Student Voice
How This Music Program Is Helping Incarcerated Youth Tell Their Stories
More than 60,000 young people are incarcerated in secure facilities, residences and group homes, learning in alternative education settings designed to keep them in school or prepare them for jobs...
equity
3 Things That Could Help Get More Girls In STEM
In middle school, I was the girl who would rather figure out math problems over discussing the latest fashion trends or lip gloss shade. Despite my infatuation with math and science and the fact that...
public schools
José Guzmán Was Accepted Into College But He's Ready to Start His Electrical Career Now
Richards Career Academy senior José Guzmán knows how to hustle. He learned his confident, easy way with people by selling candy on Pulaski Avenue, a bustling thoroughfare on Chicago’s Southwest Side....
anti-racism
Apprentice Plumber and High School Senior Leonard Ferguson Isn't Afraid to Tackle the Dirty Jobs
As an eighth-grader, Leonard Ferguson signed up for the plumbing concentration at Baltimore County’s Western School of Technology and Environmental Science, but he wasn’t sold on being a plumber....
EdTech
1% of Nurses Are Hispanic Men, High School Senior Salvador Torres Wants to Change That
According to Minority Nurse magazine, less than 1% of nurses are Hispanic men. Salvador Torres, an 18-year-old senior at Richards Career Academy, hopes to join their ranks. But first, Torres plans to...
STEM
Can America Follow Nevada's Lead in Giving Students Recession-Proof Job Skills?
Nevada was the fastest growing state for decades. Jobs were plentiful, housing affordable and taxes low. Tourists streamed to the entertainment capital of the United States. But things changed....