Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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1.4KNewsNew BMX program teaches North Tulsa kids about bikes, racing and resilience
Without R.I.S.E., “nobody would know that BMX is like a real sport,” Salomon said.
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2.3KNewsSummer camps are booming, fueled by largest single federal funding windfall
Pandemic spending included $3 billion for afterschool/summer programs addressing learning loss and mental health.
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6.5KNewsWill California’s promise of ‘the largest preschool program in the country’ meet expectations?
Will it close the educational achievement disparities between poor and comparatively well-off children?
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959NewsNonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers
The lack of volunteers strains the safety net that nonprofits provide to the vulnerable.
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1.4KNewsBiden signs executive order to improve access to child care
It aims to increase child care access and improve the work life of caregivers.
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2.3K► NewsmakersJermaine Myrie named CEO of MENTOR
Jermaine Myrie succeeds outgoing CEO David Shapiro on April 24.
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972► ReportsSkills for success: developing social and emotional competencies in out-of-school-time programs
A new report discusses how OST programs can effectively incorporate SEL instruction and practices.
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6.0KNews‘Yes, you can do this’: The story behind the rapid rise in sports for youth with disabilities
These student-athletes are breaking the mold of what many people think is inclusion.
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1.5K► NewsmakersNational AfterSchool Association names 2023 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders
17 out-of-school time professionals from across the country were chosen.
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3.8KNewsPublic school districts move into the affordable housing business
Teacher salary: $52,000. Median home price: Nearly $500,000. Solution: District-sponsored affordable housing.
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6.4KNewsZen dens, peace rooms, chill-out spaces: How schools and afterschool programs are giving kids space to reflect and regulate
Calming rooms offer young people a safe, quiet space to manage their emotions.
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1.3KNewsYouth program founder hurt in shooting ‘has biggest heart’
A shooting killed two teenagers at the Starts Right Here education program.
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1.8KNewsAfterschool programs raise pay, lower hiring requirements amid staff shortage
Some programs face long waitlists due to staffing shortages; others have closed.
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1.8KNewsYoung farmers adapt to a hotter, drier future
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
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1.9KNewsBiden Administration’s signature gun safety bill earmarks modest funding for afterschool programs
One of the Biden Administration's signature pieces of legislation — the $13 billion gun safety bill known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities...
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1.3KNewsYouth take lead in mapping heat impacts across communities
Across the country, young people are banding together to undertake surveys and create heat maps that capture their communities’ desire to mitigate...
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1.6KNewsCampus divestment movement targets schools’ nonprofit status
Student groups argue that damage to the environment and human health inflicted by the fossil fuel industry conflicts with the schools’ missions...
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1.6KNewsAs educators tout the benefits of social and emotional learning, sparse research exists on how to actually teach it
Social and emotional learning has emerged from the pandemic as a top priority for many schools and afterschool and summer programs in...
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999NewsInflation puts tighter squeeze on already pricey kids sports
Sticker shock in youth sports is nothing new, but the onslaught of double-digit inflation across America this year has added a costly...
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3.3KNews‘Every day was a bad day’: Children working in agriculture aren’t protected equally
Children as young as 12 can be hired on large farms for jobs like picking tobacco, with no limits on the hours...
