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: Wanted -- Bipartisan Leadership |
By Karen Pittman, November 2005 |
11/15/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Bronfrenbrenner's Legacy |
By Karen Pittman, October 2005 |
10/15/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Back to School |
By Karen Pittman, September 2005 September is back to school month. And for the first time in the nation’s history, many communities are beginning to get an accurate sense of just how many high school-age youths will not be picking up their backpacks to return to school. |
09/01/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Celebrating Community Progress, Strengthening Community Potential |
By Karen Pittman, July 2005 |
07/15/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Those Determined to Teach Do Youth Work |
By Karen Pittman, June 2005 |
06/15/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Getting Organized, Getting Heard, Getting Results |
By Karen Pittman, May 2005 Polling consistently shows that the public is prepared to invest in its young people. But Congress consistently cuts the budgets of youth programs, while special interests such as makers of ceiling fans, archery equipment, sonar fish finders and tackle boxes receive bigger tax cuts. I consider this a failure of democracy. |
06/01/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Put Every Child Ahead |
By Karen Pittman, April 2005 |
04/15/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Shutting the College Doors on Poor Youth |
By Karen Pittman, February 2005 Google Alerts are wonderful, a free personalized online clipping service. At the top of my clips for the New Year was this editorial from the Desert Sun (January 2, 2005) in Palm Springs, California: “Fund your college education — apply now for financial aid: Application deadlines are looming — don’t delay any longer.”<!--break--> |
02/01/2005 | |
| Youth Today: Underserved and Undeserved |
By Karen Pittman, December 2004 |
12/01/2004 |