Teen Voice

Last year, the SEARCH Institute and Best Buy teamed up to explore the importance of teen motivation and engagement in civic life. They found that only seven percent of 15 year-olds in the U.S. experience a strong combination of three key factors critical to their success. Titled Teen Voice 2009: The Untapped Strengths of 15-Year-Olds, the national survey of 1,817 15-year olds found that a majority of these teens lacked high levels of each of the concepts: “sparks,” “teen voice,” and “relationships and opportunities.”

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