All posts tagged "OST"

• 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

  Abstinence Ed: Why the Fuss?

  To abstain or not to abstain – that is a question many young people are asking themselves. Most adults and youth, and...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Mountaineer Challenge Academy

    Kingwood, W.Va.(304) 329-2118www.wvchallenge.org Objective: Help at-risk youth obtain GEDs and develop life skills. In a Nutshell: This 22-week residential program uses...

• Opinion

  Back to School

  September is back-to-school month. And for the first time in the nation’s history, many communities are beginning to get an accurate sense...

• News

  Report Roundup of September 2005

  Education The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: Transitions and the Role of Supportive Relationships, 2005MetLife This year’s annual survey focuses on...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Youth development grows outdoors, at low cost

  To a lot of kids, Jimmy would have been just another worm. But for many of the children in New York’s Central...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Assessing After-School Programs

    While it may take a village to raise a child, it seems to take even more to assess the quality of...