Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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1.1KNews21st Century Learning Centers Get Budget Reprieve Until September
Millions of low-income kids just got a guarantee they’d have something to do this summer. And so did a cadre of educators...
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3.4KNewsOut-Of-School Time Organizations Play Pivotal Role
Brittany Fisher grew up in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut, a tough neighborhood where gangs flourished. When she entered South Middle...
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1.1KNewsClosing the Gap: Youth Workers Helping Youth of Color
Struggling youth, especially those of color, face unique challenges in reaching their goals as they grow up, but according to the educator...
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1.6KNewsGAO Says Education Dept. Should Up Its Oversight of Federal After-school Program
As after-school programs across the country fear loss of federal funds, a new report from the Government Accountability Office could muddy the...
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1.1KVideosTeen Mothers
Meriwether County parent educator Erma Harden works in Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services’ Circle of Care program, an organization that provides...
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1.7KNewsSpending Disparities Foster Inequality Among Kids, New Reports Say
Just as President Donald Trump proposes yanking federal funds serving 1.6 million children after school, new reports show two ways inequality of...
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1.4KNewsOrganizations Undertake Appreciating Youth Work — and Making It Pay
Jobs in after-school programs aren’t known for their high pay, but this week, at least, employees may be paid extra in appreciation.
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1.7KNewsFunding Cut for 21st Century Community Learning Centers Could Maim After-school for Low-income Kids, Advocates Say
Each day after school, kids at Community Works in New Orleans can be found gardening, playing sports, programming software, making music and...
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6.5KGuest Opinion EssayBattling the Ninth Grade Bulge
Researchers call it the “ninth grade bulge,” and it has nothing to do with weight gain among teenagers. Rather, the term refers...
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4.2KFrom the BureausTeen Girls’ Photos Raise Awareness of Health Disparities
“Where you live, where you go to school, the amenities in your community, all those things matter to community health.” Beatriz Solis,...
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1.9KNewsAccess to Arts Is Linked to Greater Well-Being in Economically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, Study Says
As spring slides toward summer, kids at the Sitar Arts Center in Washington, D.C, are beginning to audition for roles in the...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayLGBT Youth Promote Justice By Creating Their Own Media
We face grave dangers to social gains that have been hard won by social movements: the possibility of a so-called “religious freedom”...
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2.9K► Nonprofit ToolboxHow to Help ‘People’ People Interpret and Use Data
Walking into our monthly meeting for preventive services program management, we couldn’t miss the giant chart with numerous hand-written lines of different...
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5.3KNewsJuvie Talk: A Window Into the Lives of Kids in Trouble, a Resource for Educators
The website Juvie Talk is a compilation of verbatim stories of more than 100 young people in the juvenile justice system. The...
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1.5KNewsPoverty Simulation Pushes Educators, Youth Workers to Reflect, Relate
Educators and youth workers participated in the National Youth-At-Risk Conference's annual poverty simulation in Savannah, Georgia, in March 2017.
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3.0KNewsInnovative Summer Learning Programs Bubble up, Draw Attention at the State Level
In New Britain, Connecticut, elementary school students can get a passport at the beginning of summer, listing places in the community they...
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1.9KNewsConferences Highlight Challenges, Solutions: Threat to After-school Funding, High Need Among Youth
As 2,000 after-school workers gathered in Dallas earlier this week for the annual National AfterSchool Association convention, they immediately understood the convention...
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3.2KNewsSupporting Those Who Support Homeless Youth
He brought candy to that first meeting at the Covenant House homeless shelter in Manhattan a few days after Halloween — a...
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1.9KNewsTrump Proposal Zeros Out 21st Century Program; Advocates See Devastation for Needy Families
A longstanding program designed to keep America’s most impoverished children in a safe, learning environment during after-school hours would be eliminated entirely...
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3.3KNewsReaching LGBT Youth With Support, Mentoring and a Message That ‘It Gets Better’
As a high school student, Brian Wenke was harassed and bullied before he even realized he was gay.
