Youth Today
All posts tagged "Out of Schooltime and Afterschool"
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730NewsQ&A: There was no guide to looking for child care. Now there is.
Child care is scarce and expensive. Parents have questions. This guide has the answers.
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1.5KNewsOverscheduling kids’ lives causes depression and anxiety, study finds
The statistical techniques are new. Researchers debate about how and when to use them.
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1.8KNewsA new policy in Florida could out LGBTQ+ students to their parents if they join a GSA
Some LGBTQ+ student clubs in Florida have disbanded altogether.
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1.7K► NewsmakersTim Blaylock named Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship West Region executive director
Blaylock recently served as CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of West Valley.
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3.2KNewsHome-based childcare is a dying business. Here’s why.
Nearly half of all licensed home childcares closed between 2005 and 2017.
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2.3KNewsCan affordable housing make the “low-pay, low-opportunity” afterschool field fairer for workers?
“Workers in these spaces are undervalued,” said University of Minnesota professor Dale Blyth.
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1.7KNewsYoung goat farmer uses YouTube to spread the word about raising a herd
Sylvia Smith found her true passion in goats at age 12.
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1.1K► ReportsA national call to action for summer learning: How did states respond?
A report discusses how states used unprecedented summer learning federal funding after the pandemic.
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1.4K► NewsmakersShawna Rosenzweig named president of Camp Fire
Rosenzweig has served as Camp Fire’s chief strategy officer for the past four years.
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1.9KNewsToday’s racial, social tensions prompt a revival of yesteryear’s ‘freedom schools’
Some of today’s freedom schools enroll only Black youth, others a "racial rainbow."
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1.8KNewsQ&A: Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska CEO Jen Patronas on what it’s like to run an afterschool program in the Arctic
Selawik, Alaska, is a Iñupiat Eskimo community where generations have survived off the land.
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2.3KNewsSummer camps are booming, fueled by largest single federal funding windfall
Pandemic spending included $3 billion for afterschool/summer programs addressing learning loss and mental health.
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2.4K► NewsmakersJermaine Myrie named CEO of MENTOR
Jermaine Myrie succeeds outgoing CEO David Shapiro on April 24.
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1.7KNewsReport finds ‘huge unmet demand’ for afterschool programs among Native American families
Some schools have zero opportunities for afterschool learning, one tribal education director said.
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1.4KNewsYouth program founder hurt in shooting ‘has biggest heart’
A shooting killed two teenagers at the Starts Right Here education program.
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1.8KNewsAfterschool programs raise pay, lower hiring requirements amid staff shortage
Some programs face long waitlists due to staffing shortages; others have closed.
