Youth-Nex is dedicated to using our platform to amplify the voices and lived experiences of adolescents who have been marginalized, to providing a venue for scholars and practitioners whose work is furthering the goal of racial justice, and to support a developmental science that is not only anti-racist, but is in the service of dismantling white supremacy.
The Remaking Middle School initiative is re-envisioning and remaking the middle school years as positive and transformative educational experiences for all young adults.
Announcing New Learning Series: This new series brings the science of young adolescent development alongside ideas for how to put the science into practice, including videos & downloadable guides.
The Remaking Middle School also hosts a podcast entitled Lessons in Adolescence exploring the many facets of adolescence from the adverse, to the awkward, to the awesome. Listen online or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
New Ideas for Youth Mentoring: Dr. Jean Rhodes from UMass Boston gave a Youth-Nex talk on 21st century youth mentoring, sharing more from her new book Older & Wiser.
New CERES Institute: The Community-Engaged Research and Evaluation Sciences Institute at Boston University conducts applied research and evaluations in order to drive positive educational and life outcomes for children and youth.
Idealized Language Ideologies: Dr. Chris Chang-Bacon pens new blog on his 2021 publication examining when the “new bilingualism” meets the “old” educational inequities.
Youth-Nex was founded in 2009 to expand and apply the science of positive youth development to address fundamental challenges facing societies around the world. Through science and community partnerships, Youth-Nex enhances the strengths of children and adolescents and prevents developmental risk. Our vision is that our nation’s youth - a rich, often untapped resource - may flourish.
