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In St. Louis, Empowering Missouri Students to Learn the System – And Then Beat It

Lauren Camera

Student’s View: I’m Autistic. Special Education Failed Me

David Rivera

How Letting My Kid Fail Empowered Her — & Forced Her School to Fix Its Failures

Alina Adams

Student’s View: My School Helped Me With My Eating Disorder. Now, I Help Others

Alyna Rose

AI & Education: A Classroom Perspective on Looming Possibilities and Challenges

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Involving Young People on School Boards Is Good for Students — and for Democracy

Logan Endres

How Are Kids Really Doing after COVID-19? Survey of 500K Students Has Answers

Jen Vorse Wilka

Video Campaign Gives Chicago Teens a Voice against Gun Violence

Nina Vinik

Student Voice: When Our Schools Are Broken-Down, Our Mental Health Suffers

Oni Boulware

Gen Z’s Declining College Interest Persists — Even Among Middle Schoolers

Joshua Bay

What Gen Z Teens Are Asking About Education, Work and Their Future

Bruno V. Manno

Student-Led Conference Puts Focus on AI and Education

Johnny Chang

Research: Schools Prioritizing Social-Emotional Learning See Big Academic Gains

Jo Napolitano

Iowa Teens Spend Less Time in Classrooms, and Succeed More — Here’s How

Andrew Bauld

Idaho’s 18-Year-Old School Board Member on Youth Voice And Right-Wing Extremism

Asher Lehrer-Small

Angry at DeSantis, Fla. Students Take to the Streets — and Take a Banned Lesson

Beth Hawkins

Taking the Lead: What Happens When Students Help Run Their High Schools

Beth Fertig

Students Got $10K to Upgrade Their HS. It Drove a Citywide ‘Wave of Democracy’

Asher Lehrer-Small

Student Essay: Young People Being Pushed Out of School Need an Advocate

Tiffany Santos

A ‘New Normal’—National Student Survey Finds Mental Health Top Learning Obstacle

Marianna McMurdock

Meet Skye, the 12-Year-Old Reporter Covering Georgia’s Runoff Election

Asher Lehrer-Small

Report: More States Are Giving Students a Say in Education Policy

Asher Lehrer-Small

I Lived In a Shelter As a Child. Schools Must Better Understand Homeless Youth

Za’Nia Stinson

Why I Had To Leave The Community I Loved To Find the School That Served My Needs

Devin Walton

Students’ View: Three Ways Congress Can Support Students With Disabilities — Now

Anna Higgins & Claire Robinson

Mental Health, Teacher Shortages, Uvalde: Students Talk 2022’s Key School Issues

Asher Lehrer-Small

Student Voice: Graduating After a Third COVID-Disrupted School Year

Joshua Oh, Diego Camacho & Kota Babcock

‘It Doesn’t Feel Safe Going to School’: Students Reflect After Texas Shooting

Asher Lehrer-Small

Does Your School Have a ‘Slander’ Account?

Asher Lehrer-Small

East Village Ukrainian Students Struggle with War in Homeland

Meghan Gallagher

'Beyond Our Control': What the Pandemic Taught a College Freshman About Empathy

Linda Jacobson

GOP-backed Groups Target Student Surveys as Parents’ Rights Movement Spreads

Linda Jacobson

This Student-Led Nonprofit is Changing Teens’ Minds on the Vaccine

Asher Lehrer-Small

Gen Z is Looking for Balance, Mentorship, and Meaning in Work

Cheryn Hong

Life, Learning & Loss During the Pandemic — in Students’ Own Words

Andrew Brownstein

Student Voice: ‘Un-Modeling’ the Asian-American Minority Myth

Michaela Wang

How Neil deGrasse Tyson Got a Chicago Senior Through the Pandemic

Jimmy Rodgers

A Student’s View: How to Find the College That’s the Right Fit for You, Even During a Pandemic

Keli Pegula

A Student’s View: Teachers Form Unions to Negotiate How Their Schools Operate. Why Shouldn’t Students Do the Same?

Gregory Wickham

Student Survey: 1 in 4 High School Seniors Had Their Post-Graduation Plans Changed by the Pandemic

Laura Fay

Analysis: Americans Didn’t Vote for Education in 2020. Students Are Determined to Make Sure They Do Next Time

Mohan Sivaloganathan