Breakfast Club Blog

The BOOST Breakfast Club Blog is a curated space where bloggers from around the world contribute content on a continual basis about a variety of topics relevant to in and out-of-school time. The BOOST Breakfast Club blog is at the heart of an ongoing dialogue where expanded learning and education professionals share their personal thoughts and stories from the in and out-of-school time field. They also tell us what they ate for breakfast!

The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Enjoy the brain food.

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Ready Now!

The Ready Now! app by Human Rights First is a secure one-click emergency alert system for those at risk of detention. Read More

Living Oceans Foundation

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation provides science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health. Their free resource portal includes blogs, maps and atlases, films and videos, and an abundance of scientific articles. Read More

NILC: Know Your Rights

The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) has produced the Know Your Rights FAQ for anyone stopped by the police or immigration. Read More

WITNESS: How to Document Safely

WITNESS has created a resource library on how to safely, ethically, and effectively film immigration enforcement through its ‘Eyes on ICE’ project. Read More

The Bridging Differences in Higher Education Playbook

The Greater Good Science Center has created a Playbook to support the bridging of differences in higher education. The Playbok includes research-based bridging practices, campus case studies, tools and reflection guides, as well as a framework to connect the core character virtues. Read More

Lumina Foundation

The Lumina Foundation works with educational leaders to remove barriers to learning after high school. Their resource library offers access to briefs, articles, and additional materials to help start discussions on supporting youth and, ultimately, to transform communities. Read More

Healing and Safety Toolkit

To support survivors and survivor advocates, the Brave Movement has created resources for self-care and support in the healing journey of trauma and abuse. Read More

STEM Careers Coalition: Preparing Students for the Future

Discovery Education and the STEM Careers Coalition have created a resource page to support STEM career development for K-12 youth. Included on this page are career videos and after school activities. Read More

The Annual Great Backyard Bird Count

Cornell Lab, Audubon, and Birds Canada host the annual Global Bird Count in February. The community is invited to identify and count their backyard birds to better help scientists understand and protect backyard birds around the globe. Read More

Youth Mental Health Tracker

The Youth Mental Health Tracker offers a platform with action-oriented, comprehensive data on youth mental health and youth-centered solutions. Resources include the Youth Wellbeing & AI Use data release, including an interactive typing tool. Read More

Teens and AI Companions: Report

As the usage of AI continues to rise, Common Sense Media has produced the report “Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions” to support caregivers, educators, and those in the youth development profession. The report offers key data to help guide decision-making. Read More

Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding

The Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding, produced by Durham University, collaborates with the wider community to make places for your people safer through the improvement of safeguarding systems. Free resources are available to help those working and caring for young people.   Read More