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What Do You Want To Take Stock Of?: Exploring the Gallup Student Poll Webinar Recording

This webinar discussed understanding youth outcomes through the Gallup Student Poll, a measure that tracks the hope, engagement and well-being of students in grades 5 through 12. Polly Lusk Page of the Northern Kentucky Education Council highlighted their recent survey findings and shared what they mean for their region.

Featured Speaker: Polly Lusk Page, Executive Director of the Northern Kentucky Education Council

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Monday, January 30, 2012
Short Description: 
To make good decisions, leaders need complete data from all the settings and systems where young people spend their time. They need information about youths’ physical and mental health, afterschool activities, employment and family structure, and more. Better data helps leaders use their resources more efficiently and effectively.
Partner: 
Gallup
Audience Sector: 
Education (K-12)
Age Group: 
Middle School Age
Scope: 
City
County
Standards : 
Collect complete data about youth outcomes, community supports and leadership actions

Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change

The principles can be implemented in a wide range of organizations, including schools, youth organizations or community centers that want to strengthen their commitment to youth leadership, or community-change focused organzations or coalitions that want to strengthen their commitment to youth involvement.

Sunday, July 1, 2007
Short Description: 
Engaging young people as partners in community change is a compelling idea, but translating that idea into effective practice requires focused attention to a range of issues. They are important but simple principles for putting the idea of youth engagement into practice.
Partner: 
Forum for Youth Investment
Audience Sector: 
Education (K-12)
Education (Post-Secondary)
Youth and Families
Age Group: 
Primary School Age
Secondary School Age
Older Youth
Scope: 
Neighborhood
City
County

Voices for the Common Good: America Speaks Out on Education

This United Way Worldwide report highlights the voices of everyday Americans concerned about education in the United States. Above all, the opinion was that there is so much acrimony, divisiveness and negativity in our debates on the issues of education. Everyday people are hungry to get past the posturing and get on to doing whatever it takes to set children up for success. While so much attention lately has been placed on schools, the people in this report said that while schools play an important role, communities and indivduals have to step forward in a different way.

Friday, April 1, 2011
Short Description: 
This report shares the aspirations and concerns of everyday people across America about their communities and what it will take for children to succeed in life. It's based on a series of community conversations local United Ways hosted across the country last fall, as well as on some focus groups and a national poll.
Partner: 
United Way Worldwide
Audience Sector: 
Business
Education (K-12)
Education (Post-Secondary)
Government/Policy
Non‐profit/Foundation
Youth and Families
Age Group: 
Primary School Age
Middle School Age
Secondary School Age
Older Youth
Standards : 
Engage youth, families and community members in solutions

Primer on Creating Effective Youth Panels

Based on the experience of facilitating youth panels, the feedback of young people involved and the Forum for Youth Investment's ongoing work around youth as agents of change, the Forum has created this short primer on creating student panels that aid in the process of reinventing high schools.

Youth voices are critical for several reasons:

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Short Description: 
Youth voices are critical to decision making on issues such as school reform. This guide provides information on how youth panels can be a tool to meaningfully engage young people on an issue that directly affects them: improvements to their schools.
Partner: 
Forum for Youth Investment
Audience Sector: 
Education (K-12)
Age Group: 
Secondary School Age
Scope: 
Neighborhood
City
County
Standards : 
Engage youth, families and community members in solutions

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