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With A Piece of Chalk

We have promoted this more than once... It's one of the better videos on Youtube!
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Another Mr. Roger's Mash Up

Hot on the wheels of last years's wildly successful "Garden Of YOur Mind" auto tune featuring Mr. Rogers, PBS serves up another and it is both clever and charming.  The late sweater-wearing children's host performs "There's So Much In This World We Can Learn, No Matter How Young Or How Old We Are... We Can Sing Together."

UK Youth Organization Promotional Video

Imagine if North American groups would focus more on membership than membership criteria!
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When There Is A Correct Answer Exercise in Creative Thinking

The answers you get depend on the sorts of questions you ask.  Lovely, simple example with 3rd graders.
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Tedx Youth - Victoria Youth Engagements in Politics

After recently hearing a politician claim that youth no longer care about politics, Jacob Helliwell became concerned.  His experience has been the opposite.  While it is true that youth are less likely to vote and are less likely to be members of political parties, Jacob take the unorthodox view that youth are not indifferent, their engagement is just different.
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Crack Babies Don't Necessarily Turn into Troubled Teens

Exposure to crack cocaine in the womb does not increase the risk of later criminal behaviour or school drop out - although the drug may have some lasting effects on behaviour and development, according to new review of the research.
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Prosecutor May Put Facebook Staff Under Investigation After Girls Suicide Over Online "bullying"

The prosecution has launched an investigation into how Facebook allowed the publication of insults and bullying post aimed at a teenager, who later leapt to her death from her third floor bedroom window.
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If I Should Have a Daughter...

She got not one but two standing ovations for this brilliant talk.
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