All posts tagged "OST"

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Literacy Programs Rewrite the Book

  The advent of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and first lady Laura Bush’s emphasis on literacy has been a good-news, bad-news scenario...

• News

  Report Roundup for November 2006

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  After-Life for After School

  Bricca P. Sweet doesn’t want another federal after-school grant. Don’t misunderstand: They’ve helped her in the past. But now that her community...

• News

  Report Roundup for October 2006

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Research of Note for October 2006

  Capturing Promising Practices in Recruitment and Retention of Frontline Youth WorkersCornerstones for Kids/National Collaboration for YouthAvailable free at www.nassembly.org/nydic/documents/CompletePublication.pdf. The Human Services...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• News

  Report Roundup for September 2006

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• 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...

• 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...

• News

  Report Roundup for July-August 2006

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• 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...

• 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...

• 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....

• News

  Report Roundup for May 2006

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• 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...

• News

  Report Roundup for April 2006

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• 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...