P/PV's multi-year study of Boys & Girls Clubs finds that the more frequently youths participate in...

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  Growing a Workforce

  Skills with teeth: Pam Fuller, 17, practices using a dental instrument in her dental assisting class at Central Educational Center. Photo: Jamaal...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Nonprofit to Run City’s Youth Programs

    At a time of government budget deficits, can youth-serving organizations run programs cheaper and easier than their local governments can? A...

• News

  A Plus for Teens Faces Subtraction

  Watch the original Youth Today video, “Hard Times at Sunnyside High” Tucson, Ariz.—Every day after school during the past year, 17-year-old Veronica...

• 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...

• Opinion

  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...