Lewis Prize For Music/Stax Music Academy “The young people that have these [summer] experiences might consider them to be fun, but we all know they are filled with academia, without question.” Brodrick Clarke,
The opportunities to champion positive youth development as the preferred approach for all systems, not just OST systems, have never been stronger thanks to the new National Academies report on the OST systems,
If you read my columns regularly, you know I am on a mission to help the youth and adults involved in the systems that support youth thriving take small but steady steps towards
The quality, quantity and visibility of out-of-school-time (OST) programs and systems to support and strengthen them have grown persistently over the past two decades as parents and educators have come to view universal
In “Every connection optimized: Unleashing the potential of the people in learning ecosystems,” I introduced our word treatment of ECOsystems to emphasize the importance of empowering system leaders to embrace adaptive management approaches
Education system redesign champions readily acknowledge the need to include youth, parents, K-12 and community educators, employers and other system stakeholders as critical contributors to the redesign process. They value their perspectives and
Adolescents are a force for good. This is the last and most important of the principles of adolescent development summarized by the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent. For decades, I’ve sought to
Change operates at the speed of trust, but trust must be built. This is the main takeaway from “The Speed Of Trust,” by Stephen Covey, the organizational efficiency guru. Trust increases speed and
What are learning ecosystems? Aren’t they just the conglomeration of the systems — like education, out-of-school time, youth development, workforce development, libraries, museums, cultural and civic organizations — that support learning? And even
Imagine if success was measured by the percentage of young people and adults in their systems who were collaborating to innovate solutions. This is the ninth column I’ve posted since I became Youth
