YOUTH MUSIC EXCHANGE An Emergent Solution At the Youth Music Exchange (YME), http://youthmusicexchange.org, when one is in the search for solutions, one could ask: “What would entice children to come to school and strive for success…even if they weren’t required to show up?” The question is not entirely hypothetical; in fact, after-school practitioners wrestle with this conundrum every day. After-school education is founded upon a paradox—that is, learning is mandatory but attendance is not.