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High School Students Grill Candidates for Governor in Tennessee.
High school students took the first shots at the Democratic and Republican nominees to be the state's next governor, grilling Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Jackson businessman Mike McWherter in an h... --9/1/2010
Students to Get a Voice on Teacher Performance Under New State Law.
High school students will get a chance to say what they think of their teachers under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. SB 1422, which was opposed by the California Teachers Assn., allows t... --8/26/2010
Students Draft Lesson Plan of Their Own: Youth Empowerment Project Members go to D.C.
World Vision's Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) gives young people a voice to become what they call "agents of change," dedicated to fighting poverty. Each year, YEP students from across the country ch... --7/23/2010
Arizona Immigration Law Motivating Youths to Embrace Community Activism.
The Arizona Republic reports today on a growing grass-roots movement of young Latino adults and high-school students who advocate for immigration reform that includes a form of amnesty. Young people h... --6/26/2010
NYC Students Walk Out to Save Free Transit Pass.
About 1,000 New York City high school students chanted "This is what democracy looks like!" and waved homemade signs and banners Friday as they marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest a plan to ... --6/14/2010
Georgia Students Back Texting and Driving Ban.
Students from Morgan County High School rang up the governor's office Tuesday over and over again. The students were afraid Governor Perdue plans to veto Caleb's Law, a law that would ban texting and ... --6/2/2010
Students Protest Inconsistent Hugging Policy.
Findlay High School's "Freedom Huggers" may indeed be free to hug next school year, in an appropriate manner. The Findlay school board is expected to vote today to change its policy on public displays... --5/24/2010
Boston School Committee OK’s Student Feedback on Teachers.
A measure that calls for students to provide “constructive feedback’’ to their teachers was approved by the Boston School Committee last night, after students had spent two years working for its passa... --5/10/2010
Hundreds of California Youth Protest Cuts in Education.
Yesterday hundreds of Mission High students, accompanied by faculty and staff, poured out upon Dolores Street near the intersection of 18th, banging drums, blowing whistles, chanting, and holding hand... --3/5/2010
Lawsuit Seeks Ban on Paddling in Schools.
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a Tate County high school student asks for a ban on paddling in Mississippi, claiming the punishment is unfairly applied based on gender and race. The lawsuit was ... --2/26/2010
New Beginnings for Juvenile Justice: Wiretap Tracks Top Youth Activism Victories of 2009.
Wiretap Magazine presented an end-of-year summary of youth activism victories of 2009, including the decades-long battle to close some of the nation's most decrepit youth prisons. On May 29, Washingto... --1/24/2010
Chicago Students Step Up Debate on Immigration Reform: Immigrant Youth Justice League Holds 'Coming Out' Summit.
In an event that might have been stymied by fear even a year ago, more than a dozen undocumented students will risk making their status even more public Monday at a four-hour "coming out" summit in Pi... --1/18/2010
Oregon Students Protest Uganda Anti-Gay Bill.
Forced AIDS tests. Steep penalties for those who know about gay relationships but say nothing to authorities. Death for men who have consensual sex with a consenting adult partner. Those are some of t... --1/14/2010
Nevada Youth Forum Takes On Hot Topics, From Gay Marriage to Marijuana.
Las Vegas student SeHoon Park contributes an op-ed piece today in the Las Vegas Sun newspaper, writing, “For more than a half-century, the Sun Youth Forum has provided students across Southern Nevada ... --12/30/2009
Missouri Students Pushing for Road Improvements.
Willard High School students have collected more than 1,200 signatures on a petition to improve U.S. 160 between Willard and Springfield. Thursday they made their plea before the Ozarks Transportation... --12/17/2009
Arizona Students Persuade Board to Keep Speech Class.
About a dozen Mesquite High School students pleaded Tuesday night with the Gilbert school board to not cut their speech and debate classes. Current and former Mesquite speech and debate coaches, teach... --12/10/2009
Student Activists Bring Laid-off Worker Back to Los Angeles School.
Christina Gutierrez, the beloved office worker for Hamilton High School's two magnets, was laid off by the L.A. Unified School District in mid-September. Students staged a 500-strong sit-in protest on... --12/1/2009
High School Students Join Health Care Debate.
Sioux Falls, SD: The Lennox High School Speech and Debate Team jumped right into the health care debate, hosting a calm, civilized open public debate that didn't involve yelling matches or name-callin... --10/6/2009
Students Win Battle with School Board, Reinstate Job Training Program.
Eight Patchogue-Medford High School seniors pulled from BOCES job-training courses in a cost-cutting move last week won reprieves when the school board voted unanimously to return them to training, an... --10/1/2009
New Haven Students Stage Protest of Schools’ Bus Policy.
Should high school students need parental permission if they’re not going to ride a school bus home? Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School students claim such a rule is an attempt to keep public... --9/27/2009
Las Vegas High School Students Rally Against Art Cuts.
With school budget cuts across the valley, the arts have been on the chopping block. But many students aren't letting the curtain fall quietly. Durango High school students held a "save the arts" ral... --9/23/2009
Budget Cuts Affect Schools Differently, Youths Find.
California’s education funding has been cut by $17 billion in the last two budget deals, and schools are suffering. But some students are hurting more than others, according to a group of high school ... --8/28/2009
Teen Panel Offers Ideas on 'Reinventing' Chicago High Schools.
A teen advisory committee spent the summer surveying hundreds of their peers citywide. Now, it has passed along its findings to schools chief Ron Huberman in a report, "How to Reinvent Chicago Public ... --8/24/2009
Duluth High Schoolers Speak Up for Quality in Education.
Duluth high school students unsatisfied with the education they’re getting announced Tuesday the formation of a new student group that aims to improve it. Calling themselves Students for the Future, a... --8/19/2009
Upward Bound Students Take the Law into Their Own Hands.
A misunderstanding between a citizen and a police officer leads to a heated argument, and the officer makes a questionable split-second decision to arrest. A jury is impaneled to consider three charge... --8/7/2009
Student Asks State Supreme Court to Intervene in Budget Lawsuit.
Casey Edwards, an 18-year-old senior at Chapin High School in Columbia, asked the State Supreme Court to allow the Legislature to bypass Governor Mark Sanford and take $700 million in budget aid from ... --4/24/2009
San Jose Students March for Teachers' Jobs.
Shouting "teachers are cool, keep them in school" and "no more budget cuts," dozens of Overfelt High School students rallied and marched in San Jose on Friday to protest state reductions in education ... --4/10/2009
Chicago High School Prom Committee Takes a Stand for Striking Hotel Workers.
Students who serve on their school’s prom committee are in high gear to finalize their plans. When it comes to finding a venue for the dance, students typically look for some elegance at the right pri... --4/6/2009
Students Vet Teachers at School Undergoing Turnaround.
