[YL] YouthLearn Newsletter, Issue 120

Tue Oct 9 20:29:00 EDT 2007

YouthLearn
Newsletter, Issue 120 - October 9, 2007

The YouthLearn Newsletter compiles the latest entries to the YouthLearn News Blog. This innovative service to the YouthLearn community highlights youth, education, and technology news, tools, and resources. We hope this assists you in your important work. Please feel free to share this resource with friends and colleagues, and visit the News Blog often! http://news.youthlearn.org <http://news.youthlearn.org/> 

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News 

Lights On Afterschool! - October 18
""Lights On Afterschool is celebrated nationwide to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for America's children, families and communities... Lights On Afterschool was launched in October 2000 with celebrations in more than 1,200 communities nationwide. The event grew in 2001 to more than 3,600 events, and more than 7,500 in 2006. This October, 1 million Americans will celebrate Lights On Afterschool! Lights On Afterschool is a project of the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all children have access to quality, affordable afterschool programs."
URL: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/lights_on/index.cfm <http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/lights_on/index.cfm> 

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Resources 

Preparing Staff to Work with Immigrant Youth
"The National Youth Development Information Center has a publication and training module to help staff work effectively with immigrant youth. It includes a PowerPoint presentation that is an effective tool to use with leaders, champions and board members to encourage an understanding of the importance and organizational implications of serving immigrant youth."
URL: http://www.nydic.org/nydic/staffing/workforce/PreparingStafftoWorkwithImmigrantYouth.htm <http://www.nydic.org/nydic/staffing/workforce/PreparingStafftoWorkwithImmigrantYouth.htm> 
Referred by: Connect for Kids

Listening to Youth: The Experience of Young People in Northern Uganda
"The summary report is based on findings from a May 2007 assessment to northern Uganda in which the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children interviewed young people about the impact of war on their lives and prospects for the future, and their recommendations to local, national and international actors. Findings from this study, supported by UNICEF, also contributed to the 10-year Strategic Review of the 'Machel Study' on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children."
URL: http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/ug_machel_short.pdf <http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/ug_machel_short.pdf> 

TASC Announces New Paper on High School After-School Programs
"The After-School Corporation (TASC) is pleased to announce the release of 'Meeting the High School Challenge: Making After-School Work for Older Students.' This paper, prepared by TASC, provides a description and lessons learned from one of the nation's largest, longest-running efforts to offer teens high quality, structured after-school programs, filling more than 40,000 seats over nine years in New York City public high school after-school programs. Older students who participate in after-school programs significantly improve their chances for success, yet serving them effectively is one of the greatest challenges for the after-school field. The paper describes promising programmatic models; examines the situations in which they work best; and warns of possible pitfalls."
URL: http://tascorp.org/content/document/detail/1487/ <http://tascorp.org/content/document/detail/1487/> 

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Research 

Survey: Parents talk to their kids about the web
"The vast majority of American parents talk to their children about how to be safe and ethical online, according to a new survey--a finding that runs counter to the popular image of parents who are clueless about their children's internet activity. But the poll also reveals that far fewer parents talk to their kids about how to be savvy consumers of internet information, such as how to determine the credibility of online information and how to tell if a web site is biased.... Researchers for the San Francisco-based nonprofit Common Sense Media and the Washington, D.C.-based education foundation Cable in the Classroom found that 85 percent of parents and legal guardians of children who go online said they have talked to their child in the past year about how to behave on the internet."
URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7391 <http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7391> 

Under-Equipped and Unprepared: America's Emerging Workforce and the Soft Skills Gap
"Too many young people lack the 'soft skills' -- teamwork, conflict resolution, communication and leadership -- needed for success in the workplace, according to this America's Promise Alliance brief. What's more, youth have few opportunities at school, home and through real-world activities to learn and practice these skills. The brief suggests some steps for improvement."
URL: http://www.americaspromise.org/uploadedFiles/AmericasPromiseAlliance/Issue_Spotlight/Home_Page_Issue/ECEP%20Workforce%20Brief.pdf <http://www.americaspromise.org/uploadedFiles/AmericasPromiseAlliance/Issue_Spotlight/Home_Page_Issue/ECEP%20Workforce%20Brief.pdf> 
Referred by: Connect for Kids

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Activities 

Junk-Free Schools Video Contest
"The Center for Science in the Public Interest is hosting the first-ever Junk-Free Schools Video Contest. The contest invites young filmmakers to make a video under three-minutes making the case for getting junk-food out of schools. It is part of a nationwide campaign to bring healthier foods to schools. Maximum Award: $100 gift certificate for iTunes and the video will be showcased on the school foods Web site. Eligibility: youth filmmakers. Deadline: November 1, 2007."
URL: http://www.schoolfoods.org/contest.html <http://www.schoolfoods.org/contest.html> 
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast

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