Youth Today
Guest Opinion Essay
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Columbine and the Politicians
Advocates for stricter gun control, and their allies seeking a greater national investment in youth development, have long welcomed a national plebiscite...
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Confessions of a Youth Worker
Many years ago I attended a dinner party at which the conversation turned to the question, “Has a book ever changed your...
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Demonizing Youth Isn’t ‘Advocacy’
America’s major institutions, succumbing to cold, Reagan/Clinton-era politics, have profoundly let young people down. A recent avalanche of cloned reports by interest...
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March Madness
As the nation prepares for the obligatory wringing of hands and lowering of flags on April 20th to mark the first anniversary...
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Reading Between the Lines
Over the past few months I have amassed a stack of newspaper articles about youth – not so much by design as...
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Passing on the Lessons of Youth and Community Work
By Andrew Hahn What do we know about the world of youth program and community change helpers? How can we guarantee that...
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How About Education, Competence – and a Pay Raise?
By Mark Krueger Turnover and incompetence among youth workers are serious threats to youth development. Across the country employers are struggling to...
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The Case of the 11-Year-Old Killer
PONTIAC, Mich. In a nationally televised ruling last month, Oakland County Probate Judge Eugene Moore did not just reject an adult prison...
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Keeping Our Eyes On the Prize
BY KAREN PITTMAN The new millennium is upon us. Reflection is required. What have we accomplished over the past few decades? We...
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Still Killing Kids Who Kill
When the 20th century began every nation on earth – save Costa Rica and Venezuela – allowed the execution of convicted murderers,...
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‘Tobacco-Free’ Haze
In a dozen years of working with kids, I saw the same scenes a hundred times: parents, family friends, relatives and teenagers...
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Change That Abides
Flexibility and patience. Everyone wants a funder who approaches complex change initiatives with these attributes. But to be fair, wouldn’t we as...
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Message for the Millenium
By Joy Dryfoos Everyone else is sounding off about the significance of the new millennium, so why shouldn’t I? Who has a...
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Natural Allies: Youth Agencies & Charter Schools
To hear the nation’s leading Democratic and Republican politicians tell it during the recent federal budget debate, the most urgent issues facing...
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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...
