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6-19-2009 Peter Benson to Address Congress
Search Institute’s Peter Benson to Brief Congress on CDC Study: School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors among Youth.
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A letter from Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar
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6-8-2009 Teen Voice 2009 Report Released
New study reports that only seven percent of U.S.
5-28-2009 Training Graduates Spread the Asset Message
Two of Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD’s staff members attended Training of Trainers events at Search Institute and have implemented asset-building practices in their school.
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5-26-2009 New 2009 Conference Track for Educators
Nathan Eklund provides an overview of this year’s new education tracks at the Search Institute Conference.
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5-22-2009 New York Students Write Asset Books
Elementary students
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New Book Offers Creative Solutions for Nurturing Long-Distance Relationships between Adults and the Children They Love
MINNEAPOLIS: When caring adults live, work, or travel away from a young person they love, staying connected can be a challenge. With more than half of U.S. children spending part of their childhood living apart from at least one of their parents, (Zill, 1996; Furstenberg and Cherlin, 1991), more has to be done to ensure that kids have the loving support from adults they need to grow up healthy and responsible.
Pekel joins Search Institute from University of Minnesota to become third chief in 50+ year history of global nonprofit leader in youth development
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Minneapolis, Minnesota — The Board of Directors of Search Institute announced today their selection of Kent Pekel for President and CEO, effective August 1, 2012.
Mr. Pekel is an educator who has worked at the school, district, state, federal, and university levels. He is currently the founding Executive Director of the University of Minnesota’s College Readiness Consortium. From 2000-2005, Pekel was Chief-of-Staff to Superintendent Patricia Harvey and, later, Executive Director of Research and Development in the Saint Paul Public Schools. From 1995-2000, Pekel held several senior staff-level positions in the Clinton Administration.
