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Texas Teen Courts Keep Youth Out of Prison

El Paso鈥檚 Teen Court is a peer-driven, youth-led program that centers the well-being of teenagers, instead of condemning them to the destructive criminal justice system.

Marium Zahra | Oct 16, 2024

Dr. Ibram X Kendi鈥檚 Progress 2025 Vision for Education

In the face of Project 2025鈥檚 dystopian vision for education, Ibram X Kendi lays out a progressive alternative for public education in the U.S.

| Oct 9, 2024

Unlearning Queerphobia

Schools are a powerful place to begin building an LGBTQ-affirming culture, as an antidote to fear and bigotry.

Sara Youngblood Gregory | Oct 2, 2024

Analysis | Equity | Math

Making Equity Part of the Equation in Math Education

Most Americans report they don鈥檛 know enough math to make routine financial decisions.

Megan Staples | Aug 9, 2024

Trans Youth Are Teaching Schools How to Actually Support Them

The education system is failing transgender youth, but one school in Canada is striving to create a new support model.

LJ Slovin | Jun 25, 2024

How Black Parents Got Cops Out of Oakland Schools

After adopting the George Floyd Resolution for Police-Free Schools, Oakland-area schools saw significant reductions in racist criminalization of Black and Brown kids.

Malaika Parker | Jun 6, 2024

Swiss Schools鈥� Surprising Solution to Bullying

Switzerland鈥檚鈥淣o Blame鈥� approach eschews punishment, instead focusing on empathy, tolerance, and respect.

Michaela Haas | May 24, 2024

Gen Z鈥檚 Political Paradox

Zoomers are connected to political issues but disconnected to voting. A young reporter explores the reasons why this is true and what it will take to boost youth voter turnout.

Lajward Zahra | May 2, 2024

Video | 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | University of California | Ivy League | College Admissions

Why Are Elite Schools So Attached to the SAT?

Research shows the SAT is racist, sexist, and classist. So why are some elite schools reinstating the test as an admission requirement?

| Apr 18, 2024

Education for Nomadic Families in Nigeria

Displaced by climate change, Fulani children are getting access to education no one in their communities has had before.

Abubakar Muktar Abba | Mar 29, 2024

Video | Racial Justice | 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | DEI | Diversity Equity Inclusion

Combatting Anti-DEI Efforts

Matthew Kincaid delves into the history of attacks on DEI initiatives, and encourages teachers to stand firm on racial justice education.

| Jan 26, 2024

Excerpt | School Moms | Public Education | School Choice | Moms for Liberty

The Heroes Fighting for Public Education

In the face of far-right extremist groups like Moms for Liberty, 鈥渟chool moms鈥� have become the frontline defenders of education for all.

Laura Pappano | Jan 23, 2024

Harvard President Claudine Gay broke racial and gender barriers鈥攁nd that鈥檚 really why she was ousted, says commentator Errin Haines.

Video | Claudine Gay | Right-Wing | Racism | 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali

The Politics of Claudine Gay鈥檚 Resignation

Harvard President Claudine Gay broke racial and gender barriers鈥攁nd that鈥檚 really why she was ousted, says commentator Errin Haines.

| Jan 10, 2024

A photo of student protests, detail on megaphone with the Palestinian flag over it.

The Palestine Exception to Campus Free Speech

Writing under a pseudonym to protect herself, a high school student details the intimidation she and her peers have faced from schools for protesting the Gaza genocide.

Aila Haqq | Dec 20, 2023

Analysis | School-to-Prison-Pipeline | Police | Philadelphia

How Philadelphia Disrupted the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Research on a police diversion program implemented in 2014 shows a striking 91% reduction in in-school arrests over less than 10 years.

Amanda NeMoyer, Naomi Goldstein | Dec 5, 2023

Centering Indigenous Languages in India鈥檚 Schools

India is among the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, but its Indigenous languages have been marginalized鈥攁long with those who speak them.

Sarita Santoshini | Oct 23, 2023

Video | 大象传媒 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Education Reform | Bettina Love | Reparations

Repairing Decades of Racist School Reforms

In a new book, Bettina Love, Ph.D., lays out the harms created by decades of school reforms and charts a path toward repair.

| Oct 13, 2023

Preschool students walking in a parking lot

Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

El Busesito (鈥渢he little bus鈥�) is a preschool on wheels that delivers free early childhood and family engagement programs to Latino immigrant families in Colorado鈥檚 Roaring Fork Valley.

Emily Tate Sullivan | Mar 27, 2023