Blogs from King County Youth Development Network

The King County Youth Development Network now features blog postings from youth workers around King County. All are invited to read and respond to these posts- just log-in to comment. If you are interested in having your own blog on KCYDN, please contact kyla@childrenandyouth.org

Encouraging College — by Megan Unden — last modified Feb 08, 2010 06:53 PM

We should encourage all students to attend college- especially at-risk high school students (more)

Hispanics & Education — by Megan Unden — last modified Feb 05, 2010 06:08 PM

A summary on the NEA special report on Hispanics & Education: "NEA's Report on the Status of Hispanics in Education: Overcoming a History of Neglect ( PDF, 633KB, 90pp) finds that Hispanic students often face unique challenges in student achievement, influenced by the fact that Hispanics have poverty rates that are two to nearly three times higher than Whites; Hispanics cite Spanish as their dominant language and more than 20 percent say they do not speak English or do not speak English well; and 40 percent of the Hispanic population is foreign born. " (more)

Melanie Oudin, the Super Bowl and lofty goals — by Kayla Bergquist — last modified Feb 04, 2010 01:57 PM

Who is Melanie Oudin? Why are sports important to young people? Should we encourage lofty goals? (more)

Re-segregation in Seattle Schools & Diversity — by Megan Unden — last modified Jan 29, 2010 02:42 PM

Racial segregation isn't the only problem in public education (more)

Are we teaching youth responsible behavior? — by Megan Unden — last modified Jan 22, 2010 05:03 PM

Revamping how we talk about alcohol and sex with teens (more)