CIRCLE Launches Inaugural Young Leaders Learning Community Cohort with The Allstate Foundation
The 12 civic leaders, ages 16-29, will continue to develop leadership, media, and financial skills in the program.
How Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships Can Grow Voters
Bringing young people as leaders and equitable participants into organizations or efforts aimed at youth engagement can be a productive strategy—if it's done right.
What Helps Youth Vote? Direct Civic Information and Political Homes
Spaces where youth can learn, discuss, and wield political information can build confidence in political involvement and lead to higher likelihood of voting.
Youth Expertise and Leadership Crucial to Intergenerational Civic Spaces
Our work supporting and evaluating the Civic Spring Project underscored powerful lessons about providing valuable civic opportunities for youth.
Young People Turn to Online Political Engagement During COVID-19
Young people report benefits of participating in political activism on social media, but not all youth engage and benefit equally.
CIRCLE and OYUnited: Improving Voter Access through Research-Fueled Action
Lessons from our initiative helping young leaders connect with election administrators to broaden youth voting.
Guest Post - Critical Consciousness Impact Measures
By: Matthew A. Diemer, University of Michigan; Ellen Hawley McWhirter, University of Oregon; Emily J. Ozer, University of California-Berkeley; Luke J. Rapa, Michigan State University
Guest Post - Civic and Character Development: Good Data Starts with Good Measures
By: Amy Syvertsen (Search Institute), Laura Wray-Lake (University of Rochester), and Aaron Metzger (West Virginia University)
Guest Post - Measuring Progress Toward Youth Empowerment
By: By Carmen Procida, Diana Manee, Jeanne Dairaghi and Bronwyn Lucas
Portraits of American Teens’ Leisure Time Use
A new CIRCLE paper—with a bit of pop culture flair—explores how young people use their time outside of school, and what it means for their academic and civic development.