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: Ready for Life: Yes, That Means College |
By Karen Pittman, December 2008 The core belief here at the Forum for Youth Investment – that all young people should be Ready by 21 – ready for college, work and life – often provokes public criticism. The exchanges typically go like this: “Not every young person needs to go to college,” calls out one person from an audience. True, I say, but all should be ready to. |
12/01/2008 |
| Youth Today: Wanted: Youth Work Principles in Schools |
By Karen Pittman, July 2008 Seven students recently joined me for breakfast in a windowless conference room in Des Moines to talk about “the high school dropout crisis.” They were experts: Five had dropped out. Another had come very close.<!--break--> |
07/01/2008 | |
| Youth Today: Precision Engineering |
By Karen Pittman, May 2008 Creating sound bites that are not only memorable but communicate a message is a passion of mine. Every now and then I hit one out of the park. “Problem-free isn’t fully prepared” is still in use after more than 15 years. I think “bringing precision to our passion” may be the next one to stick.<!--break--> |
05/08/2008 | |
| Youth Today: Superintendents of Learning |
By Karen Pittman, March 2008 |
03/04/2008 | |
| Youth Today: Creativity, Sprituality and Youth Work: Claiming the Territory |
By Karen Pittman, December 2007 Embedded in the pages of the October Youth Today were two pieces that are worth revisiting so that they can be connected. Consider this a low-budget instant replay with comments. |
12/12/2007 | |
| Youth Today: Extending Learning—Will We Ever Get it Right? |
By Karen Pittman, October 2007 I had a few hours to read, so I pulled out the folder into which I cram all of the things that catch my eye and might make good material for a column. <!--break--> Here’s what I read recently: |
10/01/2007 | |
| Youth Today: Children's Rights, Children's Advocates, Children's Cabinets |
By Karen Pittman, May 2007 |
05/01/2007 | |
| Youth Today: Evidence of a Darker Reality -- The Black Youth Project |
By Karen Pittman, March 2007 Six in 10 African-American youth believe "it is hard for young black people to get ahead because they face so much discrimination,” according to a University of Chicago (UC) report released in February. |
03/01/2007 | |
| Youth Today: Youth Development Work |
By Karen Pittman, December 2006 Sometimes, I’m just slow. I carried around the results of two work force surveys in my head for weeks before I realized the significance of putting the two of them together. |
12/01/2006 | |
| Youth Today: Don't Deify Graduation Rates | 10/01/2006 |