LibGuides: Community Resources for Children and Teens: Education

Organizations

Alliance for Opportunity and Development
AOD's mission is providing education and training opportunities for low-income families that fight generational poverty and transform communities. We are providing scholarships to low-income adults to receive technical training that will lead to well-paying jobs and scholarships to kids in low-income families to attend science and technology summer camps.
Impact America’s College First program
CollegeFirst pairs talented college mentors with promising high school students to strengthen foundational concepts in preparation for the rigor of AP coursework.
LDEES (Learning Differences Education Exchange and Support)
Everyone is invited to join with other parents and educators in our area to share information, support, and insights about dyslexia, writing and comprehension problems, math, ADD/ADHD, homework strategies, special education eligibility, etc. This group meets at Greengate School (directions at http://www.greengateschool.org/contact.html) one Sunday each month. Email Sherri Fowler (sherri@knology.net) for more information.
NACEE (North Alabama Center for Educational Excellence)
Through ongoing professional development, the center’s staff creates and implements comprehensive services and opportunities, which foster student growth through academic endeavors, cultural enrichment, social interaction, and service to others. NACEE staff is accessible, approachable, and passionate about the successes of every participant so each may become a productive educated individual.

Library Related Materials

A Teen's Guide to Getting Stuff Done by Jennifer Shannon; Doug Shannon (Illustrator)
Call Number: YA 155.5 SHA
ISBN: 9781626255876
Publication Date: 2017-11-01
Discover your procrastination type; warrior, pleaser, perfectionist, or rebel, as well as the unique strengths inherent in each type. This is a book to help you understand why you procrastinate, whether or not procrastination works for you, and if not, how to improve your work habits and really get things done. By helping you uncover your own unique strengths, this book will help you master your to-do list and your life.
Girl Rising by Tanya Lee Stone
Call Number: YA 371.822 STO
ISBN: 9780553511468
Publication Date: 2017-02-14
Girl Rising, a global campaign for girls' education, created a film that chronicled the stories of nine girls in the developing world, allowing viewers the opportunity to witness how education can break the cycle of poverty. Now, award-winning author Tanya Lee Stone deftly uses new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, focusing both on the girls captured on camera and many others.
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai; Christina Lamb (As told to)
Call Number: B YOU YOU
ISBN: 9780316322409
Publication Date: 2013-10-08
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons. This story will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.