Re-thinking Truancy
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, July 17, 2008
A truancy drop-in center in San Francisco shows compassion and gets results.
Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests
By Latricia Wilson, WireTap, July 3, 2008
A Tennessee student denied a valid high school diploma fights back.
Interview with Adrienne Maree Brown
June 24, 2008
The artist and organizer speaks on the need for non-violent direct action and media justice.
Silence Broken: Critical Literacy Is The Goal
By Kameelah Rasheed, WireTap, April 22, 2008
Column: A young teacher's advice on how to reach struggling readers and writers by building a culture of critical literacy.
Left Out: School-to-Prison Pipeline
Global Action Project, April 1, 2008
A group of New York City high school students examine the school-to-prison pipeline at their school, and look toward changes.
Opinion: Why I Campaign for College Tuition Relief Now!
By Vicente Garcia, WireTap, March 24, 2008
As 2007 marked the first time California spent more money on prisons than public colleges, young activists mobilize for a ballot initiative that will help low-income students access universities.
Building A Better Pencil
By Allie Schratz, Golden Gate [X]press, February 20, 2008
A student-run business brings green supplies to campus bookstores.
When Kids Cut Class, Parents Go to Jail
By Peter Micek, New America Media, February 14, 2008
A new program in San Francisco attempts to stem crime before it starts -- by keeping elementary school-aged children in school. The repercussions of missing class could be criminal -- for their parents.
Wiley College Shares Spotlight With "Great Debaters"
By Kai Beasley, Black College Wire, January 18, 2008
New film Great Debaters sheds light on financial struggle of Historically Black College.
Minding the Gap
By Sarah Seltzer, WireTap, September 29, 2007
Young public high school teachers offer insight to our education system and what reforms students are asking for.
Swimming With Student Loan Sharks
By Scott Thill, WireTap, September 27, 2007
As College Cost Reduction Act becomes law, what students and everyone else should know about borrowing money for college.
Student Sex Health Stymied
By Maya Schenwar, WireTap, September 24, 2007
With student groups working tirelessly to spread sexual health awareness, why are sexually transmitted infections still going strong on college campuses?
The Racial Politics of College Newspapers
By Justin Elliot, Campus Progress, September 14, 2007
Why college newsrooms are often neither diverse nor racially sensitive.
Education Among the Devastation
By Nicole McClelland, WireTap, August 25, 2007
Post-Katrina student life is a balance of stress, studies and hope for the future.
Hip-Hop Rebuffs NCLB
By Mari Rice, WireTap, August 14, 2007
Reforming education was the hot topic at Atlanta's Hip-Hop Social Forum.
Nooses Under The "White Tree"
By Bill Quigley, IndyBay, July 22, 2007
Racial injustice rears its head at a high school in rural Louisianna.
Rappin' About Literacy Activism
By Tomas Palermo, WireTap, July 13, 2007
What do track, rap and the achievement gap have to do with high school learning? SF State professor and hip-hop activist Dr. Jamal Cooks breaks down the literacy code.
Peace Keepers Embedded on Campus
By Carolyn Goossen, New America Media, June 22, 2007
When two high schools erupted in large-scale fighting over the past school year, Youth Together was on the front lines, working with what they call "non-traditional student leaders" to end the violence and find long term solutions for peace.
When College Ends, So Does Activism
By Adam Doster, In These Times, June 15, 2007
Opinion: Why selling out is a depressingly rational choice for many graduates.
Schooling Bill Gates
By Sarah Seltzer, WireTap, June 13, 2007
The billionaire's intentions couldn't be better, but here's how to really fix our schools from the bottom up.
