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During the course of
our two-year study, we came
upon many articles that interested us. Below are some links. And,
what would a reading room be without editorial cartoons?
Click here to see some relevant ones.
Published by Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein
Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy on July 11, 2007, this
report's headline reads
"Survey Finds Young Americans’ News Use Is Half
That of Older Adults: Teens’ Daily News Use Is Even Lower Than That of
Young Adults"
Published in the Los Angeles Times, October
15, 2006
"Why
don't we vote?" essay contest
This contest was sponsored by
the
Center for Voting and Democracy in 1999. Here you can read
essays written by young people from across the nation as they attempt to
answer the question, "Political participation by young people is plummeting. What changes in our electoral system would increase political participation by young people and why is that important to you and people like you?".
The
Vanishing Voter Project
This project is the work of Harvard University's Joan
Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle,
September 27, 2006
The complete Civics report is available at:
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/
For a liberal take on the validity of the report,
have a look at John Seery's Civics Education or Else!! at
HuffingtonPost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seery/civic-educationor-else_b_32339.html
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle,
September 21, 2006.
Published in the Los Angeles Times, July 2,
2006
Published in the Chicago Tribune, April 4,
2006.
Published in the Christian Science Monitor,
March 22, 2006.
Published in the Washington Post, February 21,
2006.
Published in the Christian Science Monitor,
January 25, 2006.
Published in the Christian Science Monitor,
August 19, 2005.
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle,
January 18, 2005.
Published in the Washington Post, November 2,
2004.
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