(CNN) — The college students who showed up with bare midriffs and never contributed to discussions during Faye Rogaski’s communication classes were surprised when they weren’t picked for coveted internships and jobs.
They would also e-mail the public relations executive without so much as a greeting but with demands such [...]

Though the terms “college ready” and “career ready” have been used together in many education plans in recent years, a new paper from the Association for Career and Technical Education argues they are not the same.
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Too many adolescents drop out of high school and then struggle with high rates of unemployment, incarceration, drug use and non-marital births. The high cost of these mistakes – both to the teens themselves as well as society – make a solid case for investing public funds in programs that have been shown to work, [...]

A new publication from The Colorado Trust details the advantages, as well as the challenges still to be addressed, of the Trusted Hand approach to enrolling hard-to-reach children in public health insurance programs.

A new executive order helps coordinate state- and federally-funded programs that serve young children and their families.  A Colorado Trust report by Deidre Johnson.

[ April 30, 2010; ] Do Something has teamed up with Six Flags Friends to award college scholarships to young leaders who are taking action to make their community a better place.  Deadline for submission in Friday, April 30, 2010.

The Search Institute’s new website offers information for positive parenting and building assets for healthy youth development.

The Healthy Teen Network is hosting 3 webinars, beginning April 14, on evidence-based approaches to teen pregnancy, STI and HIV prevention.

Youth workers need to be more intentional in equipping young people with the skills they need to navigate all types of relationships to prepare them for a healthy, self-sufficient and successful adulthood, reports the Innovation Center.

Child Trends’ evaluation review of programs aimed at helping emerging adults found that education- and career-focused programs were more successful than efforts to address risk-taking sexual and substance abuse behaviors. Mentoring and providing child care and case management were among the most effective strategies.