Teachers and administrators seeking to land a job at turnaround target Fenger High School are being vetted in an unusual way: students are grilling them, either speed dating style or with questions fa... --3/25/2009
Oakland Students Call for BART to Disarm.
A group of Oakland high school students held an evening press conference and protest at Oakland City Council Tuesday to make several demands of city government. Organizers with the students and other ... --1/22/2009
Springfield High Students Blogging the Inauguration.
A group of students from Springfield High School will share the Obama inauguration online with other high school students on Tuesday. The 10 students will be blogging and videocasting from Washington ... --1/17/2009
Youths Propel a Push Toward Volunteerism.
President-elect Barack Obama rode a spirit of civic engagement among young people to victory, harnessing a hunger for service and belonging that was sweeping across the nation's high schools, college ... --11/25/2008
Teenagers Protest Chicago Police Getting High-Power Rifles.
Nearly 100 teens marched outside Chicago police headquarters Thursday night to protest the department's plans to equip officers with semi-automatic rifles, saying the weapons could make the streets mo... --11/22/2008
Obama Victory Inspires Harlem Students.
Hope is in the air at the predominantly black public middle school just a day after Sen. Barack Obama made history as the first African-American elected president of the United States. Students are bu... --11/9/2008
High School Students Head to the Polls as Volunteers.
In Tuesday's historic election in which the votes of young people were expected to be pivotal, thousands of Los Angeles County high school students mostly tasted their first civic duty as poll workers... --11/5/2008
Politically Savvy High School Students Simulate Election from Start to Finish.
The room is buzzing as John McCain frantically paces back and forth, Sarah Palin by his side. "I need an opening and info on Social Security," he shouts to his speechwriters and policy analysts as the... --11/3/2008
Students Capture the Election on Videos for PBS.
Students in Allison Risoli's American government and politics course were among 50 schools nationwide selected to take part in Video Your Vote, a project sponsored by PBS' "News Hour with Jim Lehrer" ... --10/30/2008
Online Tools Help Students Share Election Views and Votes.
Beginning Oct. 29, K-12 students in Chicago area communities will be casting their votes for president. iVote! ’08 -- an initiative of Northwestern University’s Collaboratory Project -- will keep an o... --10/29/2008
Massachusetts High School Students Host Lively Debate Between Political Candidates.
Weston High School students enjoyed a lively debate between local leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties yesterday morning, asking tough questions of the politicians and gaining insights on ... --10/24/2008
High School Students Broadcast Election Results.
Floyd County residents looking for live results on Election Day have an interesting option -- television and radio broadcasts conducted largely by high school students. New Albany High School students... --10/5/2008
Minneapolis Students Protest Convention, War.
Several hundred young people gathered at the State Capitol on Thursday, to protest the presence of military recruiters in schools and the spending of tax dollars on the military instead of in schools.... --9/7/2008
Chicago Students Skip School in Funding Protest.
More than 1,000 Chicago public school students skipped the first day of classes Tuesday to protest unequal education funding, a boycott organizers said would continue through the week with help from r... --9/3/2008
Students Organize Online to Protest Dress Code.
Students are voicing their opposition to Pitt County Schools' new dress code electronically. A generation or two ago, students might have staged sit-ins, carried signs or circulated petitions to oppos... --8/31/2008
High School Students Converge on Denver to Participate and Report on Convention.
Over 250 high school students from across the nation are converging upon Denver to attend the Junior Statesmen Foundation's Election 2008 Symposium at the Democratic National Convention. Among the stu... --8/25/2008
High School Students’ Voter Registration Drive on the Run.
With the November election just a few months away, a group of high school students is traveling across the country registering people to vote. They're hitting 48 states before the election. Tuesday th... --7/3/2008
Los Angeles Students Rally to Support Terminated Teacher.
At Jordan High School in Los Angeles, CA, a Latina English Teacher is threatened with termination for being too "Afro-centric" in her teaching. Karen Salazar has had a dynamic impact on the Jordan Hig... --6/5/2008
Chicago Students Walk Out in Protest of School Shakeup.
It was a walkout, the 100 students from AAST Academy, EXCEL Academy and Mose Vines Prep said Wednesday. But this day of hooky took them downtown by busloads to Chicago Board of Education headquarters.... --2/28/2008
Student Protesters Detained at State House, Calling Historic Underfunding of Schools a Crime.
Twenty-five protesters, most of them Baltimore high school students, were detained yesterday after they charged up the steps of the State House demanding that Gov. Martin O'Malley be arrested for not ... --2/7/2008
Race and Gender Not Factors in High School Elections.
As the country turns its attention to Super Tuesday, high school student body presidents discuss the issues that matter most to them. Hint: It isn't race or gender. YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia report... --2/4/2008
Rove Passes Up Commencement Speech at Choate After the Students Object.
The New York Times reports that when Karl Rove, former chief political adviser to President Bush, was invited to deliver the commencement address this spring at Choate Rosemary Hall, students at the e... --1/29/2008
California Youth Send Message: Fix Our Schools.
YouthNoise, a not-for-profit internet-based meeting place for activist youth,
reports California's high school students are deeply concerned about the quality of education they receive. Between Novem... --1/9/2008
California Youth Send Message: Fix Our Schools.
YouthNoise, a not-for-profit internet-based meeting place for activist youth,
reports California's high school students are deeply concerned about the quality of education they receive. Between Novem... --1/9/2008
Mock School Elections Give Students Taste of Presidential Politics.
In an exercise touted by organizers as a way to engage students in the political process ahead of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary this week, nearly 500 voters flocked to the polls at Conco... --1/6/2008
Young People Make History in Iowa Primaries.
Young Iowans and young activists working in Iowa made history in Thursday's caucuses. The youth activist online magazine Wiretap reports that the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning ... --1/4/2008
Student Journalists Discover Secret Cameras in High School.
Students writing for Newton South High School's newspaper discovered that secret cameras were installed in their school. "We're not happy that we were the first ones to tell the community about it. We... --12/28/2007
New York Students on Model City Council Vote on Cell Phone Ban Issue.
The New York Times reports that students confronted Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Saturday about his controversial ban on carrying cellphones into the city’s public schools. Along with their children, ma... --12/10/2007
Soy Un Lider Conference Encourages Hispanic Students to Apply to College.
The "Soy un Lider" ("I am a Leader") conference, held on Nov. 17, brought together 100 Hispanic high school students from 13 local high schools. The conference educated them about the college applicat... --12/1/2007
Boston Students Offer Ideas on Stopping Dropouts.
Teachers should expose students to college and graduate school opportunities as early as middle school and help students one on one more often. High schools should offer internships and job training t... --11/30/2007
New Debate League Has Hip Hop Appeal.
High school debate teams aren’t just for honor-roll kids in sweater vests anymore. The Tacoma Urban Debate League shakes up debate with spoken word poetry and hip hop. The group is organizing after-sc... --11/29/2007
Seattle High School Students March Against Iraq War.
