Welcome to KidNuz Convos. I'm Mark Curtis, a longtime political reporter and a board member of KidNuz. Today, we're gonna discuss the concept of lowering the voting age from its current status of 18 years old. My guest is Dr. Valerie Endres, professor of political communication at Rhode Island College. She is also one of the leaders of the Nationwide American Democracy Project, which tries to get people engaged civically at a younger age. Thanks for joining me, professor.

Welcome to Kid News Convos. I'm Tori. And today we're having a fascinating conversation with Jenny Anderson, award-winning journalist and co-author of the book, The Disengaged Teen, helping kids learn better, feel better, and live better. It's about why kids lose interest in learning and how to regain that spark of curiosity. And it's surely timely advice at the start of the school year. Thank you, Jenny, for joining us. It's great to have you here.

Joining me now to talk about this is Doctor Marnie Ginsberg, a former English teacher who worked with students and teachers for twenty-five years, has a PhD focusing on literacy, and became a reading expert who's helped thousands and thousands of students.

Hi. I'm Tori, and welcome to the latest episode of KidNuz Convos, where we have a conversation on a single topic that's of interest to kids. America's Field Trip invited kids to submit an entry with a chance to win an all-expense-paid field trip to one of about a dozen different places as part of the way to help celebrate America's upcoming 250th birthday. And today, we're going to meet two of the first-place winners.

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