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Students get face time with President Obama after White House tour
TOUR OF A LIFETIME: President Obama welcomes his young visitors to the Oval Office. (Bill O'leary/the Washington Post)
By DeNeen L. Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Some chances come along just once in a lifetime, leaving you speechless, stomach in knots, just standing there not knowing what to say. So nervous, you can't even smile. Heart about to jump out of your chest. The president reaching for your hand. And you . . . and you are frozen. . . . William Butler hadn't had a fantastic life, but he was trying to make up, going about his business, not bothering anybody, trying to do the right thing. Then, just like that, something happened... Read More
A change in attitude
Looking ahead: William Butler, who dropped out of school in sixth grade, is working on his GED now, inspired by the man in the White House. (Linda Davidson/the Washington Post)
By DeNeen Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 29, 2010
Adults kept telling them: "There is finally a man in the White House who looks like you."Their parents emphasized repeatedly: The election of Barack Obama was "historic! Historic! HISTORIC!" The comments seemed too enormous to grasp for young people who hadn't lived through segregation, the civil rights movement, the black-is-beautiful movement and the start of affirmative action. But a year after the inauguration, there is evidence that the election has had an effect. The signs are neither big nor quantifiable, but subtle and not extending to everyone. Some still wonder what the big deal is. For others, though, change came in lessons at school, on television. Admonitions to do something. Be somebody. Help somebody. Obama became a verb. Obama became someone to emulate. Suddenly... Read More
In a Tough Job Market, Teens Are Suffering Most
By STEPHEN GANDEL Monday, Jan. 18, 2010
Juan Iraheta, 19
Iraheta dropped out of a GED program last year to support his 2-year-old-son Joseph and girlfriend Claudia, 18. He caught on at electronics chain Best
Buy, but his hours were cut recently, and his manager has warned of layoffs. In November, Iraheta began looking for a job with evening hours so he could return to school, but he hasn't found one yet. "It's not easy," he says. "Companies believe..." Read More
- 12/27/09 - YouthBuild drafts opportunities for dropouts
- 03/04/07 - YouthBuild Spring Newsletter
- 10/12/07 - City First Bank Honors the Latin American Youth Center and the YouthBuild Public Charter School with its Pabtist Award
- 02/09/07 - The Washington Post - "Striving to Get Students to Drop Back In"
- 12/13/06 - The Washington Post - "Charter School's Lessons Extend to Another Continent."
- 04/27/06 - The Washington Post - "Dropouts Build New Foundations at DC Charter School."