Youth Development

After Emily Hanford’s “Sold a Story” podcast sent shockwaves through American public education by revealing how countless schools had been duped into teaching reading in a way that doesn’t actually work, Gov.

EmployIndy CEO Marie Mackintosh: How schools can use apprenticeships and career experiences to re-engage young people for the 21st century.

Lammers: Today, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to navigating the education-to-career pathway. Students must be aware of all viable pathways.

New data reveals the lowest ratio of students to school counselors in decades. Years of effort, accelerated by a global pandemic, helped us get here.

Each school year, about 3 million students get suspended or expelled from school. But there are huge disparities in who those students are. According to a study published in American Psychologist Journal, Black and…

Now, schools across the cities are adopting new reading curriculums.The transition won’t be easy, but it’s worth it, write NYC superintendents Tamra Collins and Cristine Vaughan. …

The recent $50M investment in CoachHub builds confidence that coaching matters and can be effective. Demand has surged for executive coaches that can help develop and support leadership in the corporate sector.…

From higher-paying minimum wage jobs to missing teachers, students have a lot of reasons to skip school.

Sixty percent of public schools said they were partnering with community organizations to provide non-educational services, up from 45 percent a year earlier in 2022. The services include access to medical, dental, and mental health providers as well as social workers.

Instead of treating education like a silver bullet, a supply-side job creation strategy should be at the heart of youth unemployment programs.

The School District of Philadelphia has just one school librarian for the 2023-2024 school year.

School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a major obstacle to achieving gender equality. The education system provides opportunities for innovative, effective, and sustainable interventions to prevent violence against and between children,…