Youth Today
All posts tagged "out-of-school time and afterschool"
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1.5KNewsOklahoma basketball team launches afterschool program to teach data, analytics to Black youth
The students, known as Thunder Fellows, are part of the inaugural class of an afterschool program founded in the wake of the...
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1.8KNewsQ&A: Karen Pittman on her next chapter and how the pandemic opened minds
Karen Pittman has been at the forefront of youth development for nearly 50 years, championing a whole-child approach to learning that goes...
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1.3KNewsInsurer agrees to $800M settlement in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
Attorneys in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case have reached a tentative settlement under which one of the organization's largest insurers...
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1.5KNewsQ&A: RAND’s Jennifer McCombs on shifts in summer school
In her 20 years as a researcher at RAND Corporation, the last 10 of which she has focused on afterschool, Jennifer McCombs...
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2.1KNewsAmerican Rescue Plan funds fuel expansion in afterschool programs
Billions of dollars earmarked for afterschool programs in the American Rescue Plan have begun to flow into programs nationwide, setting some on...
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2.9KNewsSummer camps brace for another year of social emotional fallout from pandemic
How are summer camps handling changes in the campers and the young counselors caused by the ongoing pandemic? Temper tantrums. Panic attacks....
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3.2KNewsQ&A: Michael Funk discusses California’s publicly-funded universal afterschool and summer programming
After decades working in youth development, including his current role as California's afterschool czar, Michael Funk has reached retirement age. But he...
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2.2KNewsRural Appalachian parks departments ‘train trauma’ to support youth
Like many rural communities, Elizabethton is struggling with a shrinking population and dim opportunities for work, education and recreation, especially for young...
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1.7KNewsDomestic exchange program aims to help students see different viewpoints
David McCullough III believes young people today are growing up in a divided nation, one where youth aren’t able to empathize or...
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1.7KNewsLights On Afterschool highlights programs as demand exceeds access
A group of Atlanta teens shed light on what they want and need after the final bell of the day rings at...
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3.2KNewsAmerica’s afterschool staffing shortage undercuts pandemic recovery
Ask anyone in the youth development field what the greatest crisis facing afterschool programs is and you'll likely get the same answer:...
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2.1KNewsQ&A: Afterschool Alliance’s Jodi Grant on the pandemic’s silver lining
For more than 15 years, Jodi Grant has guided advocacy efforts as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, a national organization bent...
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1.9KNewsChicago program builds bonds between combat veterans, youth
To cope with violence and gang influences, youth are joining Urban Warriors, a YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago program that brings together combat...
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1.9KNewsExpanded child tax credit brings enrichment for some kids who missed out
After more than a year of isolation and remote learning, many families across the country are taking advantage of the windfall of...
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1.5KNewsOutbreaks strand some students at home with minimal learning
As coronavirus outbreaks driven by the delta variant lead districts around the U.S. to abruptly shut down or send large numbers of...
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2.0KNewsSomali community organization aims to train youth as health workers
Ilhan Omar, 23, a recent college graduate, aspiring social worker and daughter of Somali refugees, was concerned by how many people in...
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2.1KNewsAfterschool programs looked forward to a normal year. Then delta happened.
After a year of remote learning, experts worry students have fallen behind academically and are struggling socially and emotionally, having been isolated...
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1.8KNewsAnti-violence internship program finds flexibility in face of fluctuating pandemic
Kabuya recently completed an internship at a local juicery where she learned skills related to entrepreneurship and financial literacy. The internship program...
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3.7KNewsHow afterschool programs are using data to measure outcomes and equity
The power of using data to drive decision-making has become a mainstay in most industries, and in recent years has begun to...
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1.2KNewsSummer funding helped school districts address disparities
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — After another pandemic-disrupted school year, organizers of vastly expanded summer learning opportunities are investing heavily in efforts to...
