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Putting School in Context
Beyond the classroom, there are many contextual factors that affect students' educations.
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Martine Dosa
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
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
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
Our School System, Racial Justice and Neoliberalism
True racial justice and equality in our school system cannot be achieved under neoliberalism.
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Jeongin Kim
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
The Invisible Pressure: Creating a Culture of Competition Over Learning
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Kristen D'Souza
Youth Substance Abuse: Why We Need to Talk About It
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Ashley Lin
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
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
One of Many, One of One
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Shreya Joshi
Confronting Educational Disengagement with a Contract
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Clara S. Richards
Not Short and Sweet: Gender Inequality in a Public Middle School
Extending the conversation about gender inequality to include K-12 school
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Megan Simmons
Chicago’s Student Voice Committee Program is a Model for the Nation
Chicago Public Schools takes an innovative approach to implementing student voice.
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Megan Simmons
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
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.
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Megan Simmons
What an Ideal School Looks Like
Students at High Tech High want to preserve their unique culture and student-focused methods.
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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.
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Megan Simmons
Megan Simmons
July 16, 2019
An Update from the Tour Across America's Schools