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The nationwide pitch competition for K-12 students was part of the Mott Foundation's centennial celebration. Its grand prize winners share what they learned about problem-solving, creativity and perseverance.
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Dan Berezny, a Flint, Michigan, elementary school principal who has spent 23 years nurturing community within his building and the neighborhoods that surround it, reflects on the value of community schools in this era of educational challenges.
Youth Engagement
Nurtured through service to community, leadership is one of the After-School All-Stars’ (ASAS) four national programming priorities, which also include academic and homework support; visual and performing arts activities; and health, nutrition and physical fitness instruction.
Youth Engagement
Mott Program Officer Jennifer Liversedge makes a reading recommendation for educators interested in increasing the quality and impact of afterschool programs. “Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool and Summer Learning for Student Success,” a compendium of studies, reports and commentaries on the value of afterschool and summer programs, is available online or in hard copy.
Youth Engagement
LA’s BEST — a long-running afterschool program serving 28,000 students in grades K-6 at 186 sites in Los Angeles — depends upon a network of partnerships to keep its curriculum quality high and engaging for children and families living in neighborhoods most vulnerable to gangs, drugs and crime.
Youth Engagement
Jobs, economic development and environmental sustainability are the goals of Michigan community colleges participating in the Greenforce Initiative.
Youth Engagement
Job training and development have been central to the grantmaking of Jack A. Litzenberg, retiring senior program officer at Mott.
Youth Engagement
Leveraging the best of what works in afterschool policy and practice is the motivating principle behind the Mott Foundation’s national Statewide Afterschool Network initiative. To that end, the Collaborative Communications Group has worked over the past nine years to ensure that the networks are connected, have relevant resources, can share challenges and are recognized for their successes.
Youth Engagement
In this short Q&A, Gwynn Hughes, who assumed responsibility for Mott’s Learning Beyond the Classroom portfolio less than a year ago, discusses the importance of afterschool programs and the Foundation’s current grantmaking strategies.
Youth Engagement
YouthBuild programs, supported by Mott, allow low-income young people ages 16 through 24 to complete their high school education by earning a General Educational Development (GED) certificate or a high school diploma, while receiving hands-on experience and training in the construction trades.
Youth Engagement
Prima Civitas launched in 2007 — with Mott Foundation support — the Moving Ideas to Market initiative. Its goals are to create a statewide environment that nurtures entrepreneurship and small-business development, and to brand the state as a place where entrepreneurs of all ages can thrive.
