Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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1.8KNewsPoverty 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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3.9KNewsInnovative 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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2.2KNewsConferences 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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3.7KNewsSupporting 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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2.3KNewsTrump 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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4.1KNewsReaching 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.
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6.1KNewsWhen Schools and Nonprofits Collaborate with Faith-based Organizations
Amachi is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that recruits volunteers from faith-based organizations to mentor the children of incarcerated parents. However, it has a...
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6.7KNewsProviding Support for Young Black Men in College
Young African-American men are far less likely to graduate from college than other segments of the population. A little more than one-third...
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2.8KNewsAt Big Thought, Gigi Antoni Has Taken a Big-Picture Approach to Out-of-school Learning
“It’s in out-of-school time that kids get to pursue their interests,” says Gigi Antoni, who moves to the The Wallace Foundation in...
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3.2KFrom the FieldA Year of VISTA Service: Five Lessons for Nonprofit Practitioners and Other Service Members
Derek Moore and Nicole Smith completed their AmeriCorps VISTA service this week. During their year of service, they supported the launch of...
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2.1KNewsBeyond School Hours Conference Looks at Ways to Level Playing Field for America’s Kids
Schools can’t do it alone. That’s the message of the Beyond School Hours conference going on in Atlanta through Saturday.
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2.9KNewsPalm Beach County Creates Master Plan for Youth
“Nobody thinks we are a county in which kids go hungry, but we are,” said Tammy Fields, Palm Beach County youth services...
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2.0KOpinionContinuum of Professional Development Should Target Needs, Develop Talents
Our approach to staff development should be rethought and and expanded. A continuum of professional development that targets individual needs, fosters and...
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3.2KNewsBoard, Fantasy Games Lure Kids from Screens to Psychologist’s Brooklyn Store
At the Brooklyn Strategist game store, kids get a play space away from computer and phone screens.
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What Impact Will a New Department of Education Secretary Have on Out-of-School Time?
After-school programs aimed at helping children from low-income families have survived changes at the White House, in Congress and even some attempts...
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2.4KNewsWhen the Stakes Are High, Undocumented Youth Organize
Maria Carrillo-Garcia found herself in tears on the night of Nov. 8, 2016. “This election was really hard,” she said. “I just...
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4.2KNewsCops and Black Kids: Does Police Mentoring Defuse the Tension?
New mentoring programs connecting law enforcement and young black men are receiving praise, while critics question the use of mentoring to address...
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2.2KNewsYoung Women Make Voices Heard in the Streets of D.C.
A sea of pink “pussycat hats,” many home-knitted, surged down the streets of Washington, District of Columbia, on the heads of women...
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3.0KNews4-H STEM Program Reaches Somali Kids
After school in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, middle-school kids build small bridges with paper, construct a battery-powered LED light and map...
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3.8KNewsTeens Push to Lower the Voting Age
Should 16- and 17-year-olds be able to vote? That was a question San Francisco and Berkeley, California, residents considered as part of...
