Back in the early 2000s, Portland, Oregon, was another midline American city with nothing special happening. Sure, they had a city youth council, but it
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Radical Transparency With Children and Youth
After 15 years of promoting youth/adult partnerships, The Freechild Project has decided that one of the most important elements of them, including Youth Voice, Youth
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The End of Grades and Grading
The practice of teachers assigning students letter or number grades to illustrate how students are performing is an outmoded method, left over the times when
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Youth Engagement in Youth Action Councils
A Youth Action Council is a group of young people who develop a group approach using their individual abilities in order to solve serious social issues.
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Defeating Adultism
Our society is deeply entrenched in adultism, which is bias towards adults and consequently, discrimination against young people. It is prevalent throughout the institutions of our society.
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