Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayHow Not to Lose Your Mind Over Every New Trend in Your Field
It sometimes feels like risking whiplash to try to follow all the emerging trends in our field and the potential funding, resources...
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1.8KNewsSome Social and Emotional Learning Programs Can Be Funded Via ESSA, Report Says
Funding opportunities for social and emotional learning are available through the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) — but how exactly? After-school...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Build the High-Quality Partnerships Schools Need to Survive Well
Helen Keller said it best, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
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3.4KNewsBoys and Girls Clubs Do Have to Change to Run Quality Arts Programs, Wallace Study Finds
Remember doing art projects with construction paper and Elmer’s Glue? We’ve all had that experience, but we know it usually doesn’t constitute...
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1.3KNewsShould Your Youth Program Be Concerned About an ‘Active Shooter’?
Since the shooting last week at Rancho Tehama Elementary School in Tehama County, California, some schools across the nation seem to be...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayESSA Funds Must Be Used Wisely to Amplify Crucial Summer Learning
Education is not one size fits all. Nor does it stop when the traditional academic year ends. Each student has different needs,...
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2.6KGuest Opinion EssayClosing the Communication Gap Between School‑day and After‑school Teams
As a 23-year-old after-school worker in Brooklyn, New York, my “teacher” role was deeply intertwined with the...
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2.0KNews‘What If the Kids Who Are Acting Out the Most Need Art the Most?’
The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, on a grant from The Wallace Foundation, is running a pilot project with six of...
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2.9KFrom the BureausGetting $50 Million More for California After-school Programs Took Group 3 Years of Lobbying
California after-school programs statewide were able to breathe a small sigh of relief this year after Gov. Jerry Brown set...
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2.1KNewsExploring How an Idea Developed in Business Applies to Youth Development
Among trendy ideas in education and youth development — right up there alongside “growth mindset” and “grit” — is something called “design...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhat We Tried, What We Learned About Project Based Learning in Denver
For the past year, 13 after-school sites within Denver have been working to implement quality programming...
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How to Redefine Structured After-school Activities So Kids Will Be Engaged
Too often in out-of-school time programs, students are assigned to groups they can never leave, forced to do an activity...
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2.1KNewsResources Available for Teen Science Cafés, Which Let Kids Get Hands-on
When a group of high school students got together on a recent Tuesday evening, they ate chocolate, taste-tested different...
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3.1KNewsHands-on Learning: How Learning By Doing Can Widen World for Young People
Jason Herndon had walked past the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, an old brick building in north Philadelphia, many times, thinking it looked...
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House Reinstates Some Funds for 21st Century After-school Program
Prospects for fully funding the 21st Century after-school program grew today as the House of Representatives reinstated $100 million for the program...
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1.3KNewsDiffering Bills That Fund After-school Programs Expected to Soon Go to Conference Committee
Supporters of after-school programs are closely following actions in Congress to see whether federal funding will be...
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2.4KGuest Opinion EssaySummer Youth Employment Programs Should Consider This News for Next Year
I was 15 when I had my first summer job at a snowball stand outside Baltimore. I learned how to use an...
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1.6KNewsWest Sacramento ‘Audaciously’ Creates Job, College Path for Its Youth with Kids’ Home Run
As the wealth gap grows in the United States, the job market shifts and college costs rise, how do young people make...
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2.5KNewsAfter-school Programs Work to Host, Show Off for Their Elected Officials
Would you invite elected officials to visit your youth program? Would you welcome the prospect or shake in your shoes at the...
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2.2KNewsAfter-school Programs Have Role to Play in Reducing Bigotry, NAA Says
In the wake of hate crimes that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, adults who work with youth need to be equipped to...
