Elizabeth Starr News
- Then and Now: Insights into Early Childhood Care and Education
Beginning in 1991, we participated in a massive national study of whether child care harms children (it does not). Today, Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D., is studying how to get home-based child care providers into the field and keep them there. - NIOST Studies Youth Fields Workforce
In an excerpt from the latest issue of Afterschool Matters, the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) explores the perspectives of youth workers. - Podcast: Journeys in Youth Development, Episode 3
February 27, 2023
NIOST director Georgia Hall, Ph.D., talks with Brittany Jacobs, Library Director at the Burlington Public Library in Iowa and Edward Franklin, President and CEO of Voice of Hope Ministries in Texas.
- Podcast: Journeys in Youth Development, Episode 2
January 25, 2023
In the second episode of the series, Amy Franks reads from her essay, "A Mirror for Black Boys," and Devan Blackwell reads from his essay, "Creating Windows Through Words." Both essays explore the ways in which youth development experiences can transform lives.
- New Book Tells the Stories of Youth Development Professionals
Through research and personal essays, this book co-edited by NIOST shines a light on the vulnerability and triumph of youth development work.
Georgia Hall, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Starr, M.Ed., discuss how their new book shines a light on the vulnerability and triumph of youth development work.- Podcast: Journeys in Youth Development, Episode 1
December 1, 2022
Georgia Hall, Ph.D., director of NIOST, talks to Marisela Montoya of Austin, TX, and Kourtney Andrada of Oakland, CA, about their experiences as youth development workers.
- Recommendations: Quality Out-of-School Time
by Ellen Gannett, M.Ed. and
Quality Out-of-School Time Begins with Investment in StaffAs expectations for high-quality afterschool and outof-school time (OST) programs continue to rise, a skilled, stable and committed OST workforce is critically important. Yet supports for youth workers, and resulting staff quality, remain uneven at best due in part to a highly fragmented landscape. Compensation remains stagnant and opportunities for professional advancement and public recognition remain practically non-existent.
- Comprehensive professional development system needed for Massachusetts early education and care work
November 9, 2005
