Youth Voices from Across the Country and Around the World. http://www.youthradio.org Youth Copyright 2008, Youth Radio Wednesday, 7 May 2008 02:10:00 -0700 Wednesday, 7 May 2008 02:10:00 -0700 This month's curriculum focuses on a commentary from Youth Radio LA's Evelyn Martinez. She explores how her mother's memories of guerillas in El Salvador intersect with her own reality of night time gunshots, helicopters, and sirens at home in East Los Angeles. Here's a series of standards-aligned lesson ideas inspired by Evelyn's story. http://youthradio.org/fourthr/080506_guerra.shtml Wed, 07 May 2008 02:00:00 -0700 While congress focuses on the economy and the Presidential election, efforts have stalled to reauthorize the nation’s keystone education act, No Child Left Behind. The act was just a few years old when Youth Radio’s Chela Delgado took a job teaching humanities at a Philadelphia high school. She thought she knew exactly where she stood on all the testing she had to administer, until she started listening to some of her classroom parents. (May 4th on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday) http://www.youthradio.org/education/npr080504_results.shtml Sun, 4 May 2008 4:04:00 -0700 For many parents, bringing up the subject of alcohol is no easy matter. Youth Radio’s Caitlin Grey’s dad adopted a new (and somewhat unorthodox) approach to introducing his 16-year-old daughter to alcohol. (May 4th on KCBS) http://www.youthradio.org/family/kcbs080427_forbidden.shtml Sun, 4 May 2008 4:04:00 -0700 State budget cuts have forced many Bay Area students to pay more for college. Youth Radio’s Denise Tejada came to the United States 12 years ago in search of a progressive education, but now is questioning the “American dream.” (April 30th on KQED) http://www.youthradio.org/education/kqed080430_dropout.shtml Thu, 1 May 2008 11:25:35 -0700 New York, NY –The American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) has announced Youth Radio as the winner of two Gracie Allen Awards®. http://www.youthradio.org/galleries/080430_gracie.shtml Wed, 30 April 2008 04:25:35 -0700 Young people have proven to be an important political force in the 2008 election cycle. Changes in technology are enabling them to get involved in politics in new and interesting ways. Youth Radio’s Denise Tejada believes this generation of youth voters has the potential to be “trendsetters.” (April 27th on KCBS) http://www.youthradio.org/politics/kcbs080427_vote.shtml Mon, 28 Mar 2008 10:30:00 -0700