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2009
Kids Voting USA Elects New Chair

06.24.2009  -   more ...


Kids Voting USA Announces New Headquarters and Management

05.21.2009  -   more ...


Kids Voting USA Names Additions to National Board

05.05.2009  -   more ...


2008
Kids Voting USA Releases Final 2008 Election Results

11.15.2008  -   

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2006
"National Report Card" on Civics Media Release

07.11.2007  - 

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released disappointing findings this week
about how schools are preparing young Americans for a lifetime of active, principled citizenship. The
national report card shows too many students in eighth and twelfth grade do not grasp the basics about
democratic institutions and their rights and responsibilities as adult citizens.

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Celebrity Judges Name Student Winners of 2006 Kids Voting USA Poster Contest

12.12.2006  -  Celebrity judges have selected the winners of the 2006 Kids Voting USA national poster contest. Judges who participated in the selection process included:  Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; WWE Superstar Ken Kennedy; former Phoenix Suns player “Thunder” Dan Majerle; and Arizona Cardinals Running Back Marcel Shipp.  more ...


Nearly 1,000,000 Students Cast Ballots in Election 2006

11.15.2006  -  Nearly 1 million K-12 students from 26 states plus the District of Columbia cast ballots in the midterm elections through Kids Voting USA.  more ...


Kids Voting USA Announces Annual Awards

06.13.2006  -  Kids Voting USA recently announced national awards to four outstanding individuals and organizations.  more ...


David C. King Elected to Board of Directors

05.24.2006  -  King is associate director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.  more ...


Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools Names Chris Heller to Steering Committee

05.19.2006  -  Chris Heller, President and CEO of Kids Voting USA, has been named to the National Steering Committee of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools.  more ...


Sara Gregory is Recipient of Political Journalism Scholarship

05.11.2006  -  Sara Gregory, a senior at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C., is the recipient of the 2006 Max Jennings Political Journalism Scholarship.  more ...


Kids Voting USA Names Godwin Resource Development Associate

04.19.2006  -  Kids Voting USA has named Mary Godwin as resource development associate.  more ...


Petty Elected to Kids Voting USA Board of Directors

02.14.2006  -  Kids Voting USA has elected Marty Petty, publisher and executive vice president of the St. Petersburg Times, to its national board of directors.  more ...


Kids Voting USA Names Heller as Director of Education

01.31.2006  -  Kids Voting USA has named James Heller as Director of Education.  more ...


2005
Hilary Juel Afshary Joins the Kids Voting USA Board of Directors

05.25.2005  -  Kids Voting USA today announced that Hilary Juel Afshary has joined its board of directors.  more ...


Kids Voting USA Announces Political Journalism Scholarship Fund

04.18.2005  -  Kids Voting USA® has created a scholarship fund in memory of Max Jennings, co-founder of Kids Voting USA. Jennings died unexpectedly in February.  more ...


Kids Voting USA Receives Grant from U.S. Department of Education

04.08.2005  -  Kids Voting USA® will receive grant funds to help strengthen the program from the U.S. Department of Education Appropriation Act of 2005 under the Fund for the Improvement of Education.  more ...


North Carolina Teen Selected as Member of Kids Voting USA Student Advisory Panel

03.15.2005  -  Samuel Hay, a junior at Providence Day School in Charlotte, N.C., has been selected for a position on the Kids Voting USA Student Advisory Panel (SAP).  more ...


Two Kids Voting USA Board Members Take On New Leadership Positions

02.07.2005  -  The Kids Voting USA® Board of Directors announced the election of two members to new leadership positions. Carleton Rosenburgh will serve as vice-chair of the Board and Javier Aldape as chair of the Audit and Finance Committee.  more ...