Two youthU.S. representatives at the 7th Annual UNESCO Youth Forum in Paris in October look back and reflect on their valuable experience at this global event for ...
Who better to blaze innovative trails in communities than students with their fingers on the cultural, technological and social pulse? So Prez Obama came up with the ...
SparkAction's Tara James attended the Opportunity Nation Summit in New York, and she kept us posted via live blogging as the event went on. Here are her responses ...
How a college freshman living with (but not defined by) cerebral palsy became a philanthropist to other youth with disabilities around the country. The story of the ...
After examining the data from an exhaustive national study on youth violence, Michael D. Resnick has concluded that the answer to reducing the likelihood of violence ...
15-year old Alexus and a team of three other Girls Inc. participants spent many hours researching the dropout rates within their city, Chattanooga, Tennessee, at a ...
One of the two U.S. representative at this week's UNESCO Youth Forum reflects on the faith in the public for young people to make a difference in their service ...
Catching up with a New Orleans high school student and a powerful nonprofit that are proving that students can play a major role in transforming the way public ...
Despite the high profile of bullying over the past two years — including a White House summit to discuss the issue — prospects for a federal bullying law ...
As the Occupy Wall Street movement grows, so do mentions of suffocating student loans - and who is to blame. Jenna Johnson of The Washington Post goes online to ...
Generation 18 Founder and Executive Director David D. Burstein argues that Millennials' propensity for collaboration can and will change the world - and the ...
MTV and Pete Wentz take a stand against digital abuse - sexting, constant messaging, spying, digital disrespect and cruelty. Check out the new A Thin Line campaign ...
As the world grieves the loss of Apple co-founder and innovation genius Steve Jobs this week, SparkAction's resident GenYer Alison took a moment to listen to his ...
A new voting program software called "TurboVote", created by a newly graduated student of Harvard, makes it easy and fast to register to vote. Users ...
There's a lot moving in federal education policy. First Focus' VP for Education Policy looks at what's happening and what needs to happen to make sure ...