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NEW Teaching the At-Risk Teenage Brain Sheryl Feinstein is an assistant professor of education at Augustina College in South Dakota, defines the at-risk teenager as one in danger of emotional or academic problems or both, including crime, violence, and substance abuse.
NEW Learning Around the Clock: Benefits of Expanded Learning Opportunities for Older Youth - "Provides evidence that expanded learning opportunities (ELOs) improve academic performance, college and career preparation, social and emotional development, and health and wellness for youth."
Promising Teen Fatherhood Programs: Initial Evidence Lessons From Evidence-Based Research - National Clearinghouse for Responsible Fatherhood
Writing, Technology and Teens "Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them." Pew Internet and American Life Project. April, 2008.
The After-School Programs and High School Success: Analysis of Post-Program Educational Patterns of Former Middle-Grades TASC Participants - Courtesy of The After School Corporation
Meeting the High School Challenge: Making After-School Work for Older Students - Report of The After-School Corporation, July 2007
After-School Programs - the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Teen Section - CYFERnet (Children Youth and Families Education and Research Network)
Say YES to Youth (Youth Engagement Strategies) - Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agriculture and Extension Education
Finding the Right Hook - The School Administrator, May 2005
The Role of National Youth-Serving Organizations in Out-of-School-Time Programming for Older and Harder-to-Serve Youth - AYPF Forum Brief, January, 2005
National Association of Secondary School Principals
JA Worldwide
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Highlights for High School Online curricula developed to provide free public access to all MIT's courses and curricula online.
Summary of Adolescent and School Health Tools - From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and health Promotion
Youth Policy Action Center - From the Forum for Youth Investment
Safe Youth Resources and information directed to teens (from National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center.
Smoking Prevention - Websites, books, periodicals. (Right Decisions, Right Now; funded by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco).
Out-of-School Time for High School Youth: Focus on Practice - Annual Conference
Chicago - AfterSchool Matters
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