Several hundred students walked out of classes to create their own civics lesson Friday in downtown Seattle, protesting the war in Iraq and apparently prompting a military recruiting station to close ... --11/19/2007
Students Protest Harsh Punishment for Protesting War.
A school superintendent’s decision to suspend, and perhaps expel, about two dozen students who took part in a protest against the Iraq war at a suburban high school drew criticism Tuesday from the stu... --11/7/2007
Youth Attend Students for Barack Obama National High School Summit.
Matthew Connolly of North Brunswick Township High School dreams of being a political journalist, and as the New Jersey high school state coordinator he helps build a system of chapters at local high s... --11/6/2007
Stockton, CA Students Protest Athletic Sanctions.
After a stressful week spent watching grown-ups holding news conferences, waging court battles and calling emergency school board meetings, the students finally had their say Friday at Franklin High S... --11/3/2007
Election Officials Recruit Teenage Volunteers to Help at the Polls.
In Julie Danko's senior government class at Otsego High School, she teaches her students about the importance of voting and the process of elections. This year, some of her students will have the oppo... --10/15/2007
Colorado Students Walk Out Over Pledge of Allegiance.
About 50 Boulder High School students walked out of class Thursday to protest the daily reading of the Pledge of Allegiance and recited their own version, omitting "one nation, under God." The student... --9/27/2007
High School, College Students Join Thousands Rallying to Support Jena Six in Civil Rights Protest.
Amid the media coverage of the protest march in Jena, LA, where thousands of civil rights activists rallied in support of six black high school students who were charged with beating a white classmate... --9/21/2007
California Supreme Court Lets Stand Free Speech Ruling for Student.
The state Supreme Court rejected the Novato school district's challenge Wednesday to a ruling that upheld a high school journalist's right to write an anti-immigrant editorial and affirmed California'... --9/13/2007
High Court Limits Student Speech.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on student speech rights, ruling against an Alaska high school senior who was suspended after hoisting a banner declaring ``Bong Hits 4 Jesus'' during an ev... --6/25/2007
Texas Students Rally to Support Classmate and Family Arrested by Immigration Authorities.
"Everybody is stunned," says Coppell High School senior Erin Alcorn. Ali Charania, who classmates elected to serve next year as their Student Council Vice President, has been arrested by immigration a... --6/16/2007
New Jersey High School Students Protest Alleged Unfair Policies at Wal-Mart.
Eleven high school students who have been reading about
claims about Wal-Mart's unfair labor and trade policies picketed at
the Wal-Mart in Mansfield Township on Saturday. The students from Long
Va... --5/10/2007
Philadelphia Students Make Their Case at Court Competition.
Four Philadelphia students made it to the finals at the National High School Moot Court competition, held at the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C., on April 1. The s... --4/15/2007
Georgia School Holds Official Prom After Decades of Separate Dances.
In the uncomfortable aftermath of desegregation, the students at Turner County High continued to go their separate ways when it came to the annual prom. White students went to their own unofficial pro... --4/10/2007
Philadelphia Students Decry Culture of Disrespect, Call for New School Building and Return to Learning.
A small but earnest group of student leaders at West Philadelphia High School spoke out yesterday, calling for an end to "an overall culture of disrespect" at their embattled school. At a news confere... --3/21/2007
Free-Speech Dispute over Student Banner Reaches Supreme Court.
The most important student free-speech conflict to reach the Supreme Court since the height of the Vietnam War hinges on a somewhat absurd message of protest: "Bong Hits 4 Jesus." That's the slogan hi... --3/18/2007
High School Students, Suspended for Saying V Word at Forum, Receive Support from Peers and Author.
The New York Times reports that three junior girls at John Jay High School, warned not to utter the word "vagina," chose to say it anyway in unison at a high school forum, and now their case has becom... --3/9/2007
Oklahoma High School Students Work to Tighten Seatbelt Laws through Project Ignition.
A leadership class from Ada High School is working to tighten seatbelt laws in Oklahoma. The students have proposed a bill that would raise the fines for not wearing a seatbelt, a move they say would ... --2/22/2007
Picture Banned From High School Paper Sparks Free Speech Debate in Minnesota.
The editors of the student newspaper at St. Francis High School had planned to run a photograph on the front of their latest edition simulating the ripping of an American flag. Until their principal b... --1/19/2007
World's Youth Believe 'War on Terror' Counterproductive, According to BBC Poll.
Young people overwhelmingly believe the US-led "war on terror" is not making the world safer, according to a poll conducted in major cities across the globe. The survey of youngsters aged 15 - 17, whi... --12/4/2006
Students in Boston and Nationwide Serve as Poll Workers, Adept with Modern Voting Equipment.
Students taking US government at Charlestown High School were paid $135 to skip school today as they worked at polling stations across Boston. The whole process was part of civics lesson designed by t... --11/7/2006
Hispanic Students Gather to Discuss Future at Georgia State Conference.
Preparing for college. Starting your own business. Knowing how to respond when someone uses an ethnic slur against you. All were hot topics Saturday when more than 1,500 Hispanic students from across ... --10/22/2006
Despite Foley Scandal, Massachusetts Teen Works to Keep Capitol Hill Program Alive.
The scandal over Florida Republican Mark Foley's inappropriate emails to Congressional Pages is threatening to shift the balance of power in congress. It's also raising concerns about a prestigious pr... --10/4/2006
Students Object to Anti-Cheating Firms' Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights.
When McLean High School students write papers this year, their teachers won't be the only ones examining them. The for-profit California company known as Turnitin checks student work against a databas... --9/25/2006
Update of 2004 Report Indicates First Amendment Education Increasing, Changing Student Attitudes.
An update to a 2004 survey of high school students and teachers shows more education could be helping students understand and approve of press freedom, but an increasing number of students believe the... --9/21/2006
Columbus High School Students Say Circus Doesn't Need Animals.
"Honk if you love animals." That message was inscribed in bold red letters on one of the poster-board signs held up by Doug Moyerman, Molly Simkins and Andy Lee during their Sunday afternoon protest o... --9/19/2006
Dalai Lama Speaks to Youths at Peace Conference, Saying War Is Outdated.
The Dalai Lama urged thousands of teenagers Saturday to embrace globalization and accept people from all countries as neighbors and collaborators, not rivals. "There are no national boundaries. The wh... --9/18/2006
Teenagers Test Limits in Vermont Town, Through Public Nudity.
Public nudity isn't new to this bastion of bohemia, but it usually bares itself in more subtle places than the downtown parking lot. This summer, a group of teenagers has disrobed near restaurants, bo... --9/7/2006
Ag-Mart, McDonald's and Sweatshops in the Fields: Student Organizers Unite in Protest.
