Before Michaella Huck graduated from high school in 2018, she struggled with depression and anxiety and didn’t know where to get help. She’d hear stories of students who died on “suicide hill” in her Los Angeles...
The Philadelphia-based organization We Love Philly runs pre-apprenticeships in digital marketing and cyber security. The aim, program leaders say, is to provide young people with skills that will help them in any job.
Public education, in red and blue states alike, is being pulled apart by student disengagement, mental health needs, culture war battles, voucher expansion, budget uncertainty and the disruptive force of artificial...
Sabrina Jennen’s family has deep roots in Arkansas, but she said moving to Maryland three years ago brought them a sense of safety they didn’t have in the Natural State. The Jennens were one of four...
parents, advocates and researchers say the state needs to bolster its efforts, especially after the federal government largely dismantled its Office for Civil Rights. The post Pressure mounts in Massachusetts to beef up...
For too many students, school and sports are not a refuge; they are sites of identity-based trauma.  Half of all children of color nationwide have experienced racism in school, and nearly 40% of LGBTQ+ youth have...
As summer break begins, violence prevention groups across Philadelphia are deploying new outreach programs aimed at keeping students safe during the months when gun violence historically spikes.
School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, The New York Times investigation shows. The post Texas school police pepper-sprayed, tackled and...