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Montgomery County Public Schools Students Call for Financial Literacy Requirement with New Resolution
High school students encouraged the adoption of a financial literacy graduation requirement for all students in Montgomery County at an October Board of Education meeting.
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Sophie Nguyen
Fiction or Nonfiction: The Reading Gap and Pinellas County Schools
Although I grew up as an avid reader, I watched my classmates struggle under an unsupportive and unhelpful literacy system.
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Yamira Patterson
Montgomery County Public Schools is Failing Students Like Me
The district must counteract the learning loss and mental health challenges students like me are facing, but so far, it's failed to act.
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Sophie Nguyen
We Must Change College and Career Education in Hispanic Communities Like Mine
In Salinas, California, college and career education must meet the needs of our predominantly low-income, Hispanic students.
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Carolyn Dorantes
How Grace and Mercy are Seen in Reopening Plans of a Lexington School
How Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky is centering grace and mercy in its school reopening plans
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Nyasha Musoni
Missoula Online Academy Represents a Unique Model for Pandemic Learning
There is no one-size-fits-all solution for pandemic learning—but Missoula Online Academy represents a creative solution to student and teacher concerns.
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Ali Caudle
The Syracuse City School District Emphasizes an Increased Focus on Personalized Learning for Its Students
With a new "station rotation" model, the Syracuse City School District hopes to make learning personal during the pandemic.
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Martine Dosa
California's Fight for Ethnic Studies
GENup's fight to make ethnic studies an admissions requirement for all University of California (UC) schools
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Ria Srivastava
For Better or Worse? Policy Changes in Local Schools
How school policies in Montana are changing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Opal Besaw
Edina Public Schools Makes the Switch to Online Education
As COVID-19 cases rise, schools in Edina Public Schools in Edina, MN make the switch to a distance learning model.
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Mia DiLorenzo
Our Education System Silences Students
Currently, schools don't offer students enough choices within their eductations.
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Purnata Subah
Balancing School, Mental Health and COVID-19
During COVID-19, it is more difficult than ever for students like me to balance school and taking care of our mental health.
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Annika Grant Halvorson
The Key to a Bright Future? Understanding the Past
Empowering, accurate curriculums in social studies classes will equip students with the civic knowledge necessary to avoid repeating history's worst mistakes.
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Nyasha Musoni
Views from the West Wing: A Story of Suburban Wealth and Student Necessity
In Kirkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, low- and middle- income students face unique challenges to learning effectively and fitting in at school.
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Ndidi Opara
Why Civics Exams Fail, and What Should Be Done Instead
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Catherine Liu
CTE Classes Are No Joke—If Taken Like They’re Meant To Be
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Ashley Lin
When To Draw The Line with Class Size at Public Schools
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Clara S. Richards
Redefining Education: Acknowledging Diversity with Culturally Responsive Curricula
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Asher Gladstone
The Case for Electronic Learning
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Laya Reddy
Grades: Obsolete?
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Nadine Chisom
An Education of the Future
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Kristen D'Souza
Plastic Trophies and Ill-Fitting Suits: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Speech and Debate
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Asher Gladstone
Coronavirus High School: Education That Doesn’t Work
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Scott Lee
The Great Equalizer and the Epidemic
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Leigh Walden
The Invisible Pressure: Creating a Culture of Competition Over Learning
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Kristen D'Souza
Managing Academic Stress in Schools Today
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Laya Reddy
A Conversation on Competition
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Catherine Liu
Understand the Backgrounds of ALL Students
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Arli Moyao-Ramirez
Stacked
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Leigh Walden
When “Equal Access” Leads To Inequality In American Classrooms
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Scott Lee
Shoot for the Stars: A Tale of #prestigiouscollegekids and the Ivy League + other Elite Schools
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Nadine Chisom
Graduating Middle Class: Colleges’ Hidden Obstacles for Middle Income Students
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Asher Gladstone
Your Future Starts Here — But No Pressure
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Clara S. Richards
Redefine Success through Learning Journeys
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Ashley Lin
School: Not a Conveyor Belt
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Nadine Chisom
The Deterioration of ESL Education in America
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Scott Lee
When One Size Doesn’t Fit All
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Mina Freeburg
A Thing or Two: A Student’s Perspective of the American Educational System
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Hawa Hamidou Tabayi
Silent in the Face of Oppression: A Story of Cultural Incompetence in American Schools
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Endiya Griffin
Confronting Educational Disengagement with a Contract
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Clara S. Richards
What’s Being Done About Students’ Mental Health and What Still Needs to Happen
An Investigation of Three Different High Schools
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Maya Green
The Stereotypical High School Story
I developed my critical thinking skills and leadership through prioritization.
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Salomee Levy
Is It Worth It?
What I’m asking for is for my peers to be more cognizant of their privilege and place in our society.
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Ranen Miao
Gifted and Talented — and Miserable
Somewhere, there must be a happy medium between academic challenge and excessive stress.
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Sadie Bograd
Stress for Every Student: Competition in Academics at Adlai E. Stevenson High School
School’s work in protecting mental health and a positive academic climate stops where the student’s responsibility starts.
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Mary Polupan
College: The Pursuit of Success or Happiness?
Success is not often determined by how hard you work (like my high school), but instead who you know.
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Karla Sanford
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