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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

News

Report Roundup for March 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Opinion

Age of Aquarius Meets Era of Accountability

I recently participated in back-to-back meetings about outcomes of community schools and after-school programs. At each event, leaders in the field gathered...

News

Report Roundup for February 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

News

Report Roundup from December 2005 – January 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Opinion

Private Pays, but Not for Kids

The business section of The New York Times ran a feature story in August titled, “A Business Built on the Troubles of...

Opinion

Message in a Bottle

Sometimes you have to cross the ocean to get a clearer picture of what is happening in your own country. I just...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Teen Centers, Complete with Teens

So you’re going to create a safe teen center in your town, and teens are actually going to hang out there? Yeah,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Make ’em Sweat

When it comes to the kinds of activities to provide for kids, after-school programs have been getting two loud and competing messages....

Opinion

Aged Out of After-School

As youth workers, we face similar challenges when it comes to keeping older teens enrolled in our programs. By the time our...

News

Report Roundup from October 2005

Education2005 ACT ScoresAmerican College Testing Program Hundreds of thousands of 2005 high school graduates will begin college or work academically unprepared and...

Opinion