- Student Life
The Value of Failure
By. Jamie F. – An OFL employee and expert failure artist When I was a kid, I used to cry every single...
Read More Read The Value of FailureThe Blog
Stories from OFY + OFL
Fresh from our campuses
Guides, announcements, and real student stories from across Options For Youth and Opportunities For Learning.
Active Filters
Filter Results
- College & Career
Preparing Your New LinkedIn Profile
In today’s technology driven world, most high school students are well versed on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat....
Read More Read Preparing Your New LinkedIn Profile
- Student Life
The Importance of Eating Healthy for Students
Research has shown that students are able to learn better when they’re well nourished, and eating healthy meals has been linked to...
Read More Read The Importance of Eating Healthy for Students
- Understanding Education
Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act
The Every Student Succeeds Act was officially signed into law in December by President Obama. The new law’s more flexible approach to...
Read More Read Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act
- Student Life
5 Tips to Help Students Keep New Year’s Resolutions
Year after year, we set new year’s resolutions for ourselves, determined to better our lives. However, for too many of us within...
Read More Read 5 Tips to Help Students Keep New Year’s Resolutions
- College & Career
Resume Tips for High School Students and Recent Grads
Would you walk into an interview after just rolling out of bed and putting on wrinkly clothes? No, of course not (or...
Read More Read Resume Tips for High School Students and Recent Grads
- Student Life
Gift Giving Guide for Students on a Budget
Picture this – Thanksgiving is over and you spent last week’s paycheck on Black Friday. December is coming up fast. You’re looking...
Read More Read Gift Giving Guide for Students on a Budget
- College & Career
- Student Life
The Key to Success: A TED Talk by Angela Lee Duckworth
Angela Lee Duckworth went from being a managerial consultant to a seventh grade math teacher in New York, and eventually a psychologist...
Read More Read The Key to Success: A TED Talk by Angela Lee Duckworth
- Understanding Education
Breathing Life Back into Science
A special guest post from OFL science teacher Charlene Morales. The greatest thing that science teaches our students is that they never...
Read More Read Breathing Life Back into Science