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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...

News

Report Roundup of July – August 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Renaissance Scholars Program

Santa Cruz, Calif. (831) 459-2424renaissance_scholars@ucsc.edu Objective: Help foster youth get into college and stay there. In a Nutshell: Provides youth from high...

News

Report Roundup for June 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Feedin’ Fannie

Feedin’ Fannie When a kid hears the words “Fannie Mae,” a lady’s posterior comes to mind. When an adult hears those same...

News

The TASC of After-School Training

The Bronx, N.Y.—Belinda Passafaro arrives at Public School 79 dressed like she’s here to run a business seminar: heels, crisp slacks and...

How Brown Sank to Red

The Bronx, N.Y. The abrupt bankruptcy filing by Brown Schools in late March left a wake of hardship – hundreds of youth...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Heads On Fire

San Diego, Calif.(619) 232-9573www.headsonfire.org Objective: Help youth use technology for social change. In a Nutshell: Partners with social service agencies and...

Opinion

Youth Work’s Unexpected Allies

A recent issue of Education Week carried a front-page photograph of a studious octogenarian and urged readers to turn to an inside...

News

Report Roundup for May 2005

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Big Lie

You know all that evidence that’s come out in recent years showing that after-school programs boost academic achievement? Researcher Robert Halpern has...

After-School Caucus Strives for Congressional Clout

Hoping for some congressional help around budget time and beyond, national advocates for after-school programming announced the formation last month of after-school...

Opinion

Community College Hoopla vs. the Equity Gap

These are good times for community colleges. President Bush is stumping for support of the community college system. Special initiatives in the...

News

Report Roundup for April 2005

Child Welfare Substance Use and Need for Treatment among Youths Who Have Been in Foster Care U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

News

Report Roundup for March 2005

Child WelfareEstimating Financial Support for Kinship CaregiversThe Urban Institute This brief examines government payments to children in private kinship care (77 percent...

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