According to student coordinators of the Student/Farmworker Alliance, a national network of youth and students organizing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Ag-Mart--a powerful Florida-based gro... --8/21/2006
High School Students Draft Report Proposing Solutions to Philadelphia Violence.
A stop-and-frisk weapons checkpoint, more job programs for felons, more community policing, tougher gun laws and more positive outlets for youth are among suggestions by a panel of high-school student... --8/15/2006
Teenagers' Lawsuit Alleges Teachers, Administrators Ignored Bullying at High School.
Rachel Weddle has a bald spot from when a bully pulled her hair and punched her in the face at school. Bethany Buis received letters with death threats. Nikki Rayborn spent most of her time at school ... --7/31/2006
New York Students and Parents Speak Out Against Schools' Stringent Anti-Cell Phone Policy.
New York may be a city of incessant cell phone talkers, but students vowed on Wednesday they would hit the "off" button during classes as they battled a ban on cell phones in schools. Speaking at a ci... --6/14/2006
Supreme Court Agrees to Rule on Desegregation in Public Schools.
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will rule on the race-conscious assignment of students to public schools in a pair of cases that could produce some of the most important decisions on sch... --6/6/2006
Ohio Teenagers Lead Petition Drive to Raise Minimum Wage.
They could not find enough seats so they sat on the Capitol steps. Over 100 high school students from across Ohio gathered in Columbus on May 17 to present their minimum wage petitions to the committe... --6/1/2006
Arizona School's Rules on Graduation Caps Ruffle Students' Feathers.
A group of Native American students at Mesa's Westwood High School are protesting school rules that will keep them from wearing eagle feathers attached to their caps at graduation. Leaders within the ... --5/24/2006
Arizona High School Caught Up in Ketchup Controversy.
Basha High students are seeing red over a school policy that charges them 25 cents for two half-ounce packets of ketchup at lunch. The policy was enacted recently to limit waste and messiness in the s... --5/22/2006
High School Students Organize Vermont Workshops on Civil Rights.
Three dozen high school students gathered at Vermont Commons School on Tuesday to learn more about their civic rights. Know Your Rights Day, organized by student members of the National Youth Rights A... --5/17/2006
Immigration Protest Plans Divide California Students.
Juan Hernandez and Patricia Duran attend a high school where classrooms are filled with the children of newly arrived U.S. residents. Both are fiercely opposed to proposed government crackdowns on imm... --4/29/2006
Denver High School Students March on State Capitol, Joining Nationwide Protests.
Waving U.S. and Mexican flags and clogging a thoroughfare, hundreds of high school students descended on the state Capitol Wednesday for a rally to support immigrant rights. The State Patrol said up t... --4/19/2006
Maine High School Students Join Veterans Speaking Out Against US War Policy.
High school students and veteran anti-war activists joined forces in the rain Saturday to protest the war in Iraq and to question the policies of the Bush administration. Rally organizer John Ringer, ... --4/17/2006
Albuquerque Students Join Continuing Nationwide Protests for Immigrant Rights.
Hundreds of middle and high school students carrying large American and Mexican flags marched Monday to a rally on Albuquerque's Civic Plaza to show their displeasure with immigration proposals pendin... --4/11/2006
Students Protest Immigration Bill, Walk Out Of Florida Schools.
About 600 students from two high schools walked off their campuses today to protest congressional legislation that would tighten immigration laws without providing a road to citizenship for millions o... --4/7/2006
Chicago Students Demand More School Security in Wake of Violence.
Hoping to pressure administrators to hire more security officers after a spate of violence, about 100 Kennedy High School students led a noontime demonstration Tuesday down the block from their Southw... --4/5/2006
Lake Tahoe Teenagers Stage Peaceful Demonstration in Support of Immigrants.
In a protest that could be the largest this town has ever seen, more than 250 Latino teenagers from South Tahoe High School and South Tahoe Middle School marched along Highway 50 on Friday in support ... --4/3/2006
Student Walkouts Continue, Protesting Immigration Law; Officials Vow Crackdown.
Los Angeles' two top law enforcement officials vowed a crackdown Tuesday on students who walk out of class as authorities struggled to quell a third day of widespread demonstrations against immigratio... --3/29/2006
School Walkouts Continue in California to Protest Immigration Law.
Tens of thousands of students walked out of schools in California and other states Monday, waving flags and wearing white shirts in a second week of protest against a law making it a felony to be an i... --3/27/2006
Los Angeles Students Walk Out of High Schools to March for Immigrant Rights.
A day before organizers planned to rally downtown against U.S. border restrictions, hundreds of students walked out of four high schools in Los Angeles Friday morning to march for immigrant rights. Th... --3/25/2006
Students Deliver A Vision For D.C. in Program Simulating City Government.
At this year's YMCA D.C. Youth and Government legislative session, held last weekend at American University, more than 100 high school students from D.C. public and charter schools gathered to debate ... --3/16/2006
High School Students Fight Personal Cases of Discrimination Through the Courts and Political Activism.
The L.A. Times reports that gay high school students across California are increasingly using the courts and political activism to fight individual cases of discrimination and to promote tolerance. Th... --3/12/2006
Spokane Students Protest Principal's Ban on Cheering for Their Community.
Chanting “Hillyard pride” and carrying signs of civic support, hundreds of Rogers High School students are protesting their principal’s orders to quit using the working-class community’s name in cheer... --2/9/2006
Iowa Students go to Statehouse to Support Keg Registration.
Groups of Iowa high school students converged on the Statehouse Tuesday, seeking legislators' support for a law aimed at combating underage drinking by requiring the registration of beer kegs. Rachel ... --2/1/2006
Vermont High School Students Offer Legislature Statewide Energy Plan.
Planning the state's energy future is a high priority for the Legislature this year and lawmakers on Friday got a comprehensive plan from an unexpected source: high school seniors from The Sharon Acad... --1/20/2006
Baltimore Students Walk Out to Protest Closing of High School.
Hundreds of Patterson High School students walked out of their classes yesterday afternoon to protest the possibility that their school might close. Filling the school's parking lot and lining the sid... --1/11/2006
Great Debaters: Junior Statesmen Get Passionate About Politics.
For the 16,000-plus high school student members of the Junior Statesmen of America, apathy is not an option. JSA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, entirely student-run organization, has been recognized since... --1/6/2006
Vermont Teens Under State Care Tell Officials Their Stories.
For teenagers raised in state custody life can be particularly tough, and leaving state supervision can be as difficult as entering it. Nearly 100 teenagers gathered at the Statehouse on Saturday,
u... --12/11/2005
Kansas City Youth Activism Coalition Unites Students for Human Rights Causes.
What began as an idea from a few high school students has blossomed into the first meeting of a metropolitan area student human-rights group: The Kansas City Youth Activism Coalition. About 30 student... --12/4/2005
Student Newspaper in Tennessee Fights School Censorship of Articles on Birth Control and Tattoos.
