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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Pubs and Videos for February 2002

Books After-school Building Effective Afterschool Programs, by Olatokunbo Fashola, takes readers through the process of modeling, creating and evaluating four types of...

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The Day Starts at 3

by Richard Rothstein The art of Jacob Lawrence, the magnificent African-Amer-ican painter who wove color, shape, history and sociology into emotionally powerful...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Civic Education Project

Evanston, Ill.(847) 467-2572www.ctd.northwestern.edu/cep Objective: To promote civic responsibility among young people. In a Nutshell: CEP staff members work with teachers and...

Guest Opinion Essay

A Summit Too Sad

Somewhere in the bowels of the White House someone someday somehow will see the connection between the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Foundations

Departing from the John and James L. Knight Foundation (assets: $2.2 billion) after nine years is Community Initiatives Program Officer Linda L....

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Recipe for Reaching Teens: Blend Research with the Real World

By Larry Hayes In 1995, the Carnegie Corporation churned out “Great Transitions,” an authoritative survey of the research on early adolescence. Here’s...

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Zero Tolerance, Zero Evidence: An Analysis of School Disciplinary Practice

By Russell Skiba Indiana Education Policy Center This report explores the effects and side-effects of extreme punishment – usually suspension or expulsion...

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Preserved In Idaho

Rural preservationists take note: The National Family Preservation Network’s nine-year odyssey from the Hunter College School of Social Work to the Maryland...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Enterprise Not Enough

Even the most enterprising of national groups that are not youth-specific can find launching, managing and sustaining a youth development program an...

Anti-Drug Programs that Work?

Project Northland Developed by University of Minnesota, this program targets sixth- through eighth-graders and seeks to delay the age at which teens...

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Promising Practices: Supporting Transition of Youth Served by the Foster Care System

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine National Resource Center...

New Congress, New Approach to Youth

BY SUE BADEAU The 107th Congress convened Jan. 3, and a flurry of proposed bills as well as new committee assignments signal...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Labor Burned Over Kids Cooking Rules

With more than half of all 15- to 17-year-olds employed in the retail trade industry-such as fast food, restaurants, and grocery stores-the...

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National Groups

The U.S. program office of the Baltimore-based International Youth Foundation (IYF) is changing its name and modifying its mission. Located in the...

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New Rules, New Roles: Preparing All Young People for a Changing World

This report profiles six successful programs in career exploration and preparation for young people. Youth and youth-serving institutions today, the report says,...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Britain Implements National Youth Policy

London—In an effort to pursue a single, comprehensive national youth policy, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor government has launched a Children...

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