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Letter 2 a Teen: Becoming the Best I Can Be

Robin CoxSelf-Published60 pages. $23. This appealing workbook serves as pep talk, mentor and diary, offering teens a tool for life planning. Drawings,...

Crystal Fear, Crystal Clear

Eva WundermanSpeed Productions/Fanlight Productions45 minutes. VHS $199; DVD $229. Rentals available. Wunderman’s documentary follows the lives of three young methamphetamine users and...

Boot Camp

Residential CARETodd StrasserSimon & Schuster238 pages. $15.99. Talk about fiction ripped from the news pages: Fifteen-year-old Garrett can’t believe that his parents...

OMB Watch’s Regulatory Resource Center

http://www.ombwatch.org/regs The U.S. Office of Management and Budget Watch recently launched this new sub-site to help citizens get involved in federal regulatory...

My First Paycheck

http://www.myfirstpaycheck.com Created by a 16-year-old high school sophomore and her brother, this job-posting site offers employment advice, an interactive tool that builds...

Child Welfare Information Gateway

http://www.childwelfare.gov This federal government service, which provides information and resources to help protect children and families, recently made its website more user-friendly....

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org Launched last fall by several foundations, including the Annie E. Casey and Eos foundations, this site addresses poverty issues in the...

Classroom Inc.

http://www.classroominc.org Seeks to improve the academic skills of middle school and high school students with computer simulations that place them in managerial...

YouthLink Online

http://www.hispaniclink.org/youthlink/about.htm This site, hosted by the Hispanic Link Journalism Foundation, publishes articles, poems, personal stories, plays and art work of English- and...

On the Move – May 2008

America’s Promise Alliance Marguerite W. Kondracke, CEO Moves to: 1110 Vermont Avenue N.W.Washington, DC 20005(202) 657-0600http://www.americaspromise.org National Association of State Alcohol and...

Expert: Ruling Amounts to Censorship

The Indianapolis Star An Indiana judge has blocked a local television station from airing a parent’s frustrated criticisms of the state’s Department...

Officer in Grafner Case Lacked Child Interview Training: Questioned Boy in Abuse Case

The Denver Post In a case that demonstrates the importance of training law enforcement officials who interview allegedly abused children, a Denver...

Ultimate Fights Expand to Include Kids

Chicago Tribune/Associated Press The first rule of Garage Boys Fight Crew: Talk about Garage Boys Fight Crew. This bare-knuckle ultimate fighting club...

A Boy the Bullies Love to Beat Up, Repeatedly

The New York Times Classmates have physically and verbally harassed tall, lanky Billy Wolfe – a slightly learning-disabled high school sophomore in...

Teen Dating Abuse on the Rise, Experts Say

The Daytona Beach News-Journal As many one in three dating couples between the ages of 14 and 24 have engaged in abusive...

Anti-Gang Group Turns New York Thugs into College Students

The Christian Science Monitor Founded as a small anti-gang program in 1975, the Council for Unity says it now reaches 100,000 young...

Bringing the Kids to the Mountain

Circulating: City buses shuttle youth from pick-up points in St. Paul to youth programs, including Youth Farm, a Boys & Girls Club...

Linn County Summer Youth Wage Grant Program

Teen at Work: Heather Richter earns her partially subsidized paycheck working in the Early Learning Center of the First United Methodist Church....

Wayne Jason

Wayne Jason Martial Arts InstructorHillsides Youth Moving OnPasadena, Calif.(818) 426-5749 Age: 53 Salary: Although Jason’s rates as an instructor range from $35...

Awards for May 2008

School officials from across the nation accept the MetLife Foundation’s Breakthrough award for improving the academic performance of low-income students. Photo: The...