Connect for Kids

10.08.2005 Over seventy teens wrote essays telling President Bush to consider their future when making political decisions. Caitlin Hillyard from Iowa raises concerns of lower-class teens such as funding for public schools, unaffordable healthcare, and the high cost of college tuition. Check back with Connect for Kids over the next three weeks to read the other winning works.

27.07.2005 Especially when seeking financial support, more and more organizations are turning to the Internet as a critical element of their work. At a recent conference in Berlin, organizations from England, Slovakia, and Morocco shared how they use the flexibility of the Web to address the challenges of their organization.

19.07.2005 Since Brown v. the Board of Ed. and before, the Supreme Court’s make-up has been as important to kids as it is to adults. With expected decisions on education, military recruitment, and minors' rights, the coming term will be no exception, writes Connect for Kids’ Susan Phillips.

29.06.2005 Overcrowded classrooms gave birth to the School of Environmental Studies--an alternative high school in a suburban U.S. town. Situated on a 12-acre site at the Minnesota Zoo, students use the zoo and surrounding 3000-acre regional park as classroom and living laboratory, learning from a curriculum geared to making them stewards of the environment.

22.06.2005 For preschoolers in some Las Vegas neighborhoods, the sight of the big white bus with black cow splotches brings cheers. As they scramble aboard, these children enter a classroom that ensures they know the basics--letters, colors, and numbers--before they start school.