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Summary: At the age of 28, Melia Dicker went back to kindergarten. She needed to get her life back on track, and she wanted to start over from the very beginning. Over several months, she repeated her education, from... Read on...
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National Youth Rights Association
Author: NYRASummary: The National Youth Rights Association is dedicated to defending the civil and human rights of young people in the United States. We believe certain basic rights are intrinsic parts of American citizenship and transcend... Read on...
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Summary: This is a must read for those who want to understand how conflict, deep democracy, and challenge are the best opportunities for an organization to be dynamic and matter. Creator of the term "process oriented... Read on...
Summary: In this article, Bronson and Merryman call to attention the steady decline of creativity across the U.S. By monitoring the levels of creativity in children and adults through a creativity test, similar to an IQ test,... Read on...
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Summary: Youth United for Change (YUC) is an organization made up of young people acting on their own behalf to improve the quality of public education. YUC is building a youth based, democratic organization with the power to... Read on...