Stories

School Choice

I May Only Be in Sixth Grade But I Know Peace Starts With My Own Two Feet

Have you ever celebrated or heard of World Peace Day? Well, World Peace Day is an International Day of Peace organized by the United Nations, which is on September 21. My school, The Academy for...

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Student Voice

To Mobilize Our Youth for Future Elections, We Must Embrace Student Voices Now

Whenever people ask me what I miss most about my classroom days, I often struggle between two specific memories: my days as a National Council of La Raza (NCLR) service-learning teacher and the many...

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IEP

When ‘Special’ Feels Like an Insult: Diary of an IEP Kid

I've struggled with learning disabilities my whole life. Not the disability, but being labeled as someone with a disability. I had never felt stupid before, but for some reason getting “special”...

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Student Voice

We Can't Keep Ignoring the Suburbs and the Black People That Live in Them

L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy first came to my attention at this spring’s Education Writers Association (EWA) national conference in Boston, where he served as a panelist talking about school integration...

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Student Voice

Luck Isn't a Solution for Our Students

Parenting is defined as, “the raising of a child by its parents.” I read this to mean both parents working together to raise a single child properly. And for many kids, that’s exactly what happens....

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Student Voice

Debunking the Myths of Student Voice

Education activist Chris Stewart told me in a recent interview that “it’s almost like we’re putting people through a meatpacking plant and we’re trying to drop stuff in their brains.” In a lot of...

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