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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Last month I wrote about ways to ask young people their opinions.  Well, we’ve been practicing.  We just completed community conversations with 5…
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Getting at Results In the past 15 years or so, there has been a significant push to get social programs to measure their results.  United Way, Urban…
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
  Young people say that they have ideas but no one hears them. Last summer, I had a session with high school students and they said: School staffs…
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
“How involved are you in the lives of young people?” This question came up as part of a recent dinner conversation. Those of us with grown children…
Monday, January 30, 2012
In summer 2011, CAYLA students participatd in United Way's Community Conversation on Education   Let’s talk about learning and school. This is the…