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Over 8,000 students from 38 different states and 200 classrooms participated in America's Youth Forum 2004! There are an abundance of public policy issues that students selected to research throughout the semester. Please see the list below displaying what topics the students chose.

Students from the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Houston, TX, traveled to the forum.

 

Class Name, School Name, Location Topic
Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics
Albany Academy for Girls
Albany, NY
Energy Policy
American Government
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, KS
War in Iraq
Introduction to Public Policy
Capital University
Columbus, OH
Safety of Nuclear Power Plants
Comparitive British/American Nuclear Policies
Introduction to Foreign Policy
Capital University
Columbus, OH
Asbestos Law Suits and Ohio House Bill 282
Government and Economics
Chester County Middle College High School
Exton, PA
Rebuilding Iraq
Mental Health of Soldiers in Iraq /
Government Responsibility
Illegal Drugs
Honors U.S. Government
Christopher Columbus High School
Miami, FL
Homeland Security and Defense
American Government
Community High School District 94
West Chicago, IL
Immigration
American Political Institutions
Dartmouth College
Hanover NH
Relations with Iran and North Korea
Standardized Testing
AP US Government
Deer Valley High School

Glendale, AZ
Military Spending
Political Science
Deerfield High School
Deerfield, IL

Tax Cuts
Medicare
Affirmative Action
National Missile Defense
US Policy in the Middle East
Education Reform
Homeland Security
Health Care and Prescription Drugs
Job Creation and Social Security
US Pre-Emption Policies

Speech and Debate
East Carteret High School

Beaufort, NC

Classes are addressing:
Abortion
Government Funding for Space Exploration
The Patriot Act
Death Penalty
War in Iraq
Energy Policy
Education Reform
Title IX
Foreign Policy
Regulation

Gifted Civics
East Coweta High School

Sharpsburg, GA

Economics: U.S. Deficit & Unemployment
AP US Government and Politics
Edina High School

Edina, MN

Small groups are addressing:
Gay Rights
Church and State
Immigration
Campaign Finance
Environment
Education
Welfare

US History
Fairfield High School
Fairfield, MT
No Child Left Behind
War In Iraq
Gay Rights

Participation in Government
Far Rockaway High School
Queens, NY
School Safety - No Child Left Behind Act
Children First - Effect of Smaller Classes
Intro to Leadership Studies
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
Corporate Governance
Dual Enrolled Virginia and US Government
Franklin County High School
Rocky Mount, VA
Budget Deficit
AP U.S. Government
Hays High School
Hays, KS
Corporate Governance
Iraq / Afghanistan
Federal Budget
Homeland Security
The Environment
The Economy
Abortion
Education
Health Care
Immigration
Criminal Justice
Gay Rights
Social Security
Illegal Drugs
Poverty and Welfare
Agriculture
Civil Rights
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Religion
Race / Affirmative Action
AP Government and Politics
Heritage High School

Vancouver, WA
US Patriot Act
Senior Economics
Hermantown High School

Hermantown, MN
Health Care
The Occupation of Iraq on American Citizens
AP Government and Politics
Herricks High School
New Hyde, Park NY
Reproductive Rights
Budget Deficit
Prescription Drugs
AP Government
High School for Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice
Houston, TX
Education / No Child Left Behind

AP US Government and Politics
Hillsborough High School

Hillsborough, NJ

Corporate Corruption
No Child Left Behind

US State and Local Politics
Keene State College
Keene, NH

Welfare
Effects of presidential politics at the state and local level

Civics
Lake Havasu High School

Lake Havasu City, AZ

Public education
AP European History
Lewis & Clark High School

Spokane, WA
Foreign Policy
American Government -- CP
Lexington High School

Lexington, SC

1st Class - Education (school violence and/or standards) and Crime (punishment issues)

2nd Class -- Foreign Policy (peacekeeping missions) and Religion in American Society (in particular schools)

AP Government/AP Economics
McKinney High School

McKinney, TX

AP Government/AP Economics
Legal Issues in Current Affairs
Miami Senior High

Miami, FL
Criminalizing Abortion

U.S. Government
Midlothian High School

Midlothian, VA

Economy/Poverty, Environment

U.S. Government
Midlothian High School

Midlothian, VA

Economy/Poverty, Environment
Participation in Government
Minisink Valley High School

Slate Hill, NY

Foreign Policy

US/AZ Government
Monument Valley High School
Kayenta, AZ
 

Indian Gaming on the Navajo Reservation

Political Science
Mountain Valley School

Saguache, CO
 

States Rights
War on Terrorism
Patriot Acts
Capital Punishment
Health Care
Civil Rights
Economy
Campaign Reform

Government
Nantucket High School
Nantucket, MA
 

Civil Rights
Patriot Act
Gay Rights
Abortion
Capital Punishment
Immigration
Racial Profiling

U.S./AZ Government
Nogales High School
Nogales, AZ
 

Borders and Immigration

Contemporary Affairs
Northern Cambira High School

Northern Cambria, PA

War on Terrorism
Hate Speech
Oil: Domestic and Foreign Policy

American Government
Palmer High School

Colorado Springs, CO

Death Penalty and Racial Bias
Challenges to Democracy
Parkway South High School

Manchester, MO
 
Social Security 
The Presidency
Plymouth State University

Plymouth, NH

Group One: No Child Left Behind/Education
Group Two: The Patriot Act/Civil Liberties
U.S. Government
Postville Community High School

Postville, IA

Defense Spending
Health Care

Biosphere at Risk
Saint Anselm College

Manchester, NH
 

The Environment:

Energy policy
Global warming / Kyoto Protocol
Drilling in ANWR
Environmental economics

American Studies I
Salem High School
Salem, NH
International Relations and Abortion
American Studies I
Salem High School
Salem, NH
International Relations and Abortion
Honors American Studies I
Salem High School
Salem, NH
Economy and Capital Punishment
Government
Shades Mountain Christian School
Birmingham, AL
Illegal Drugs 
Government
Shades Mountain Christian School
Birmingham, AL
Illegal Drugs 
Advanced Government
Sidney High School

Sidney, MT

Education
Environment

AP Government
South Garland High School
Garland, TX
 
College Education and Grants
U.S. Economy and its relationship to the reconstruction of Iraq
U.S. Government
South Torrance High School
Torrance, CA
 
War in Iraq
American Political System Honors
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Campaign Finance
Health Care
AP U.S. Government & Politics
Sterling High School
Sterling, CO
Immigration
Military Funding
U.S. / U.N. Relations in the Middle East
Government
Summit School
Summit, SD
 
Rebuilding of Iraq
AP American Government
Wayne High School
Huber Heights, OH
Corporate taxation in regard to the budget deficit
AP US Government and Politics
Wayne High School
Huber Heights, OH


Taxes, specifically corporate
'Pre-emptive' doctrine/nation building

American Government
West Delaware High School

Manchester, IA


No Child Left Behind