All 18,000 copies of a high school's student newspaper were seized by administrators because the edition contained stories about birth control and tattoos. The Oak Leaf, the monthly school newspaper w... --11/28/2005
Students Rebuffing Military Recruiters: More High Schoolers Opting Out of Lists.
More than 5,000 high school students in five of the state's largest school districts have removed their names from military recruitment lists, a trend driven by continuing casualties in Iraq and a wel... --11/13/2005
Twin Cities Students Walk Out of Schools to Protest Iraq War and Military Recruiting.
Students from Twin Cities area high schools walked out of school this morning to protest the war in Iraq and military recruiting in their schools. The walkout is part of a nationwide protest organized... --11/2/2005
San Antonio High School Students Push Petition Urging Intervention to Stop Killing in Darfur.
If Denisse Dubrovsky, who is Jewish, and Yousef Arar, a Muslim, were living in the Middle East, chances are they would be bitter enemies. But Dubrovsky and Arar are working for a common goal: peace. T... --10/25/2005
Kansas Students Protest Abortion Protesters' Use of Graphic Images at High Schools.
On Sunday, a group organized by West High School students demonstrated outside Wichita's Spirit One Christian Center, to express their displeasure about the abortion protest the church supported earli... --10/11/2005
San Diego Students Rally Against High School Exit Exam.
Chanting "Educate, don't terminate," San Diego high school students rallied outside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's downtown office yesterday to support ways other than the High School Exit Exam to deter... --9/23/2005
Faith on Campus: High School Students Take Part in National Prayer Event.
At 7 a.m. yesterday, at Tuscarora High School, students began arriving in a trickle, then a flood. As the bleary-eyed teenagers shuffled through the front door, heading to class, some stopped by the f... --9/22/2005
Bronx Students Walk Out in Protest Over Metal Detectors at High School.
The New York Times reports on a student-organized protest at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where as the term began, students noticed the newly installed surveillance cameras and a metal det... --9/21/2005
High School Students Sue to Write about Gay Issues After Principal Squelches Story.
Inspired by the increased visibility of openly gay teenagers on campus, students at East Bakersfield High School decided to explore the topic in the school newspaper, the Kernal. But the night before ... --9/14/2005
Disability Less Likely to Hold Back Youths Following High School, Study Shows.
More youths with disabilities are successfully making the transition from school to higher education, jobs, and adult responsibilities than they did in the late 1980s, according to a federally finance... --8/10/2005
Migrant Students in Miami-Dade Start Group to Push for Legislation to Make College Financially Feasible.
Scores of college and high school students, some undocumented, have decided to take proactive steps: They are forming an activist group to advocate immigration issues. Tentatively called the Immigrant... --8/9/2005
Teens Seek to Understand Juvenile Justice System in ACLU Program.
An American Civil Liberties Union summer program for high school students kicked off Monday with a visit to the Alameda County Juvenile Court and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Twenty-... --8/2/2005
Youth Justice Board Has New York Teenagers Studying Crime, Recommending Policies.
Every year, some 2,200 minors throughout New York state are released back into the community. Within three years, 75 percent of these young people are rearrested. It was this depressing statistic that... --7/28/2005
New York Senate Passes Bill Allowing More Students to Sit on School Boards.
Andrea Vidler, 18, of Clarkstown South High School, was among high school students from the state who lobbied to have a law enacted that would allow more than one student representative on the school ... --7/27/2005
Harlem Art Students Support Detained Classmate with Controversial Display.
The New York Times reports today on Adama Bah's schoolmates who decided to make a public artwork project about her case last spring, as she and another 16-year-old girl were being held by the federal ... --7/25/2005
California School Agrees to Allow Student Peace Rally to Be Held in the Fall.
A student group has won the right to hold a peace rally in the fall. The Antioch Unified School District agreed to allow the rally to continue after the ACLU of Northern California intervened on behal... --7/17/2005
In Nationwide Survey, Students Say High Schools Should Challenge Them More.
The New York Times reports that a large majority of high school students say their class work is not very difficult, and almost two-thirds say they would work harder if courses were more demanding or ... --7/16/2005
Teenagers Launch Internet Petition to Gather Signatures Against Escort Policy at Massachusetts Mall.
Teenagers are fighting a new escort policy at the Holyoke Mall by launching an Internet petition drive to gather signatures in protest. Hoping to crack down on unruly behavior, the mall managers will ... --7/14/2005
America's Youth Speak Out, Provide Revealing Snapshot Into Their Lives In New Nationwide Poll.
A new poll released last week shows that America's young people overwhelmingly believe in the American Dream, but more than four in ten express doubts that they will be able to realize it for themselv... --7/12/2005
State Gets Advice on Foster Care from Teens Who've Been In It.
If you want to know how to make life better for teenagers in foster care, just ask them. When Human Services Commissioner James Davy polled 16 teens who had been or still are in state custody, he got ... --7/4/2005
Students from Rural North Carolina Lobby Legislature for High School Funding.
Discussions in the General Assembly about education funding are usually the preserve of suit-wearing legislators and lobbyists. But on Tuesday, the halls of the legislature filled with groups of earne... --6/23/2005
Teens Give Adults Mediocre Grades in Nationwide Survey.
The seventh annual Uhlich Report Card, a survey that gives teenagers a chance to grade adults on how well they're solving problems teens and the rest of the nation face, has released mediocre grades. ... --6/18/2005
Georgia School Board Dumps Parental Permission Measure Criticized as Attack on Campus Gay Groups.
A prolonged effort to implement a statewide policy requiring school districts to provide parents with a list of extracurricular clubs available to students, giving parents the option to withhold their... --6/17/2005
Philadelphia Students Get Say On Design of New Smaller Schools.
The Philadelphia School District's academic chief assured 150 students from two advocacy groups this week that officials would consider community comments in designing several new, smaller high school... --6/9/2005
Boston High School Students Campaign for Pedestrian Bridge at Dangerous Intersection.
Thousands of walkers and drivers pass through Roxbury Crossing, where three bustling city streets converge, daily en route to the subway station, two public high schools, and Roxbury Community College... --5/29/2005
San Francisco High School Students Campaign for Toilet Seat Covers for Bathrooms.
Students fed up with dirty school bathrooms convened today outside a local high school to demand the installation of toilet-seat covers in all high school restrooms, a spokesman for a group that launc... --5/27/2005
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Clara Lightner, a sophomore at Foss High School, recently led a successful campaign to beat back an attempted administrative crackdown on the counter-recruitment group she helped form at her school. S... --5/15/2005
Iowa Civil Liberties Union Defends Right of Students to Wear Anti-Abortion T-Shirts.
