Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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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...
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2.7KNewsMidterm Elections Could Be Positive for After-school, Youth Protections: Advocates
As the dust settles after the midterm elections, youth advocates are looking at the impact on young people.
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2.1KNewsAtlanta Teens Survey Teens for Lights On Afterschool Event
To kick off its national rally for after-school programs this week, the Afterschool Alliance released survey results showing 89 percent of adults...
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5.3KNewsFor Youth in Sports, Transgender Means Off the Pitch
Keiran Flynn had just finished his junior year at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga., when he decided he was ready to...
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2.5KNewsAfter-school People, the Fed Wants to Help You Teach Financial Literacy
After-school programs looking to teach kids financial literacy can find resources in an unexpected place — the Federal Reserve.
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1.9KNews‘Career-pathing’ Is How to Retain Millennial After-school Workers, Trainer Says
ATLANTA — Earlier this year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta changed the way it introduced new workers to the...
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2.6KNewsChess Teaches Girls Focused Thinking, Chess Girls DC Founder Says
Robin Ramson was a chess player in high school, and she introduced the game to her daughter, Sarah, when she was 4.
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9.6KNewsHomeboy Industries Helps Los Angeles Youth Exit Gang Life With Jobs, Therapy
Garry Powers stands on Alameda Street near the North Vignes Street overpass, across from a smoke shop and a Vietnamese restaurant. He’s...
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3.8KNewsFocusing on Grit ‘Distraction’ From Systemic Problems, Says OST Expert Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman’s new book, “It’s Not About Grit: Trauma, Inequity and the Power of Transformative Teaching,” challenges the focus on grit as...
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3.2KGuest Opinion EssayOST Training, Professional Development Plans Crucial to Quality
The office always seems to have a louder buzz this time of year. A steady stream of potential candidates pour in and...
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1.8K► ReportsBalancing Work and Learning: Implications for Low-Income Students
The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University looks at the unique challenges low-income students face as they work through...
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3.0KNewsReplace OST ‘Exclusionary Discipline’ With Better Practices, Report Urges
When school started in Tulsa, Okla., on Aug. 22, something new happened at five elementary schools. The schools and their YMCA after-school...
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2.8KGuest Opinion EssayProgram Quality Goes to Summer Camp, Where It Belongs
Think about the last time you had a quality customer service experience — was it at a store? On vacation? Over the...
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2.2KNews‘Radically Interactive’ STEM Course Teaches the After-school Teachers
After-school programs are increasingly expected to teach science, technology, engineering and math, but staff often have little training. How do after-school staff...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayCoach for Confidence, not Compliance
As I emerge from the train station in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District, my senses are overwhelmed with the sights,...
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2.6KNewsStudent Reporting Labs Teach Youth to Report News About Community Issues
When PBS NewsHour aired last week, the show included a story about Mighty Greens, a youth-led gardening cooperative in Washington, D.C. Not...
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2.8KNewsScience Center Brings STEM Instruction to Rural Arizona After-school Clubs
A science center in Phoenix is bringing training to educators and after-school clubs in rural areas of the state in an effort...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayWhy OST Workers Must Disrupt Unhelpful Social Narratives
We used to warn children of “stranger danger” to avoid assault, kidnappings and other horrendous acts. However, we failed them with this...
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2.0KNewsSeminal After-school Report Marked a Pivot Point in Working with Youth, Creators Say
When Jane Quinn walked into the gleaming conference room at the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1990, its wide bank of...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayOut-of-school Time SEL Prepares Young People for Workforce
The other day, I was speaking with a friend who works in human resources. She was in the process of filling an...
