February 2006 Archives

A Green Light to Censor?
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: February 27, 2006
The Supreme Court passes on an opportunity to decide whether colleges can censor campus newspapers.

A Dispatch from the Field
By: Monika Verma
Published: February 24, 2006
Six days in the life of the administrative director for the teen-produced newspaper L.A. Youth.

Payback Time
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: February 21, 2006
Al Gore’s TV channel is off to a rocky start, possibly as the result of cable industry ire.

The Haves and Have-Nots of High School Journalism
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: February 18, 2006
Poor students and students of color are the least likely to have school newspapers.

Lifting the Burden of Proof
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: February 15, 2006
Finding effective means of evaluation—and, preferably, ones that appeal to funders—is still a trial-and-error process for most youth programs.

Getting Evaluated—and Noticed
By: Jennifer Moore
Published: February 13, 2006
How a youth-serving nonprofit in Los Angeles figured out how to fund high-quality evaluations of its program while spending little of its own money.

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: February 8, 2006
When social justice organizations become nonprofits, one writer argues, they gain stability, but lose the possibility for true change.

What's in a Blog?
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: February 6, 2006
Schools struggle to find the line between protecting and censoring students online.

Breaking the Chain of Poverty
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: February 3, 2006
Investing in young people in impoverished areas reaps results.