The resources and links listed below are in no particular order and are updated regularly.

Civic Learning at the Edge

Research study conducted by Marilyn Price-Mitchell exploring how highly-engaged youth experienced and met the challenges of civic engagement during the adolescent and young adult years.

Gallop Student Poll

A study of hope, engagement, well-being, and readiness for the future, from a representative sample of grade 5-12 student respondents to the Gallop Student Poll.

Civic Life in America

Data on the civic health of America. On-going data collection and evaluation of engagement.

Generator School Network (a program of NYLC)

Community of schools committed to best used practices in service-learning. Visit page to access relevant webinars and publications.

Washington Youth Voice Handbook

CommonAction is excited to announce the availability of the brand-new Washington Youth Voice Handbook. Based on the work of SoundOut and The Freechild Project, this publication features 20+ Youth Voice workshop outlines that road-tested and carefully designed to increase the knowledge and ability of young people and adults. It also features a Youth Voice Assessment exploring multiple aspects of action; the Washington Youth Voice Directory including contact information for more than 50 groups statewide, and; a Youth Voice Resource Guide highlighting organizations, websites, and publications across the country and around the world.

National Survey on Service-Learning and Transitioning To Adulthood

This nationally representative survey — conducted on behalf of the National Youth Leadership Council™ by Harris Interactive®, a global market research and consulting firm — reveals service-learning's significant impact on the youth-adult transition. Compared young adults who participated in K-12 service-learning experiences with their peers who didn't.

Stanford Center on Adolescence

The Stanford Center on Adolescence aims to promote the character and competence of all young people growing up in today's world. The Center's work provides guidance for parenting, for improved educational practice, and for youth development in a wide variety of community settings. Grants offered for research addressing youth purpose (click on "Grants" on left menu bar).

New Directions for Youth Development - Issue 109 - Youth Leadership

Edited by Max Klau, Steve Boyd, and Lynn Luckow (Spring 2006). Also available online.

A Comprehensive Leadership Education Model to Train, Teach, and Develop Leadership in Youth

By John C. Ricketts and Rick D. Rudd, University of Florida, Journal of Career and Technical Education Volume 19, Number 1 (Fall 2002)

What Makes a Leader? Relative Age and High School Leadership

By Elizabeth Dhuey and Stephen Lipscomb, Department of Economics at the University California, Santa Barbara (August, 2006)

Info Brief Issue 11: Youth Development and Youth Leadership in Programs

A brief based on a longer paper, Youth Development and Youth Leadership, A Background Paper, published by The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (January, 2005)

Lessons in Leadership: How Young People Change Their Communities and Themselves

Executive Summary of the Evaluation of the Youth Leadership for Development Initiative by The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development (Funded by Ford Foundation, December, 2003)

Building Partnerships for Youth

A definition and outline of leadership from a large-scale project of the National 4-H Council and the University of Arizona

Youth Leadership Out-of-School Time Program Evaluation Bibliography

A list of youth leadership programs being tracked by the Out of School Time Research of the Harvard Family Research Project (On-going)