by Milan Duong-Gordley | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Money, Politics
During the pandemic, many students fell behind in their learning as they had to grapple with the loss of their school community and social life, COVID deaths and its other effects, and family hardships (Doan-Nguyen, 2023). Test scores universally declined and the...
by Gwendolyn Domine | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Politics
As a girl who’s lived in Mexico, Texas, and California, I’ve experienced many sides of the political spectrum. Although I was too young to remember much of this, I still feel a strong connection to the two locations I’ve lived in my past. Growing up in border...
by Carson Middleton | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Money, Politics
American education is in crisis. Approximately a third of U.S. high school students are behind grade level in reading, writing, and math. A majority of Americans are pessimistic about the quality and direction of education. Even as our nation seeks to pioneer...
by Victor Do | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Politics, Youth Voice
I am just one of the countless voices fighting for ethnic studies, not just for its existence as a class, but as a movement that needs to be heard. I live in Little Saigon, a community of immigrants and refugees from Vietnam—a group that has persisted in preserving...
by Hannah Fang | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Politics
“If you are hurting, as I share my condolences today with my loved ones, both Palestine and Jewish, I’m sending you my love and strength—whoever and wherever you are.” This was the voice of pro-Palestine, A-List celebrity Gigi Hadid as she took to her Instagram...
by Marie Shotts | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Politics, Youth Voice
On the morning of November 6, 2024, tears welled in my eyes as I drove to school, the hum of the news murmuring softly in the background. One phrase echoed relentlessly in my mind: We lost. We lost. We lost. The woman for whom I had knocked on doors, debated with...
