Youth Today
All posts tagged "Youth Development"
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1.9KOpinionYoung people are telling us what they want: Are you listening?
How does Camp Fire offer young people inclusive programs with purpose, learning and connection?
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8.6KOpinionWhat Netflix’s “Adolescence” gets wrong — and right — about ‘kids these days’
By the end of watching it, I wish it had been called "An Adolescent."
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1.3KOpinionTransformative summer programs focus on learning love, not learning loss
Summer's the time for experimenting with new activities and building year-round, community-based learning ECOsystems.
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2.0KNewsFederal judge prevents Trump administration’s cuts to AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps volunteers work in schools, health facilities, food banks, homeless shelters and veterans’ facilities.
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1.3KFrom the FieldOur school started enforcing its cell phone ban. The results have been astounding.
After a cell-phone-free year, this teacher says school cell phone bans should be nation-wide.
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2.6KOpinionQ&A: From summer slide to summer glide — Blending learning, engagement and fun
Brodrick Clarke's interview focuses on the connection between learning and development.
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2.7KNewsHow classroom rituals help create community
Students feel disconnected from themselves, each other, their environment: Classroom rituals help them reconnect.
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2.9KNewsHelping young people reconnect with school: What reengagement programs need to succeed
Students drop out for many reasons. Can reegagement programs bring them back to school?
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2.0KNewsMany states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?
Many smaller schools struggle to offer career and technical education classes for new pathways.
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1.6KFrom the FieldFrom frontlines to funding: Youth changemakers and a call for radical philanthropists
How are youth leaders and changemakers building the future they deserve?
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1.6KOpinionRe-centering youth work across systems
We must radically reimagine how we use our resources to benefit youth.
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2.7KNewsOut-of-school programs play an outsized role in child development
New research shows that OST programs are more important than policymakers and parents realize.
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1.9KFrom the FieldQ&A: Nature and well-being: When the natural world is your teaching partner
Why is time spent outdoors so effective in supporting young people's well-being?
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2.8K► ReportsThe nature of the outdoors: Stronger youth development through exploration
A study highlights how outdoor youth programs uniquely amplify youth development and promote thriving.
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1.3KOpinionShifting mindsets: Acting differently requires us to think, talk and see differently first
What's the simplest, most consistent way to spark voluntary action to try something different?
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2.3KOpinionConnection and co-regulation precede self-management: A common sense approach to learning, development and discipline
Self-control is not built through discipline/punishment; but cultivated through relationships, trust, and co-regulation.
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1.8KOpinionIn learning ECOsystems OST must be a champion of positive youth development
OST and youth development are not interchangeable. One is about place, one about approach.
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2.9K► ReportsThe future of youth development: Building systems and strengthening programs
A report examines the effectiveness of OST programs, identifies improvements, and outlines future research.
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2.6KNewsNew effort fights distracted driving from the passenger seat
Safety advocates are working to broaden awareness of passenger empowerment, particularly among teenagers.
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3.4KNewsThe opportunities and effects of climate action on adolescents
Overall, 85% of young people are worried about climate change. 58% are extremely worried.
