Stephanie Rowley tells UVA President Jim Ryan a national teacher shortage could create a generation of people “who have not experienced high-quality educational opportunities in the classroom.”
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The Young Women Leaders Program pairs UVA students with middle school “little sisters” for mentoring relationships. Leslie Greer Fendley, a Burley Middle School counselor, encouraged her daughter, Ella, a UVA student, to become a mentor.
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Initial results from the Remaking Middle School Listening Tour reveal an important theme: adults need to elevate and center the perspectives of youth.
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Young adolescents are capable of so much more than people think.
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In an effort to reduce rates of intimate partner violence, researchers are exploring the influences and contexts of romantic relationships for Black girls.
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One school in Chicago, guided by UVA youth development researchers, put a new model for approaching challenges in middle schools to the test.
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While many mentoring programs paused or ended during the pandemic, UVA’s Young Women Leaders Program refocused and built on their foundation of fostering youth competence, connection, and autonomy.
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New findings from Youth-Nex researchers suggest that peer collaboration across language backgrounds is linked to better participation in middle school classrooms and learning for all students.
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As families, schools and communities start to navigate this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we sat down with two community advocates to understand more about what adults who engage with youth should be thinking about within our local communities.
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As families, schools and communities start to navigate this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, we sat down with two community wellness experts to understand more about how adults can best support youth mental health.
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