Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school"
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1.4KNewsArt, Writing Shows What Young People Want From Police
A police officer kneels down face to face with a child. “I’m sorry I stole,” the child cries. “It’s OK. Just don’t...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssayAfter-school Programming Strengthens Career Exploration
Youth need to participate in active learning opportunities that cultivate their interests and promote positive growth. Youth also need educational experiences that...
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3.1KNewsChicago Benchmarking Collaborative: Data Project May Be Model for Other Nonprofits
A colorful mosaic of smiling children brightens the wall outside Christopher House near Logan Square in Chicago. Inside the building is a...
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5.1KNewsYouth Show Ways to Reshape Homeless Policy, Chapin Hall Researchers Say
When Abrea Ponce, 25, looks back on her childhood, she realizes things could have been different. The San Diego mother and staff...
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3.4KGuest Opinion Essay4-H Has Figured Out Why Some Rural Communities Offer More Opportunity to the Young
According to the math, I should be living in poverty today. Born in South Baltimore General Hospital to first-generation high school graduates...
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2.5KNewsYouth-serving Nonprofits Linked With Greater Prosperity in Cities
Are you with a small but growing nonprofit that serves kids? Jim Chesire is convinced of your value. And furthermore, the Chicago...
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2.2KNewsSouth Dakota YWCA ‘Breakaway’ Provides Services to Youth, Women
A jumble of multicolored wires spilled out of the open side of a computer as Leilani Liggins, 6, dressed in a pink...
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4.2KGuest Opinion EssayACEs Research Could Improve College Completion Rates for Foster Care Youth
For the past 13 years I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of students who enroll at our university. It...
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4.5KNewsSTEM Programs for Middle Schoolers Go to the Library
When a “mobile science lab” shows up after school at a branch library in Hartford, Conn., kids cluster around it. They look...
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2.5KGuest Opinion EssaySummer Learning Should Be Nothing Like School: Use Thematic Curriculum
In light of high-stakes testing, children spend much of their in-school time listening to the teacher instruct whole group lessons and then...
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9.8KBook ReviewsOutstanding Insights About SEL in OST in Major Book
“Social and Emotional Learning in Out-of-School Time: Foundations and Futures” is the second volume in the “Current Issues in Out-of-School Time” series...
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2.3KNewsAfter-school Program Teaches Immigrant Children and Parents
Two hours after the school day ended, three parents sat in the nearly empty cafeteria at Norton Park Elementary School in a...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayLouisville After-school Programs Get Support From Our Network
Philanthropic organizations and local government have been supporting nonprofit organizations that serve young people in my community for decades. We have dozens...
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3.5KGuest Opinion EssayWe Students Will Keep Advocating for Background Checks for Gun Sales
In this past year as a student activist for gun safety, I’ve learned that America’s gun problem is a multifaceted issue. Gun...
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4.0KGuest Opinion EssayWhen Children Grieve: 10 Important Points for Youth Welfare Professionals
As youth welfare professionals we have all heard it, “I need to protect my children and not talk with them about their...
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3.7KNewsYoung Atlanta Refugees Build Robotics Along With New Lives
An Atlanta robotics team initially made up of refugee youth has racked up win after win in state and national competitions, successfully...
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3.7K► ReportsA Tool for After-school Providers: Evidence of Impact For a Host of Programs
Looking for funding for an after-school program? Trying to decide what type of program to implement?
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2.5KNewsBasketball Program in NY Goes Full-court Press on STEM
The well-meaning cannot parachute into a minority and marginalized community with a remedy for a systemic problem and expect to be easily...
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4.9KGuest Opinion EssayHow to Help Youth Activists Change the World
I love working with kids and supporting the people who work with kids. If you are reading this, you probably do too....
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2.4KFrom the BureausAfter-school Experts Encourage Program Directors to Help Teens Turn Passion Into Action
Students around the world walked out of school Friday to raise awareness for climate change. This type of collective youth action is...
