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Baltimore County Board of Education's November 9 Meeting Lays the Groundwork for Key Calendar Changes to Come
Baltimore County's Board of Education discussed the addition of new religious and cultural holidays to the academic calendar.
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Sabrina Thaler
Chandler Unified School District Board Meetings Face Heated Debate Over Critical Race theory
After a ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court, Chandler Unified School District's public comment centers critical race theory.
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Hannah Cluroe
More than a Debate Topic: Queer Representation in Curriculum
Schools use queerness as a debate topic, but we need to bring authentic queer representation into our curriculums.
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Shreya Mehta
The Dress Code is in Dire Need of Change
SOAR High School's sexist dress code must change to respect students.
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Journey Artis
Combating Discrimination in California Universities
Why California colleges and universities aren't the progressive utopias they claim to be—and how they can address racism on campus
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Lena McEachern
“You Are What You Love”: Transgender Equality in Montana
Current proposed bills in the Montana state legislature threaten the rights of transgender students.
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Opal Besaw
Pelham Board of Education Responds to Political Divide in Local Community
How clothing related to the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements revealed a deep divide in Pelham, New York Schools
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Annika Grant Halvorson
Meet the Teens Working to Reform the Education System in San Diego County
How GENup San Diego is working to address racial inequities in San Diego Public Schools
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Lena McEachern
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
How La Cañada High School is Addressing Diversity, Race, and Inclusivity
How La Cañada High School in the Los Angeles metropolitan area is taking meaningful steps towards diversity, equity and inclusivity in their school
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Joyce Kim
High Schools: Stop Using Native Americans as Mascots
High schools must stop perpetuating racism by continuing to use offensive depictions of Native Americans as their mascots.
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Cindy Chen
Students Should Lead Our Educations
The education system is meant to serve students, so why don't we have a voice in the decisions that affect us?
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Joyce Kim
Inclusive Education Starts with the Students
My high school experience in Mississippi has illustrated the importance of student voice to advancing inclusivity in education to me.
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Vignesh Karthik
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
White Supremacy: A Hidden Influence in America’s History Classes
In U.S. history classes today, white supremacy is still pervasive in our curricula.
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Kiyah Harris
How to Shape More Inclusive School Climates For All
What is the ‘Goldilocks temperature’ — the perfect solution — for ensuring all students in Montana feel included at school, including students with disabilities, facing mental health challenges and more?
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Opal Besaw
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
How Do We Diversify NYC’s Best Schools?
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Arli Moyao-Ramirez
The Sistahood Just Went Digital
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Endiya Griffin
Feel at Home, Wherever you Are
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Fatemeh Zahra Yarali
Corporal Turned Capital: Considering Restorative Justice as an Intervention to the School-to-Prison Pipeline
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Mina Freeburg
Free to Be Me
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Shreya Joshi
The LGBTQ+ Experience: A Challenge for Students and Schools Alike
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Julianna Russ
A Tale of One City
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Asher Gladstone
The “Best” Education Possible
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Arli Moyao-Ramirez
The Deterioration of ESL Education in America
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Scott Lee
Binary with Zeros
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Laya Reddy
Finding An Identity Through Safe Spaces
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Kristen D'Souza
Cake-Eaters
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Julianna Russ
A Thing or Two: A Student’s Perspective of the American Educational System
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Hawa Hamidou Tabayi
Something as Trivial as a Name
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Fatemeh Zahra Yarali
Silent in the Face of Oppression: A Story of Cultural Incompetence in American Schools
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Endiya Griffin
The Trust Gap: How Ignorance Fuels Inequity in Our Schools
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Catherine Liu
Why we have to celebrate the small victories
2018 has been a lot of baby steps; we’ve all been taking them.
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Ry Lei
A Scattered History of Racial Incidents at Carlmont High
We still have a lot of work to do.
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Ry Lei
A Different Kind of Diversity
For as long as I can remember, I have been the poster child of diversity.
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Charlotte Barron
Finding an Identity Divided by 8,000 Miles
We weren’t American enough for our peers- but we weren’t ethnic enough for our family back home.
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Haanya Ijaz
Why Diversity in the Classroom Matters
What South Carolina’s Bonds Wilson Campus Reveals About School Accessibility
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Maya Green
Advocating for a Quality, Urban Education
Students are leading the way to reinvigorate schools and build a quality, urban education in Philadelphia, PA.
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Christopher Maximos
Growing Up Queer in Wyoming: “We Shouldn’t Have to Leave to Feel At Home”
Students in Wyoming are overcoming local adversity and national stereotypes to advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in their communities.
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Taylor Kahn-Perry
Maya Green
February 22, 2019
What's Working? An Investigation Of Our More Functional Public School Programs