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October 19, 2006 - Publication
Brochure: Building the Field of Digital Media and Learning (October 19, 2006)
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October 19, 2006 - Publication
Fact Sheet: Digital Media and Learning
Youth today live media saturated lives.
Young people today spend an average of almost 6.5 hours a day with media.
The total amount of media content young people are exposed to each day has increased ... Read More
October 19, 2006 - Publication
Grants List: Digital Media and Learning
The MacArthur Foundation’s five-year, $50 million effort to build the field of digital media and learning aims to understand how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic ... Read More
October 19, 2006 - Press release
MacArthur Investing $50 Million In Digital Learning
MacArthur announced plans to build the emerging field of digital media and learning, committing $50 million over five years to the effort. Read More
October 19, 2006 - Publication
White Paper: Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century by Henry Jenkins
Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published this white paper that explores new frameworks and models for media literacy.
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September 22, 2006 - Speech
"Towards a Juvenile Justice System that is Effective and Fair," Remarks by Jonathan Fanton at the National Conference on Juvenile Justice and Adolescent Development
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton celebrates the success of the Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice and looks ahead to the Foundation's Models for Change initiative. Read More
September 20, 2006 - From the field
New Findings Released by MacArthur Research Network
The MacArthur Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice (ADJJ) has released a series of issue briefs that present findings from the Network's past and ongoing research. The briefs present research on competence to ... Read More
September 15, 2006 - Commentary
Jonathan Fanton on Juvenile Justice Reform
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton discusses how Illinois is taking a leadership role in juvenile justice reform. Read More
June 15, 2006 - Press release
MacArthur Awards $4.2 Million to Accelerate Juvenile Justice Reform
MacArthur announced six grants totaling nearly $4.2 million to help accelerate promising models for juvenile justice reform as part of its national Models for Change initiative. Read More
May 3, 2006 - Speech
Remarks by Jonathan Fanton at the City Club of Chicago on “Deep Roots, Deep Commitment: MacArthur Investments in Chicago”
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton relates the Foundation's support for arts, housing, education, and economic development in Chicago. Read More
April 27, 2006 - From the field
Fiscal Architecture of Juvenile Justice System Is Detrmental to Youth
It is sometimes less expensive for local governments to send juvenile offenders to state institutions than it is for communities to develop services to treat youth close to home, according to a report by the Justice ... Read More
April 27, 2006 - From the field
The New Digital Divide: Media Literacy
The new digital divide is not about access to technology, but rather “a lag in competence and confidence in the fast-paced variegated digital universe…” says Jonathan Fanton in a recent op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ... Read More
March 6, 2006 - From the field
Contest Examines What It Means to Grow Up Digital
Although computers, cell phones, video games and other new technologies are a common part of most teenagers’ lives, little is known about how they influence the way young people interact with friends, learn in school, or ... Read More
March 6, 2006 - From the field
Report Examines Strategies to Reduce Overrepresentation of Minorities in Juvenile Justice System
Youth of color make up one-third of all youth in America, but two-thirds of youth in juvenile detention facilities. African-American, Latino, and other youth of color are more likely to be locked up than white youth ... Read More
February 2, 2006 - Speech
Remarks by Jonathan Fanton at the luncheon for the Juvenile Justice Initiative - Models For Change Launch in Illinois
MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton marks the launch of Models for Change in Illinois, one of the initiative's four core states working to harness and accelerate promising models of juvenile justice reform. Read More