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: Quality + Time = Quantity? |
By Karen Pittman, October 2001 |
10/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: YAA: More Important Than You Think |
By Karen Pittman, July 2001 Convinced that the Younger Americans Act (YAA) is the legislative marker that could finally put youth development on the map? You are absolutely right. But are you right for all the right reasons? |
07/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: Reading Between the Studies |
By Karen Pittman, June 2001 “System building is slow...” “The diversity of the field has all kinds of implications...” “Only a modest percentage of low-income children participate...” |
06/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: Policy, Policy, Policy |
By Karen Pittman, May 2001 |
05/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: Paint By Numbers |
By Karen Pittman, April 2001 Technology doesn’t always improve lives or even save time. So I’m always delighted to find quiet ways in which technology is making a positive difference.<!--break--> |
04/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: Leave No Child (or Youth or Family) Behind |
By Karen Pittman, March 2001 |
03/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: Striving to Succeed, Daring to Fail |
By Karen Pittman, February 2001 The achievement gap between young black and white Americans is like the Energizer Bunny: It keeps going and going and going. And there are latent fears about whether the achievement gap can be closed.<!--break--> |
02/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: The Message May Be the Medium |
By Karen Pittman, January 2001 |
01/01/2001 | |
| Youth Today: Responsibilities and Reasons |
By Karen Pittman, November 2000 |
11/01/2000 | |
| Youth Today: Supports, Opportunities and Services |
By Karen Pittman, October 2000 |
10/01/2000 |