Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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2.7KOpinionThe 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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1.7KOpinionAn 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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952NewsStudy: 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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1.3KOpinion‘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...
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1.0KOpinionFinding Common Ground Between Afterschool Practitioners and Funders
It was with great anticipation that I read the “Grantmakers and Thought Leaders on Out-Of-School Time (OST) Survey and Interview Report,” commissioned...
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1.4KNewsAt Higher Achievement, Staff as Well as Students Get Writing Lessons
Academic rigor is the name of the game at Higher Achievement, an after-school and summer program based in Washington, D.C., and serving...
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984NewsNew Directions in OST Funding?
Foundations that fund out-of-school-time (OST) programs have an increased interest in the relation between OST and school reform efforts, according to a...
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3.2KOpinionHonesty and the Facilitator’s Role in Afterschool Sex Education
Sex education these days looks very different than when I was in high school in the late '90s — and largely for...
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1.7KNewsAfter-School Finds Power and Vision at the Community Level
A report by Afterschool Alliance identifies New Mexico, California and Florida as three of the 10 best states for after-school programs.
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2.2KTop Headlines: Archives 2014 & EarlierMore Parents Want Summer Learning Programs for Their Kids, Survey Shows
Demand is rising for summer learning programs, according to figures from the Afterschool Alliance. More than half of nearly 14,000 families surveyed...
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1.1KNewsResearcher, After-School Programs Honored
Deborah Lowe Vandell, founding dean of the School of Education at the University of California-Irvine, has been named National Afterschool Champion by...
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1.7KNewsOST Advocates Descend on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — Surging demand for out-of-school programs far exceeds supply and advocates are asking lawmakers to boost the budget this fall. The...
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2.6KNewsBoys & Girls Clubs Launches Unprecedented Campaign in Times Square
A countdown in Times Square to 3 p.m. — when the school day ends— is meant to highlight the important role of...
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2.7KNewsFootball Practice of ‘Two-a-Days’ Phasing Out
The competitiveness of football — teams battling rivals, high school teenagers clawing for scholarships — has created a generation of ambitious players...
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1.8KNewsWhere Kids Run the Show: Developing Youth Leaders
A teenager who first encountered the Neutral Zone for gay, lesbian and gender-questioning youth at 15 is now, two years later, on...
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2.3KNewsCarla Sanger — Pioneering After-School Programming
Carla Sanger’s father, Harold Galperin, a beloved principal at Baltimore City’s largest elementary school in the 1950s, taught her some of the...
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1.0KOpinionWhen Sunset Doesn’t Mean the End of the Day
How many organizations do you know that have put themselves out of business — voluntarily? I am acquainted with some that folded...
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3.0KNewsIncreased OST Connections Provide Continued Benefits
One morning in January, 80 teachers, principals and after-school staffers gathered in a large conference room at the Nashville Public Library to...
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1.8KNewsDay Camp ‘Teachable Moment’ Aids Summer STEM Learning
The teachers in an Atlanta summer day camp couldn’t have created a better “teachable moment.”
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1.4KNewsYoung Soccer-Poets Avidly Follow World Cup
As the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks into action, kids in San Francisco will be watching the games on a big screen...
