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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
Putting School in Context
Beyond the classroom, there are many contextual factors that affect students' educations.
BY
Martine Dosa
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?
BY
Joyce Kim
Our Education System Silences Students
Currently, schools don't offer students enough choices within their eductations.
BY
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.
BY
Annika Grant Halvorson
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.
BY
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.
BY
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.
BY
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?
BY
Opal Besaw
For Just School Reopenings, We Need Student Voice
In Minnesota, advancing education justice during the COVID-19 pandemic must begin with addressing the inequities exacerbated by our return to school this fall.
BY
Mia DiLorenzo
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.
BY
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.
BY
Ali Caudle
The Power of Starting Small: School Resource Officers in Chicago Public Schools
In Chicago Public Schools, removing School Resource Officers from schools is a small action that can make a huge difference in allowing students to feel safe while learning.
BY
Derinique Williams
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.
BY
Cody Chou
What Accountability Measures Don’t Account For
BY
Julianna Russ
CTE Classes Are No Joke—If Taken Like They’re Meant To Be
BY
Ashley Lin
When To Draw The Line with Class Size at Public Schools
BY
Clara S. Richards
Redefining Education: Acknowledging Diversity with Culturally Responsive Curricula
BY
Asher Gladstone
In Favor of the Mental Health Day in Schools
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Kristen D'Souza
We All Get Sick
BY
Shreya Joshi
Lessons From A “Successful” Teacher Strike
BY
Scott Lee
How Do We Diversify NYC’s Best Schools?
BY
Arli Moyao-Ramirez
The Case for Electronic Learning
BY
Laya Reddy
Grades: Obsolete?
BY
Nadine Chisom
An Education of the Future
BY
Kristen D'Souza
Weighing the Round
BY
Laya Reddy
Feel at Home, Wherever you Are
BY
Fatemeh Zahra Yarali
The Case for Student Voices
BY
Leigh Walden
Plastic Trophies and Ill-Fitting Suits: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Speech and Debate
BY
Asher Gladstone
Local Government can make all the Difference
BY
Fatemeh Zahra Yarali
Comprehensive Sex Ed in Washington State
BY
Ashley Lin
Coronavirus High School: Education That Doesn’t Work
BY
Scott Lee
Corporal Turned Capital: Considering Restorative Justice as an Intervention to the School-to-Prison Pipeline
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Mina Freeburg
The Invisible Pressure: Creating a Culture of Competition Over Learning
BY
Kristen D'Souza
Managing Academic Stress in Schools Today
BY
Laya Reddy
A Conversation on Competition
BY
Catherine Liu
Understand the Backgrounds of ALL Students
BY
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
BY
Nadine Chisom
Graduating Middle Class: Colleges’ Hidden Obstacles for Middle Income Students
BY
Asher Gladstone
Free to Be Me
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Shreya Joshi
Your Future Starts Here — But No Pressure
BY
Clara S. Richards
The LGBTQ+ Experience: A Challenge for Students and Schools Alike
BY
Julianna Russ
A Tale of One City
BY
Asher Gladstone
Redefine Success through Learning Journeys
BY
Ashley Lin
One of Many, One of One
BY
Shreya Joshi
The Deterioration of ESL Education in America
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Scott Lee
When One Size Doesn’t Fit All
BY
Mina Freeburg
Out of Sight
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Leigh Walden
Binary with Zeros
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Laya Reddy
Finding An Identity Through Safe Spaces
BY
Kristen D'Souza
Cake-Eaters
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Julianna Russ
Something as Trivial as a Name
BY
Fatemeh Zahra Yarali
Silent in the Face of Oppression: A Story of Cultural Incompetence in American Schools
BY
Endiya Griffin
The Necessity of Flexible Mental Health Plans in School
BY
Emily Bach
Confronting Educational Disengagement with a Contract
BY
Clara S. Richards
The Trust Gap: How Ignorance Fuels Inequity in Our Schools
BY
Catherine Liu
Small But Mighty; How Local Organization Empowers The Hearts And Minds of Broward County Students
The debate program promotes creativity, intellectual thought, and self-discovery.
BY
Juliette Reyes
Broken Hearts and Battered Textbooks
Gun violence can only be resolved through increased mental health education, resources, and professionals.
BY
Gabriella Staykova
The Stereotypical High School Story
I developed my critical thinking skills and leadership through prioritization.
BY
Salomee Levy
Gifted and Talented — and Miserable
Somewhere, there must be a happy medium between academic challenge and excessive stress.
BY
Sadie Bograd
The Essentiality of Understanding
Taking the time to listen to other’s experiences, cultures, and outlooks can transform us in the most beautiful ways.
BY
Lillian Holmberg
When Classrooms Become Lecture Halls
Cramped. My French classroom is cramped because fitting forty-two desks...
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Gabriella Staykova
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.
BY
Mary Polupan
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.
BY
Haanya Ijaz
Why Diversity in the Classroom Matters
What South Carolina’s Bonds Wilson Campus Reveals About School Accessibility
BY
Maya Green
We Need to Aim Higher Than Just "Getting Through School"
Settling with the current state of primary education isn’t doing our current generation of students any favors.
BY
Megan Simmons
A Lot Can Change in a Day
After the Student Voice Tour visited New Milford High School, students brainstormed an action plan to address bullying and culture issues.
BY
Megan Simmons
What an Ideal School Looks Like
Students at High Tech High want to preserve their unique culture and student-focused methods.
BY
Megan Simmons
When Administration Doesn’t Communicate
Students feel a growing disconnect with administrators, and as a result feel like the CHAMPS culture is fading.
BY
Megan Simmons
Meet the Students of the LAUSD Teachers Strike
One student was found unresponsive after experiencing a seizure. The school nurse was not present.
BY
Noor Aldayeh
Megan Simmons
July 16, 2019
An Update from the Tour Across America's Schools