Karen Pittman's Youth Today Columns
Karen Pittman, Executive Director of the Forum, regularly writes a column for Youth Today, the newspaper on youth work. This archive includes articles from her entire stint writing for Youth Today and covers a variety of topics related to children and youth.
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| Youth Today: 2006: The Year Quality May Finally Get Counted |
By Karen Pittman, January 2006 |
01/01/2006 | |
| Youth Today: 21st Century Skills and Indicators |
By Karen Pittman, July 2003 We're getting close. |
07/01/2003 | |
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Youth Today: a "5 Star" President Who Happens to be Bi-Racial |
On January 20, I joined millions of Americans and millions more around the world to watch the inauguration of our 44th president. Bad knees kept me out of the crowd, but I dutifully taped the day for family and friends who went out to be counted. I beamed at the image of the soon-to-be president, head back, eyes closed, breathing in the wonderful music played by Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman. |
03/02/2009 |
| Youth Today: A Delicate Balance |
By Karen Pittman, October 2002 There is a new mantra on Capitol Hill: scientifically-based research. The term is used more than 100 times in the No Child Left Behind legislation. But... What exactly is scientifically-based research? Is there enough of it available to really guide policy development and implementation? |
10/01/2002 | |
| Youth Today: A Realist’s View of Child Poverty |
By Karen Pittman, November/December 1995 |
11/01/1995 | |
| Youth Today: A Strategic Success |
By Karen Pittman, June 1998 Seventy-eight: That will be the number of Beacon Schools in New York City once the third and largest class of Beacons opens this year. The number is impressive, suggesting a level of scale in publicly funded youth programs rarely reached in U.S. cities. The Beacons are one of the field’s success stories of the 90s. |
06/01/1998 | |
| Youth Today: Affordable, Accessible, Appropriate |
By Karen Pittman, April 1999 |
04/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: Aging Out or Aging In? |
By Karen Pittman, January/February 1996 |
01/01/1996 | |
| Youth Today: All Planning, No Programming |
By Karen Pittman, March/April 1996 |
03/01/1996 | |
| Youth Today: An Official Seal of Approval |
By Karen Pittman, December 2001 |
12/01/2001 |