Voices and My College Options Partner to Uncover the Opinions of High School Students on Current Events

WASHINGTON – Voices for America’s Children and My College Options, the nation’s largest college planning program, today announced that they have partnered to bring to light the opinions of American high school students on the issues of the day, including the issues that they believe Congress should be focusing on right now.

The first annual survey, “The 2010 National Student Report to Congress,” is focusing on issues important to today’s teenagers, such as the environment, the economy, the war in Afghanistan, immigration and other social issues.  This includes finding out the most popular news information sources used by students.  The report will be released on September 14, 2010. Tens of thousands of teachers and educators nationwide were also surveyed.

Ryan Munce, Vice President of My College Options, says this research is a major accomplishment for the company.  “We have been studying student opinions and thoughts about their futures for many years.  This new partnership provides an opportunity for our nation’s youth to speak out on the issues facing the world today.  We are excited to partner with Voices on this meaningful endeavor.”

Voices for America’s Children President and CEO Bill Bentley said that he is very pleased that for the first time members of Congress and child advocates will have survey data from children in their cities and states. “As child advocates, we speak up for a segment of the population that can’t vote.  This survey lets them be heard, and gives our elected officials key insights on issues that impact child health, welfare and economic success,” he added.

Voices for America’s Children and My College Options will continue to work together on a continuing basis to survey youth on issues that Congress and the current administration are considering.

About Voices for America’s Children

Voices for America’s Children (Voices) is the nation’s largest network of multi-issue child advocacy organizations. Voices and its national advocacy network of 60 prominent state and local organizations work on behalf of all children, particularly those most vulnerable. The Voices network has been at the forefront of every major child policy victory for the past quarter-century.  To learn more, visit www.voices.org.  Voices is a founding member of the Children’s Leadership Council, a coalition of more than 50 leading national policy and advocacy groups: www.childrensleadershipcouncil.com.

About MyCollegeOptions.org^®

MyCollegeOptions.org is a comprehensive, free online college planning program provided by the National Research Center for College & University Admissions™ (NRCCUA^®).  NRCCUA is a non-profit educational research organization based in Lee’s Summit, MO.  For 38 years, NRCCUA has conducted the largest nationwide survey of high school students, which serves as a communications link between college-bound high school students and public and private colleges and universities. For more information, visit www.nrccua.org.

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