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All posts tagged "OST"
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayBiden Must Integrate Developmental Relationships Into Training Plans For Young People
Making relationships a focus of federal policy is long overdue given that decades of research have shown that relationships are the critical...
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2.9KGuest Opinion EssayService Learning Makes Online Learning Meaningful and Engaging
During distance learning youth can feel disconnected from their educators, their peers and the content of what they are learning. Service learning...
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5.6KGuest Opinion EssayPositive Community Programs By Police Lead To Positive Relationships
SEVENTYFOUR/SHUTTERSTOCK Growing up in San Jose, California, I had some amazing experiences with law enforcement that I can say likely made a...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayOST Funders, Here’s How To Step Up: Invest In Organizations’ Capacity
DOTSHOCK/SHUTTERSTOCK (Part 2 of 2) In 2019, I wrote a chapter called “Rooted in Scarcity and Deficit: Time to Reconsider the Funding Process”...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayOST Providers, Pandemic Time Means Time To Build Relationships
As the world around us continues to feel like it’s spinning off its axis, one of the best things we can do...
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5.4KNewsAfter-school Providers Can Assist Kids Experiencing Homelessness
As the pandemic continues, the number of people experiencing homelessness could rise — especially if eviction moratoriums are lifted. More children in...
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2.3KNewsAt Atlanta Bike Shop, Kids Learn Bike Repair, Job Skills, Soft Skills
Last spring, COVID-19 put the brakes on after-school activities at Bearings Bike Shop in Atlanta. But on a recent Saturday, a gaggle...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayLean Into Youth Voice And Leadership To Help Our Youth Endure This Time
While schools begin the arduous task of tackling a new combination of academic summer and COVID learning slide, OST programs have an...
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1.7KGuest Opinion Essay8 Ways to Evolve Your OST Programs Online
This summer was filled with disappointments as each camp I had enrolled my daughter in — both day camp and overnight camp...
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2.8KNewsYouthprise And Students Win Lawsuit, Gain Jobless Benefits For Minnesota Teens
Walter Cortina, a high school student in Minneapolis, doesn’t work merely for pocket money. Last spring, at age 17, he was supporting...
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5.0K► ReportsMany Fewer Kids In After-school Programs Despite Greater Need, America After 3 PM Report Finds
The widening gap between rich and poor in America — even before the pandemic — is shown in a new report on...
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1.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow I Helped My High School Service Club Find A Way To Keep Helping
The Helping Hawks Club members have invested their time since 2011 feeding the homeless (a major draw to the club), spending lunchtime...
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2.2KNewsHow The Differing Sense Of Community In Florida, Italy Affects Children: New Book
Stell Simonton recently talked with Barbara Bennett Woodhouse, author of “The Ecology of Childhood: How Our Changing World Threatens Children’s Rights.” Woodhouse,...
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2.0KNewsMiddle School Students In Virginia Take Part In Worldwide Hour Of Code
Three afternoons this week — Computer Science Education Week — students at Rocky Run Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, are gathering...
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2.2K► ReportsIntegrate SEL By Focusing On Strong Relationships In Diverse Environment, Report Says
How do youth organizations and schools integrate social and emotional learning into their full range of activities? How do they also respond...
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4.7KGuest Opinion EssayTeaching After-school Online? How To Effectively Support SEL
MIA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK Quarantine has a very isolating effect on the world. There is a lack of social interaction, many days in pajamas...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayPrepare Instead Of Repair For Equity, Inclusion In OST
Equity and inclusion cannot be buzzwords that are conveniently used reactively to convey a message, apply for funding, be included for some...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayHow To Chart An Anti-oppression Path For Your Youth Organization
As difficult as it may seem, there is a more equitable, anti-oppression path forward for youth-centered organizations. An anti-oppression organizational orientation recognizes,...
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1.7KNewsBill Seeks ‘Pandemic Funding’ For 21st Century After-school Programs
As Congress considers a spending bill with behind-the-scenes negotiations this week, many youth-serving organizations hope for an injection of cash into out-of-school...
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1.9KNewsMore After-school Suppers Are Key Support For Food-insecure Households, Report Says
More kids in after-school programs are getting an evening meal through the program, according to a recent report from Food Research &...
