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: Tipping Toward Youth Development |
By Karen Pittman, July 1999 A National Campaign to Reduce Youth Violence? Having once headed the now defunct President’s Crime Prevention Council, I was chagrined to see President Clinton propose another campaign in the midst of the youth violence debate.<!--break--> |
07/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: The 8 R's: Building Community Within Schools |
By Karen Pittman, June 1999 “Shoelace monitor.” This is the new job that a group of four-year-olds asked their teacher to post so they could apply. Their logic: Lots of kids still can’t tie their shoes well. The teacher spends time tying shoes, straining her back and cutting into playground time. The solution: Certify lace tie-ers to help.<!--break--> |
06/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: Building an Alliance Building |
By Karen Pittman, May 1999 |
05/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: Affordable, Accessible, Appropriate |
By Karen Pittman, April 1999 |
04/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: Keep on Tithing |
By Karen Pittman, March 1999 |
03/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: An Unbalanced Proposition |
By Karen Pittman, February 1999 |
02/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: Beyond Participation |
By Karen Pittman, January 1999 |
01/01/1999 | |
| Youth Today: Move Over, Greenspan |
By Karen Pittman, November 1998 Bear with me, I want to talk about data — specifically about official indicators and why we must invest time lobbying for their effective development and use. |
11/01/1998 | |
| Youth Today: No Place Like Home? |
By Karen Pittman, October 1998 |
10/01/1998 | |
| Youth Today: The Cost of Being Certain |
By Karen Pittman, September 1998 Certainty, not cost, is what undergirds public support for measures that lock teens away for life. And certainty, not cost, is the key to any effort to build sustainable community resources to support youth development. |
09/01/1998 |