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union blasted school officials for threatening to punish two teenage girls who wore anti-abortion T-shirts to school. The group also offered to assist the students in their qu... --4/30/2005
Massachusetts Students Bring Debate over Patriot Act to Town Meeting.
When Sherborn residents convene at their annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, they will be asked to consider the Patriot Act. A group of high school seniors has filed Article 18, ''A Warrant Article for th... --4/24/2005
Student-run Foundations Empowering a New Generation of Teenagers to Play Larger Roles in Schools and Communities.
Education Week reports that a growing contingent of students across the country are becoming more involved in school decision-making through youth empowerment programs. In Portland, Sophia Njaa has st... --4/21/2005
Students in Ohio and Elsewhere Lead Protests, Demand Voice in School Policies.
Nicolle Hansen has to attend Cuyahoga Falls High School. Why shouldn't she help run it? The 18-year-old junior spoke with her feet a week ago, when she and 200 classmates walked out to protest the way... --4/18/2005
Student Suspended for Web Site Photos of Principal Smoking is Vindicated.
A high school student who caught his principal breaking a state anti-smoking law on film was suspended after he posted the photos on the Internet. But the school district reversed course yesterday, wi... --3/25/2005
School Board Agrees to Heed Federal Law and Permit Gay-Straight Alliance Club.
Officials at White County High School in Cleveland, Georgia have agreed to drop their attempts to stop students from forming a gay-straight alliance club. The agreement comes after several weeks of ne... --3/22/2005
MA Students Use Power of Persuasion, Lobbying for Busing Program.
The echoes of fervent speeches as well as hand-clapping, foot-stomping dance bounced through the marbled assembly area of the State House yesterday, propelling students into the role of lobbyists for ... --3/16/2005
ACLU Urges Officials to Reinstate CA School Newspaper Editor Fired for Story on Gay Students.
Civil liberties advocates Monday urged officials to reinstate a high school newspaper editor who was fired after profiling three gay students. School officials were wrong to remove student Ann Long in... --3/8/2005
Boston High School Students Win Reprieve for Teacher Facing Deportation.
Obain Attouoman, a Boston teacher who was facing deportation because he missed a hearing four years ago, has been granted a reprieve, thanks to the support of hundreds of his students, who had held nu... --3/4/2005
Boston Students Protest Imminent Deportation of Beloved Teacher.
At Fenway High School, teacher Obain Attouoman is beloved by his students, who have rallied around their Ivory Coast mentor as he's sought--and failed--to obtain asylum. He missed a hearing date in 20... --3/2/2005
Ohio Students Unite for School Funding Reform.
The grown-ups haven't been able to solve Ohio's school-funding problem. Now the kids are giving it a crack. Students from Van Wert High School--a rural, mostly white school near the Indiana-Ohio borde... --2/28/2005
Oregon Students Protest Federal Agency's Barbed Wire Fence Around Indian School.
Barbed wire turned out to be the wrong way to mark the 125th anniversary of the Chemawa Indian School, which serves tribes across the nation. Construction crews began setting up an 8-foot-high fence, ... --2/19/2005
Students, Officials Lament Court Ruling on School Funding.
School officials and students in some of the Bay State's poorest communities are devastated by a court ruling that supports education reform efforts and throws out their claims of unequal funding. "St... --2/16/2005
Anti-Hazelwood Legislation Introduced in Michigan Senate, Challenging 1988 Supreme Court Restrictions.
High school journalists in Michigan would receive more freedom from administrative intervention when writing articles for their student media, under a state senate bill proposed on Feb. 3. The bill sa... --2/11/2005
Students Weak on First Amendment Rights, Survey Reveals.
One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, according to a survey of 11... --2/1/2005
Convinced a Draft is Coming, Kids Establish Conscientious Objector Status.
Will King dutifully filled out his military draft registration and mailed it in within 30 days of his 18th birthday. Should he be drafted, King will point to five words - "I am a conscientious objecto... --1/18/2005
Indiana Teens Lobby for Self Defense to be Taught in Gym Class.
Teenagers plan to lobby lawmakers to require self-defense lessons as part of physical education in public schools. That's one of the issues they'll take to the General Assembly on Youth Legislative Da... --1/5/2005
Students at Leaders Roundtable Summit Call for More Interaction with Teachers.
Students from 17 high schools in Multnomah County began to lay out plans Tuesday to make schools more personal and lessons more relevant, at a high school summit organized by the Leaders Roundtable, a... --12/15/2004
Students from Baltimore Algebra Project Demand that Court Order for School Funding be Fulfilled.
More than 100 students collapsed to the ground like corpses in front of the Maryland Department of Education last week to protest the state's failure to fully fund their schools. Using the slogan, "No... --12/14/2004
Teenagers Ask Pennsylvania Educators to Help Migrant Students Achieve Goals.
It's only been 18 months since Carlos Oriach moved to
Hazleton from the Dominican Republican, but his English was strong enough to inspire a standing ovation Thursday from a crowd of more than 400 Pe... --12/10/2004
Salt Lake City Students Stage Walk-Out, Protesting War in Iraq.
More than a hundred high school students walked out of class, today, in a planned, political protest in front of four high schools and Salt Lake City Hall. They ditched class for four causes--all of t... --11/16/2004
Ohio Students Rally Protesting Passage of State Issue Banning Gay Marriage.
Just days after the election, the word of a protest spread like wildfire through the area schools. A time, date and location was chosen. The rest was left to word of mouth. At noon Thursday, nearly 30... --11/12/2004
Colorado High School Students Stage Sit-In To Protest Bush's Election.
About 85 students at Boulder High School in Colorado participated in an overnight sit-in protest in the school library, expressing their concerns about the war in Iraq, the economy and environmental i... --11/5/2004
ACLU Seeks to Allow Students to Exhibit Gay-Pride Messages.
A Missouri high school student who was told he could not wear a T-shirt with a gay-pride message to class is getting support from the American Civil Liberties Union. Brad Mathewson contacted the ACLU ... --11/4/2004
Wisconsin Students Skip School to `Rock the Vote' After District Cancels Event.
Amidst cold weather, rain and the unexpected pull of support from the Racine Unified School District, more than 250 Horlick High School students walked around Racine Tuesday encouraging residents to v... --11/3/2004
California Teenagers Rallying for Lower Voting Age.
Berkeley High School senior Robert Reynolds, 17, and about a dozen other teenagers who lost a battle to lower the voting age earlier this year are headed to the state Capitol this weekend to rally a ... --10/31/2004
Political Activism Takes Hold for Boston Area High School Students.
On the day of the first Bush-Kerry debate, about 70 Norwell High students--in a school of 576--met for their own verbal match after school. Students proudly held up signs for Kerry/Edwards or Bush/Che... --10/28/2004
Political Teens in California Run for Office, Debate Issues.
