Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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4.1KNewsFormer Foster Youth Working at Louisiana Legislature Help Promote Extending Care
Move over oil and gas power brokers. Take a seat, criminal justice advocates. The most influential lobbyists in Louisiana’s statehouse may be...
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1.9KNewsFunding for Shared Data System to Link Kansas City Nonprofits to Schools
The shared system, made available by a matching grant from the Ballmer Group, is an effort to coordinate community organizations and schools...
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2.1K口 Advertising ArchiveJoin the Largest Global Convening for After School, Expanded Learning, and Out-of-School-Time Professionals
The BOOST Conference is the largest, most recognized, and comprehensive global convening for after school, expanded learning, and out-of-school time professionals. Set...
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4.0KNewsYoung People Learn About Solar Energy, Gain Job Skills From GRID Alternatives
A nonprofit devoted to shifting the nation from fossil fuels is reaching out to young people, providing STEM education and job training...
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3.1KNewsWisconsin Club Develops Innovative Anti-bias Response After School’s Viral Nazi Salute
When a photo of students giving a Hitler salute in Baraboo, Wis., went viral last year, the repercussions were immediate.
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13.3KNewsSophisticated Arts Training at Boys & Girls Clubs Will Expand, Wallace Foundation Says
A pilot program bringing sophisticated arts programming to kids in high-poverty communities engaged young teenagers and, as a result, has energized youth...
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2.1KNewsSummer Camp Tries to Groom Future New Orleans Leaders
A summer camp intended to develop future leaders of New Orleans selects youth as young as 10 and nurtures them each summer...
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1.7KNewsShutdown Has Not Affected Most After-school Funding — Yet
Most after-school and summer learning programs are not significantly impacted right now by the partial government shutdown, but there is concern they...
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2.0KNewsSome LA After-school Programs Feel Caught in Between As Teacher Strike Looms
As more than 30,000 teachers in Los Angeles prepare to strike on Monday, some after-school programs find themselves in an awkward position.
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1.9KGrantsPreK-12 Summer Reading Program Grants
Subject: Education, Reading, Literacy, OST, Summer Learning | Deadline: Feb. 21, 2019 | Amount: Up to $3,000
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1.4KGrantsMiddle School Student Out-of-School Time Learning Program Grants
Subject: Education, Afterschool, Summer Learning, OST | Deadline: Jan. 25, 2019 | Amount: $15,000, $50,000 or $100,000
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1.8KNewsReal Estate Investor Stagmeier Ready to Educate Landlords About Her After-school Model
High above Peachtree Street, on the 11th floor of the Colony Square building, a cool blue-gray light filters through the windows of...
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1.7KNewsTougher Rules Force Out Residents With Warrants, But Help Students’ Grades
ATLANTA — On the staircase outside his apartment at Summerdale Commons, Damien Small, 23, sat watching his 4-year-old son ride a green...
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2.5KNewsAfter-school Programs Offer Protective Factors, Research Shows
More and more research is linking transiency to student achievement. Transiency refers to students leaving a school in the middle of the...
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1.9KNewsAfter-school Director Has Quiet Presence, Strong Purpose
Children are making mud in the after-school program at Willow Branch apartments — and it’s not a carefully crafted science project. They...
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1.4KNewsAfter-school Teacher: ‘I Want to Help People Find Wholeness’
Kristin Hemingway sits at a card table in a tiny room behind the leasing office at Summerdale Commons apartment complex. Her big...
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4.8KNewsCan After-school Program at Apartment Complex Turn Around a Failing School?
But 200 children lived there — one-third of Brumby Elementary’s student population. That year, something happened at Madison Hills. The complex was...
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3.9KNewsPublic Housing Increasingly Place for After-school Programs
Public housing is increasingly taking a role in supporting kids’ education, according to Megan Gallagher, senior research associate at the Urban Institute....
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1.4KNewsAfter-school Programs in Housing Complexes Less Visible, Face Challenges
Most after-school programs are located in schools or at community-based organizations. Those located in housing complexes are less connected to the larger...
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2.3KNewsStart Your Planning Now for Summer Learning Programs, Wallace Report Says
It’s time to plan your summer learning program! Yes, the holidays are in full swing and summer seems far away, but school...
