By Julie Broch For most, being in summer school means staying inside classrooms and working on assignments. However, a group of Minneapolis high school students were able to experience something different this year. Through a joint program between Wilderness Inquiry, Adventures in …
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Julie Broch For three weeks, protesters in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, have been grouping across the slopes of Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in Hawaii, fighting to stop a giant telescope from being built. A professor at the University of Hawaii observed the …
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By Serena Mao Stress in schools is one of the biggest contributors to teens’ health in today’s world. The epitome of stress can be witnessed in Chinese schools. The Educational Review concludes that students in China feel disproportionately more stress than others …
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By Julie Broch “Hair is a form of self-expression, shouldn’t be a right or wrong way..” the hairstylist, Danay Wadlington, wrote on her Facebook post. Narvie Harris Elementary School in Georgia is under fire after putting up a poster dictating “appropriate” and …
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By Owen Xu Li In August, I entered a new American school in Mexico City. I founded my own organization called Environment Life Future (ELF). At first, I did activities all by myself, but then I realized my school enabled students to …
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By ZhuoTong Xian Community service is a very big part of the lives of American high school students. High school students in the United States are assigned certain hours of community service every year and need to complete the hours before graduation. …
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By Peter Li Hi, I’m Peter Li, and I study at a high school in the United States. I would like to share my experience and thoughts on the differences between the Chinese and the American K-12 education systems. In the past …
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By Julie Broch Unionville-Chadds Ford became the first school district in the Philadelphia-area to push their start time to 8 a.m. so students can get more sleep. They say the extra cost of busing and the effect it had on people’s schedules …
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By Julie Broch The topic of whether or not to arm teachers in schools has been very controversial this past few months. In Pennsylvania, parents are suing a school district in order to prevent them from allowing teachers to carry guns in …
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By Julie Broch According to the American Civil Liberties Union, Mingus Union High School in Arizona violated students’ privacy rights by humiliating them in front of their peers by forcing them to wear a “scarlet badge” if their grades are not up …
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