While 19-year-old Cheyne Strawn is running for a seat on the Tulare City Council and campaigning arduously over the past several weeks, he isn't the only Tulare County teenager making political waves.... --10/26/2004
Lake Oswego Students Rally Voters in Week Before Election.
Only a tiny minority of the students in the Political Action Seminar at Lake Oswego High School will be old enough to vote Nov. 2--a fact that irks the civic-minded teens in the class. In the past few... --10/24/2004
Record Number of Chicago High School Students Training To Be Election Judges.
The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners announced Thursday that 786 Chicago high school seniors would be attending classes scheduled for the next two weekends to train as election judges for the N... --10/21/2004
C-SPAN Bus Gives Students Election Forum.
Seniors at Tucson High Magnet School had a chance yesterday to showcase their political savvy. About 70 students from various government classes had an open discussion at their school, hosted by Cox C... --10/15/2004
Florida Teenagers React to Third Presidential Debate.
Today's South Florida Sun-Sentinel prints reactions from local high school students to last night's presidential debate in Tempe, Arizona. Among the responses: "Although this debate proved to be the m... --10/14/2004
Ohio Students Actively Involved in Party Politics.
Marietta High School's young Democrats and young Republicans groups are each working through their party's Washington County political headquarters, calling voters from the headquarters and posting si... --10/11/2004
Flag Incident Causes a Flap at Tampa High School.
A high school principal suspended a student for defiantly displaying a flag from his native Colombia, and five other students were suspended after staging a cafeteria protest over the incident. The in... --10/8/2004
Election Stirs Political Interest by Illinois High School Students.
Grayslake Community High School senior Alana Schultz will turn 18 on election day Nov. 2. Not only is she planning to vote for the first time, she's going to serve as an election judge to see the demo... --9/30/2004
Mississippi High School Students to Work Polls for Elections.
This November high school students across Mississippi will have the chance to get their feet wet in the political process. A bill was passed in 2002 to allow juniors and seniors in high school to part... --9/23/2004
Students Make Voter Registration a Key Part of Mexican Independence Day.
Amid thousands of crisp white cowboy hats, Mariachi trumpets and glasses of aguas frescas in flavors such as tamarindo and jaimica, a very American thing was happening Sunday at Watsonville's celebrat... --9/16/2004
New York Times Reports Youth Political Engagement is Rising, Through Vote Drives.
Today's New York Times reports on "a clipboard army scouring malls, public squares, concerts, county fairs and schools this year in search of what campaign managers consider the most malleable of elec... --9/15/2004
Civics-Minded Youth Council Reconvenes in Maine.
Started in 2002, the 22-member Maine Legislative Youth Advisory Council advises the Legislature on youth issues, creates legislation and represents the interests of Maine's young people. There is no o... --9/6/2004
Stuyvesant High School Students Object to Republicans' Exploitation of 9/11.
A group of students at Stuyvesant High School, many of them witnesses to the destruction of the World Trade Center a few blocks away, feel Republicans "should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting t... --9/1/2004
Teen's Initiative To Ban Exotic Animals In Circuses Fails in Denver.
A teenager's proposal to ban circus acts that use exotic animals such as lions, tigers, bears and elephants was defeated by more than a two-thirds margin. Heather Herman says she's sad about the resul... --8/11/2004
Montana Teens Fight to Boost Voter Turnout Through Freedom's Answer.
Teenage leaders of a national voter turnout campaign--spearheaded by people too young to vote--met with Montana leaders here Wednesday to get prominent adults in on the voting action. Lauren Unsworth,... --8/5/2004
12-Year-Old Founder of Kids for Kerry Electrifies Democratic National Convention.
12-year-old Ilana Wexler, the redheaded, freckle-faced founder of Kids for Kerry, isn't able to vote, but that hardly matters to the boisterous Oakland resident. "Even if we can't vote, we can still h... --7/28/2004
Teens Aim High: Get Out 25 Million More Voters.
Too young to vote, thousands of teens have set an idealistic goal: getting out an additional 25 million voters in the Nov. 2 election. The nonpartisan group Freedom's Answer opens its national meeting... --7/21/2004
SD Governor Agrees to Teenage Representation on Library Panel Reviewing State Web Pages.
A teenager should be on the panel Governor Mike Rounds is assembling to review links on the state's Web pages, a student group and the governor agreed Tuesday. The student group that on Monday protest... --7/14/2004
Youth Movements Drive Increasing Interest in Upcoming Presidential Election.
Young adults are increasingly taking an interest in voting, reports the Associated Press. Recent surveys of youth--most often college students--have provided
conflicting data about the level of inter... --7/4/2004
Title IX Lawsuits Seek Equal Support for High School Girls' Teams.
The New York Times reports on a new phase in the evolution of Title IX: federal lawsuits accusing local school districts of discriminating against the girls' high school sports teams. The lawsuits see... --6/29/2004
At UN, Students and Diplomats Engage in Dialogue on Future of Iraq.
The future of Iraq, and the role of the United Nations and the international community in helping the reconstruction of the country in the aftermath of the war, was the focus of a student-diplomat sum... --6/8/2004
Davis High School Students Report on Racial Bias, on Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.
A majority of black and Latino students at Davis High School say they are subject to more and harsher discipline from administrators and low academic expectations from their classmates, and that they ... --5/18/2004
Students’ Voices Chime In To Improve Schools.
Education Week reports that a growing national movement is putting students’ voices—-and their work—-front and center in the push to raise expectations and results in schools. The new student-led init... --5/14/2004
Teenage Voting Rights Proposed: Ballot Would Count Only 1/4 or 1/2 as Much as an Adult's.
On Wednesday, after earnest testimony by
teenagers, the Senate Elections and Reapportionment Committee passed legislation that would lower the state's legal voting age to 14. If the bills by Sen. Joh... --5/6/2004
Charlotte Students, Officials Discuss Integration in Televised Debate.
Officials and students came together Tuesday to discuss the present status of racial equity in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. The talk was part of a larger project to commemorate the 50-year... --5/4/2004
Immigrant High School Students Demonstrate in Washington for Legal Status.
It looked like a high school graduation outside the Capitol on Tuesday as hundreds of teens wearing caps and gowns marched across the grass to the traditional "Pomp and Circumstance." But the students... --4/23/2004
California Bill Would Let High School Students Grade Their Teachers.
After years of getting graded by teachers, California's high school students want to turn the tables. They've persuaded legislators to propose a state law that would let them evaluate their teachers o... --4/11/2004
Student Voices Program Gives Teens Access to People in Power.
Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske fields a barrage of questions from 17 high school students at City Hall, in the second in the "Student Voices: Speak Out Seattle" series. The youthful interviewers... --3/25/2004
600 NYC High School Students to Gather for Conference on Global Unity.
On March 25, New York City educational nonprofit Global Kids, Inc. will bring together over 600 NYC public high school students for a day of youth-led workshops, distinguished speakers, and debates an... --3/22/2004
Pennsylvania Students Lobby Legislators to De-emphasize High-Stakes Standardized Tests.
