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Ignorance on School Security

Kenneth S. Trump, PresidentNational School Safety and Security ServicesCleveland, OH Small Nonprofits As I read the February issue of Youth Today, I...

Guest Opinion Essay

Go Global, Too

Rosemary Tisch, FounderKids Are SpecialFamily Education FoundationSan Jose, CA I just finished reading your [February] article, “U.S. Youth Programs Go Global.” Because...

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Newsmakers for March 2002

Nonprofits After almost 30 years in operation, the Center for Community Change (CCC) has decided to plunge into the media game. The...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Not Quite Expired

Another life-after-death tale is taking wing among the former affiliates of Children’s Express (CE). The 26-year-old youth journalism enterprise’s D.C. headquarters crashed...

Guest Opinion Essay

Early and Sustained Supports Needed

Early investments have big payoffs. We know this from the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project in Michigan that is often credited for the...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Press Watch for March 2002

Child welfare nonprofit says give it timeTampa Tribune An experiment to privatize child welfare in two Florida counties isn’t going so well,...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for March 2002

Advocacy Children’s Rights: Policy and Practice, by John Pardeck, is a valuable tool for those who work in social services as well...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Forging 21st Century Partnerships

Now that the ink is dry on the recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it’s time to examine the implications...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Youth Jobs Program Gets Pink Slip

By Natalie Gardner Lake Village, Ark.—Federal dollars for a limousine ride and a manicure? Toyce Newton knows that what she did here...

News

After-School Funds Feds Open Door to Youth Agencies

With a rare victory over Washington’s education lobby, youth-serving agencies can for the first time directly tap into the federal government’s biggest...

Guest Opinion Essay

Sane School House Safety

No national youth policy issue is more off track than the effort to make schools safe for children and staff. A series...

News

Whistleblower: “My Life Ruined”

Ever since the 1999 Columbine massacre, adults have preached that the best way to prevent school violence is to get youths to...

Guest Opinion Essay

“Senior Year” Refreshes, ASH Chokes

I have never met a “typical teenager.” Sullen, alienated, immature, impulsive, rebellious, obnoxious, immortality-deluded, high-risk? I’ve encountered as many grownups (me, for...

News

The Preemies Are Alright

A study of people who were born prematurely sheds more light on the ever-amazing resiliency of kids to overcome trauma. The study...

News

4-H Marks a Century, Looks to the Next

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, 4-H has been holding a series of discussions nationwide about the future of youth work. 4-H has...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Teen’s Suicide May Prompt New Rules on Student Pilots

Four days after a 15-year-old flight student committed suicide by flying a plane into a Florida building, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

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Newsmakers for February 2002

Foundations The New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s policy shift to focus on strengthening urban youth service agencies in the Northeast has...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for February 2002

Books After-school Building Effective Afterschool Programs, by Olatokunbo Fashola, takes readers through the process of modeling, creating and evaluating four types of...

News

The Day Starts at 3

by Richard Rothstein The art of Jacob Lawrence, the magnificent African-Amer-ican painter who wove color, shape, history and sociology into emotionally powerful...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Civic Education Project

Evanston, Ill.(847) 467-2572www.ctd.northwestern.edu/cep Objective: To promote civic responsibility among young people. In a Nutshell: CEP staff members work with teachers and...