Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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1.3KGuest Opinion EssayCommunity College Proposal Not Enough to Transform OST Field
The White House is promoting President Obama’s Building American Skills through Community College proposal by projecting that it could save a full-time...
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1.4KNewsWill Federal After-School Funding Survive Senate Committee?
As Congress raises its ax to No Child Left Behind, it could also slice away the 17-year program that serves 1.6 million...
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1.0KNewsAfter-school Providers, Others Join Effort to Preserve 21st Century Funding
Advocates for after-school programs have swung into action, fearing that federal funding for after-school and summer programs could be diverted and lost....
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1.3KNewsLocal Dance Program Gets Kids on the Move
An Atlanta youth organization, Moving in the Spirit, began in 1986 as a dance class for girls at a women’s shelter in...
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1.1KNewsAfter-School Programs for Low-Income Children Endangered by Proposed Senate Bill
A draft of a bill proposed in the U.S. Senate — the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — would kill a program...
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The Mazda Foundation – Education, Literacy, Environment, Culture, Social Welfare, and Research Grants
Subject: Education, Literacy, Environmental Education, Community Development | Deadline: July 1, 2015 (Applications accepted beginning May 1.)
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626Guest Opinion EssayTime to Give the Quarterbacks of OST a Fat Raise
Until we pay front-line staff as professionals and give them budgets and resources commensurate of what we expect from them, the OST...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayWe Must Continue to Advocate for Funding for Afterschool Programs
How can we close the gap between public support and public dollars for afterschool? In a word, advocacy.
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayData-Driven Decisions: A Myth or Reality for Out-of-School Time?
The recent economic crisis has intensified challenges throughout the nonprofit sector. Nowhere is the strain felt more than in the field of...
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ourBRIDGE Afterschool Program
ourBRIDGE Afterschool Program in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of a kind. It serves over 70 refugee and immigrant elementary school aged...
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1.2KNewsUsing Nature as a Springboard to Support English Language Learning
Out-of-school (OST) programs in the San Benito school district and the afterschool teachers are committed to creating a safe, diverse, and welcoming...
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1.4KNewsRelaxed, Hands-on Activities at OurBridge Give English Learners the Practice They Need
Imagine entering a school where you don’t speak the language and you don’t know the culture. It’s an experience shared by nearly...
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1.2KNewsLights On Afterschool Shows What Programs Can Do for Kids, Highlights the Need
Afterschool programs are in the spotlight on Oct. 23, as the fifteenth Lights On Afterschool is celebrated.
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayCan We Talk? The Importance of Conversation at Youth Programs
By practicing conversing with "expert" conversationalists, children quickly learn the pragmatic, or useful, aspects of oral language.
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3.0KNewsReport: Millions of U.S. Children Unsupervised During After-School Hours
Demand for after-school programs far exceeds supply in the United States, particularly among African-American and Hispanic families, a new report says. “America...
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1.2KNewsInterview: US Needs “Rational Policy for Child and Youth Development”
WASHINGTON — Irv Katz comes from a long line of family members who have prided themselves on serving their communities, dating to...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayThe Impacts of Truancy
Dropping out of school is not a singular event. It is a slow process of disengagement that requires us to look at...
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An Important Life Lesson: The Silver Lining of Afterschool Funding Fights
New York City’s cyclical fights over funding for afterschool programs in the last few years were hard-fought and painful, but there was...
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608NewsStudy: Two Years of Music Education Improves Reading, Speech
Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois believe that musical training plays an important role in educational achievement.
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1.1KGuest Opinion Essay‘Expanded Learning’ a Dangerous Euphemism
A government-fueled fear of inadequacy is turning intelligence into a global competition, funded in a way that threatens to drive youth-centered philosophies...
