Youth Today
All posts tagged "OST"
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Opinion
Don’t Deify Graduation Rates
The buzz about improving the high school graduation rate is becoming a roar. Governors’ children’s cabinets are picking this as the leading...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Recreation, Curfews and Depression: Major Problems Confront Youth
In addition to the long-term challenges of reforming the major city and state systems for New Orleans’ youth, some specific problems won’t...
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News
Youth Groups Bring Hammers and Swings
Following are some of the relief efforts conducted by national organizations in the areas affected by the hurricanes: YouthBuild USA: Hundreds of...
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News
Fewer Kids, More Partners
Out of the 180 agencies that belong to the Greater New Orleans After School Partnership, only 20 are running after-school programs a...
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News
Report Roundup for September 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Prison Break
As mentoring’s popularity continues to soar, perhaps no one is getting more attention than children of prisoners. Programs for those youth have...
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Opinion
Can Youth Development Programs Contribute to Academic Success?
A hot topic in the world of after-school and youth development programs is their role in promoting young people’s academic success. Often...
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News
Report Roundup for July-August 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
After-School Programs Learn to Tutor
Not long ago, after-school programs were specifically not school; they were places for kids to unwind and play. “There was always a...
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Research
Research of Note for June 2006
What Are Kids Getting Into These Days? Demographic Differences in Youth Out-of-School Time Participation Harvard Family Research ProjectAvailable at www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/projects/afterschool/resources/demographic.pdf When...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Generation Rap
At the Mt. Kisco Day Care Center in Westchester, N.Y., youth in the after-school program often prepare healthy snacks alongside senior citizens....
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News
Report Roundup for May 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Plugging In Disconnected Youth
The statistics can be depressing: One-third of all Americans drop out of school. Only half of African-American, Latino and American Indian youth...
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News
Report Roundup for April 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Research of Note for April 2006
America’s Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Libraries Get a Read on Kids
It’s on the books: In January, Cleveland’s Wickliffe Public Library passed a rule that bans anyone under 14 from the library property...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Federal Budget Forecast: More Pain
February was a painful month for youth programs that get federal funding. President Bush presented a plan for domestic spending that...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Lessons from a Letdown
When youth-serving programs and their funders make their evaluations transparent, the entire field benefits from the lessons learned – even when...
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Opinion
Secret to Success: Deliver Meaning
Accomplishment. Beauty. Community. Creation. Duty. Those are five of the 15 “meanings” identified in a hot new business book about the bottom-line...
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News
Report Roundup for March 2006
A compilation of the reports from this issue.
