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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
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
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
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
On Race, We Must Understand the Past to Take Action Today
To equip students to take action on the racial justice issues facing our world today, our history classes must be diverse, accurate and reflective of the U.S.’s oppressive past.
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Emmanuela Sepetia
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
We Need Teacher Perspectives in the Reopening Equation
In Missoula County Public Schools, it's critical that teacher voice be considered when making decisions about reopening schools during COVID-19.
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Ali Caudle
The Need for Student Voice in Spring Independent School District
In my school district, Spring Independent School District in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, students must have a voice that shapes their education.
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Cody Chou
What Accountability Measures Don’t Account For
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Julianna Russ
How Do We Diversify NYC’s Best Schools?
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Arli Moyao-Ramirez
Climate Change Education: Preparing the Next Generation of Freedom Fighters
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Hawa Hamidou Tabayi
An Education of the Future
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Kristen D'Souza
The Sistahood Just Went Digital
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Endiya Griffin
The Case for Student Voices
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Leigh Walden
Local Government can make all the Difference
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Fatemeh Zahra Yarali
A New Generation of Local Leadership Sustains Its Momentum
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Asher Gladstone
Corporal Turned Capital: Considering Restorative Justice as an Intervention to the School-to-Prison Pipeline
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Mina Freeburg
Understand the Backgrounds of ALL Students
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Arli Moyao-Ramirez
Free to Be Me
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Shreya Joshi
A Tale of One City
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Asher Gladstone
Redefine Success through Learning Journeys
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Ashley Lin
One of Many, One of One
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Shreya Joshi
Binary with Zeros
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Laya Reddy
Finding An Identity Through Safe Spaces
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Kristen D'Souza
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
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
You Can’t Be What You Can’t See
Students of color don’t have people who understand them in their schools – it’s time for that to change.
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Joshua Dantzler
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