Delayed while finishing touches were being added to the report since the Annual Meeting in San Francisco back in August, the Report is finally finished and ready for public viewing. As part of NYRA’s unique commitment to honest, transparent non-profit governance we don’t pull punches with the information we release to you, our members. With…
Many of you will recall the experiences I have had with Richard Greene, the Reynolds Representative on the Buncombe County Board of Education, back in June and August when I was working to add a student adviser onto the school board. In June, he said he would do research over the summer about the idea,…
The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution sets the federal voting age at 18 years old. Before this Amendment was enacted, the voting age in most places was 21 years of age. The voting age should again be lowered; this time, to 16 years of age. According to a recent study, 80% of 16-…
I thought I would share a satirical column written by Parker Heck, a staff writer for Reynolds High (Asheville) School’s newspaper, “Cedar Cliff Notes.” Reprinted with permission from the writer. Hats off to school discipline Parker Heck Cedar Cliff Notes Uneasiness. Apprehension. The queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach when you know that…
With many close elections across the state and beyond, it is obvious that every vote counts. In one state race, if only a few thousand more people across the state had turned out, the results could have been flipped. Voting is an important civic duty of citizens in the United States. In some countries, such…
On Oct. 23, 2006, the last day for Californians to register to vote on Nov. 7, 15-year-old Natasha Hull-Richter, of Orange County, attempted to file her voter registration form at the county Registrar of Voters. The registration form accurately showed that she was 15 and she informed both the clerk and supervisor. The clerk and…
On Sunday, September 3rd, NYRA’s new Board of Directors held its first meeting. The Board elected Scott Davidson, former Secretary, to serve as President. The board elected Adam King as Vice President. Zach Hobesh of NYRA-Berkeley is now NYRA’s Treasurer, and Rich Jahn while not a board member this year, is once again NYRA’s Secretary,…
The US House of Representatives recently passed the so-called Student Teacher Safety Act of 2006 (HR 5295). The Student Teacher Safety Act requires all schools receiving federal funding to adopt authoritarian policies. It would essentially require most school districts to allow teachers and other school officials to search any student at any time for any…
The noted scholar Dr. Robert Epstein has written a book entitled “The Case against Adolescence: Reversing the Artificial Extension of Childhood, Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen.” NYRA received an advance copy of this book several months ago, but at the time Epstein was having a hard time finding a publisher. “The Case against Adolescence”…
Calling it the biggest thing he has ever done in his entire life, Jesse L. Hunter voted in the Minnesota primaries on Sept. 12. However, Hunter is unlike other voters casting their ballots this year. He is only 17 years old. “They [polling officials] examined my driver’s license and asked for my social security number,”…
