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Speaking of Money: Equipping Youth and Families to Navigate Finances in Their Everyday Lives
Today’s young people enter a financial world vastly different from previous generations. As they enter and move through adulthood, young people will be increasingly responsible for saving for their own retirement, medical costs, and other major expenses that are less and less likely to be offered by their employers or the government. In addition, a growing income gap complicates the challenges many youth and families face in navigating the world of finances. So how do we, in an increasingly complex financial world, equip young people to move beyond having only knowledge of financial issues, and navigate these issues effectively and ethically?
Finding the Student Spark:Missed Opportunities in School Engagement
Search Institute has developed a concept called “sparks”. How many students report having a spark, and how many get support for it? How does having a spark influence developmental and academic success?
Building Bridges: Community- and Faith-Based Youth Workers Have Much to Learn from Each Other
Is there common ground for shared learning and networking among community- and faith-based youth workers? And, if so, are youth workers interested in linking with each other?
Sorting Out What Makes a Difference: Youth Development Findings from Camp Settings
In what ways does the camp setting—community living away from home in an outdoor recreational setting—offer a unique milieu for youth development and its evaluation?
Toward Quality and Equality: Fulfilling Our Promises to America’s Children
How well do America’s children and teenagers experience the five Promises identified by America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth that they need to build their character and competence?
Positive Youth Development So Far: Core Hypotheses and Their Implications
As positive youth development moves from being primarily a field of practice toward having increased credibility in academic research institutions, how much agreement is there in how it is understood and defined?
Tapping the Power of Community: Building Assets to Strengthen Substance Abuse Prevention
In what ways can Search Institute’s developmental assets framework and its grassroots approach to mobilizing community capacity strengthen substance abuse prevention efforts?
Unique Strengths, Shared Strengths: Developmental Assets among Youth of Color
Are developmental assets important for healthy development for young people from all racial/ethnic groups, regardless of socioeconomic status?
Boosting Student Achievement: New Research on the Power of Developmental Assets
Should schools, school districts, and other policy makers invest in building developmental assets as a strategy for boosting student achievement?
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This publication is made possible through generous support from Lilly Endowment, Indianapolis, Indiana.
