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Teens: Apply for the 2012 Summer Writing Workshop!

Teens: Apply for the 2012 Summer Writing Workshop! We're now taking applications for Youth Communication's 33rd Annual Summer Writing Workshop. This year, YCteen and Represent are teaming up for a special multimedia summer workshop. Apply Now!
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NYC Wins "Periodical of the Year" at Association of Educational Publishers Awards

<I>NYC</I> Wins New Youth Connections (recently renamed YCteen) is honored to have been named “Periodical of the Year” at the Association of Educational Publishers Awards on June 8. The magazine also won “Best Series” for our coverage of wars around the world in January 2010.

This recognition is especially noteworthy since New Youth Connections teen writers compete directly with adult publications in this prestigious competition, which recognizes the nation's best educational products. Our competitors for Periodical of the Year were the New York Times and Wall Street Journal classroom editions.
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What Makes a Great Teacher?

What Makes a Great Teacher? Our teen writers contributed essays to Student Voices: What Makes a Great Teacher?, a new report published by The College Board. The writers describe, in no uncertain terms, the characteristics required to be effective in the classroom.
Read the report.
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