Join the Excitement of the 2008 Election
March 14, 2008
2008 is a great year to be a teacher! The 2008 Presidential Election is generating a lot of energy and excitement in American students. The 2008 YLI Mock Election plans to channel this enthusiasm into civic action by providing students the opportunity to participate in the election process.
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Attention Elementary Teachers: A Great Resource for your Civics Program!
March 14, 2008
Many primary and intermediary teachers often ask YLI for suggestions regarding civics materials appropriate for their students. See How They Run by Susan Goodman and published by Bloomsbury Children's Books is the perfect supplement to YLI activities and to your civics program.
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Students in Kentucky Vote to Keep Republicans in Office
November 07, 2007
Over the past two weeks, almost 10,000 students across the state of Kentucky cast over 55,000 votes in the nation's largest online, student-only mock election. Votes were cast in the 2007 Kentucky Student Mock Election using electronic ballots specifically tailored to the 2007 Kentucky races.
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Over 400,000 Votes Cast in Youth Leadership Initiative's Mock Constitutional Convention
October 14, 2007
More than 40,000 students from schools across the nation learned about the U.S. Constitution and Constitutional change this fall by voting on proposed changes to one of America's founding documents.
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YLI to Honor Constitution Day this Fall with Special Lesson and Mock Constitutional Convention
September 5, 2007
This fall, YLI will host its first ever Mock Constitutional Convention - a student-only online mock election which focuses on a series of important constitutional issues. The student poll coincides with the University of Virginia Center for Politics' National Constitutional Convention to be held October 19, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
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YLI Announces First ACE Awards Winner
September 5, 2007
YLI is proud to announce that Dayna Laur of Central York High School in York, Pennsylvania is the first ACE Award winner. Laur created a lesson plan on judicial interpretation entitled "Becoming a Supreme Court Justice." Created by Center for Politics director, Larry J. Sabato, the ACE Awards are designed to encourage the creation of rigorous, engaging and novel approaches to civic education.
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Democracy Corps in Action
April 2, 2007
Democracy Corps, YLI's service learning pilot program, is designed to connect learning about American democracy with service to community. Find out how one YLI teacher has used service learning to start a tremendous project and inspired his students to gain an increased knowledge of the Constitution.
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Democracy Corps: Combining Civics with Service Learning
September 22, 2006
More than 200,000 students from schools across the nation learned about democracy firsthand this year, "electing" the next body of officials into leadership positions as part of the 2006 YLI Mock Election.
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e-Congress: e-Legislators Pass 1,590 Bills of 6,726 Submitted
May 4, 2006
The results are in for the 2006 session of YLI's e-Congress! With nearly 500 teachers from forty-six states and American schools abroad, this year's participation reached an all time high for the five year old simulation.
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Students in nationwide poll elect Condoleezza Rice as most viable female presidential candidate for 2008
April 27, 2006
Over the course of three weeks, more than 13,000 students from 45 states and the District of Columbia voted in the exciting 8 for '08 Student Poll, co-sponsored by the Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI), based at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, and The White House Project, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing women's leadership.
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8 for '08 Youth Poll Now Open
February 20, 2006
Voting is now open for the 8 for '08 youth poll, which asks students to choose a woman leader for whom they would vote in a 2008 presidential race.
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YLI Presents "8 for '08" Youth Poll for President's Day
January 30, 2006
The Youth Leadership Initiative provides an exciting new way to celebrate President's Day in 2006. In partnership with The White House Project, YLI presents the "8 for '08" youth poll, which asks students to select a woman leader for whom they would vote in a 2008 presidential race.
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e-Congress 2006 Now in Session
January 9, 2006
Spring 2006 marks the fifth annual session of e-Congress, YLI's exciting legislative simulation. Each spring for the last five years, middle and high school students around the country have had the opportunity to roll up their collective sleeves and immerse themselves in the intricacies of the policy-making process.
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Students Elect Jerry Kilgore and Jon Corzine in Nation's Largest Online Student Mock Election
November 7, 2005
More than 64,000 students throughout Virginia and New Jersey cast ballots in the YLI Mock Election, "electing" Republican Jerry Kilgore and Democrat Jon Corzine as their respective state Governors.
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Georgia Students Vote on Key Issues
November 6, 2005
Thousands of K-12 students throughout Georgia cast votes in the YLI Mock Election on some of the most pressing issues facing young people today.
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Classroom Resources Available for Constitution Day, September 17
August 17, 2005
New federal legislation authored by Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia requires that on Constitution Day, schools receiving federal funds present a program on the Constitution. To assist schools in meeting the conditions of this legislation, YLI has developed new Constitution-related classroom resources.
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Lesson Plan Database Improved for the 2005-2006 School Year
August 16, 2005
The Youth Leadership Initiative has made exciting improvements to the lesson plan section of the YLI website.
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e-Congress 2005: e-Legislators Pass 902 Bills of 5,317 Submitted
May 17, 2005
The results are in for e-Congress 2005. Student legislators logged more than 324,000 votes en route to passing 16.7% (902) of the original bills.
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YLI Partners with the League of Women Voters to Bring Elected Officials into Classrooms
February 22, 2005
The Youth Leadership Initiative and the League of Women Voters have teamed up to provide opportunities for teachers and students to meet their elected officials.
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Additional YLI Lesson Plans Now Available in Audio and Spanish Formats
January 13, 2005
The Youth Leadership initiative is dedicated to bringing our resources to all students. In an effort to make lessons more accessible, select YLI lessons are available in audio format on a compact disc (CD) and can....
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Students Select George Bush as President in of the United States in Nation's Largest On-line K-12 Student Mock Election
October 28 , 2004
Nearly one million students in all 50 States, DC, and American schools abroad participated in the YLI Mock Election.
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