When considering youth as allies to educators, adults may be tempted to act as translators for youth voice. Concerned that youth are not capable of speaking “adult-ese”, well-meaning program staff, nonprofit administrators, researchers, government staff, youth advocates and teachers reword the ideas of youth, interpret them, or otherwise differentiate between what youth actually said and what adults believe they meant.Continue reading “Bastardizing Youth Voice”
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Foundations Fail Youth By Design
To all the program officers cringing right now, I feel your pain. Across the United States and around the world, there has risen a particular class of nonprofit organization that insidiously, if inadvertently, promotes youth discrimination. Through their giving programs, organizational culture, and leadership structures, foundations fail young people by design, constantly and consistently. StartingContinue reading “Foundations Fail Youth By Design”
Adam F.C. Fletcher 