Next week, thousands of Pennsylvania students will take the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams. For many, the pressure will be intense. The PSSAs, which are aligned with the federal No Chi... --3/18/2004
Low-Income Youth Recommend Nationwide Policy Changes, in YouthBuild Declaration.
YouthBuild graduates have released a policy statement entitled The Declaration of Inter-Dependence, developed by the YouthBuild National Young Leaders Council and the YouthBuild National Alumni Counci... --3/14/2004
CA Senator Proposes Lowering Voting Age Through Electoral Apprenticeship.
California teenagers would be allowed to cast one-quarter of a vote at age 14 and half a vote at age 16 under a constitutional amendment proposed Monday by Sen. John Vasconcellos (D-Santa Clara). The ... --3/9/2004
Boston High School Teacher Released from Jail After Students Rally.
The day after about 300 students rallied outside a federal office on behalf of a Fenway High School teacher jailed since November on an immigration violation, Obain Attouoman was released from the Suf... --3/5/2004
Berkeley Teenagers Picket Outside Polls, Demanding Voting Rights.
A group of about six Berkeley teenagers were awake at 7 a.m. yesterday. Carrying signs that read, “No taxation without representation, Where’s my ballot?!?!” and “Got ballots? I need them,” the teens ... --3/4/2004
Ohio High Schoolers Trained as Poll Workers for Today's Primary Election.
The extra credit persuades some high school students to train to become poll workers. Some like the possibility of earning extra cash. Others are interested in the political process. Whatever the moti... --3/2/2004
From Classroom to Caucus: Washington High Schoolers Join in Democratic Nominating Process.
Heather McCloud has never voted. But she and several other Clark County teens are among a small percentage of Washington residents attending the Democratic caucuses today, influencing which candidate ... --2/7/2004
New Hampshire Students to Stage Mock Election Event.
Youths of New England are preparing to help rock the vote this weekend when hundreds of high school students convene at Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday for the Junior State Presidential ... --1/23/2004
Students Defend Plea to Rename Woodrow Wilson School.
A Board of Education committee is considering whether the city’s middle school should keep President Woodrow Wilson as a namesake, after Middletown High School students requested the board rename the ... --1/7/2004
New Hampshire Teens Spend Primary Cycle Working Phones and Learning System.
Many area students are giving their time to political campaigns in the period before the Jan. 27 Democratic primary. Teen volunteers help candidates in several ways. First, a campaign may receive a po... --1/5/2004
Public School Students from Across Arkansas Protest Governor's Plan to Reform System.
More than 2,500 students, teachers and others cheered and waved signs outside the state Capitol Monday during a rally against any education reform plan that includes enrollment-based consolidation. Th... --12/9/2003
MA Students Confront Governor on Underperforming Label.
Governor Mitt Romney received a stinging earful yesterday from high school students who were angry that their district was labeled underperforming, and who grilled him about the reasons for his visit.... --12/4/2003
Hundreds of Fresno Students Protest School Board's Budget Priorities.
Hundreds of Fresno High School students protested on Friday, asking why their superintendent got a nearly $25,000 bonus when students and other employees are suffering from budget cuts. Like many dist... --11/17/2003
Detroit Students Tackle Issues at Metro Teen Conference.
The war in Iraq, sex, drugs, and booze were among the top issues on the minds of teenagers who met Thursday at Wayne State University for the 20th annual Metro Detroit Teen Conference. It's an opportu... --11/7/2003
Training Students to be Global Citizens, NY Launches Multimedia Human Rights Initiative.
Human Rights 101, a new initiative from Thirteen/WNET New York, offers students insight into such complex topics such as tolerance, racism, women's rights, refugees, and religious freedom, and helps s... --10/21/2003
School Hosts Forum to Discuss, Challenge New Minnesota Law Requiring Pledge of Allegiance.
Students know all about Minnesota's new Pledge of Allegiance requirement, but that doesn't mean they agree with the lawmakers who created it earlier this year. On Thursday, St. Paul's Central High Sch... --10/12/2003
Recall Gives High School Students an Up-Close Lesson in Democracy.
The drama of the California recall election has captured the attention of many high school students as teachers moderate lively classroom sessions on candidates, issues and the political process itsel... --10/4/2003
Federal Judge Rules Detroit School Cannot Ban Student's Anti-Bush T-Shirt.
Dearborn High School was wrong to ban a student from wearing a T-shirt that labeled President Bush an "international terrorist," a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan iss... --10/2/2003
School-Press Freedoms Nipped by Wary Officials and Tight Budgets.
Student reporter Kathryn Winsor was skeptical when the school board voted to eliminate San Marin High School's journalism class last spring, effectively killing the newspaper. The school board said it... --9/15/2003
New State Law Lets Teenagers Go To Polls--To Work.
A new Delaware state law allows 16- and 17-year-olds to work as clerks at the polls on Election Day. The position had been limited to registered voters, who must be at least 18. State election officia... --9/2/2003
Global Kids Lead Workshops on Japanese Peace Boat.
Nine Global Kids Leaders are leading substantive workshops and participating in cultural events designed to promote an appreciation of diversity on the Peace Boat. They are joined by youth from Educat... --8/12/2003
El Paso Youths Cast Mock Ballots
Thousands of El Paso youths are casting mock ballots Tuesday, and based on their participation in the primary election, they could surpass the percentage of adults who vote, said Laura De La Cruz, dir... --11/5/2002
Kids Voting Minnesota
The Executive Director of Kids Voting Minnesota reports a 6 percent increase in educated adult voter participation in communities that have adopted Kids Voting projects. Organizers in Grand Rapids hop... --11/4/2002
Young People Use Spoken Word to Create Network for Change.
Sponsored by a local mall and the ShiNE (Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everywhere) network, young people used spoken word to express their feelings and advocate for change at the Oxford Valley Mall... --10/21/2002
Students Exercise the Right to Not Remain Silent, in Discussions on Law and Liberty.
Two dozen students at Charlestown High School read a letter, mailed by the government to Middle Eastern men living in the US as part of the Sept. 11 terror probe, and debate the war on terror's impact... --10/2/2002
Missouri Students Host Panel Debate, Hear Divergent Views on Potential War.
As Congress debates whether the United States should wage war against Iraq, more than 200 Hickman High School students gathered in the school cafeteria last night to ponder the issue. The school's "Sp... --9/20/2002
Young People Battle to be Heard at Johannesburg Summit.
When Severn Cullis-Suzuki, at age 12, passionately pleaded with global leaders at the Rio Earth Summit to save the world for future generations, she received a standing ovation and reduced some delega... --9/5/2002
Maine Teens Gather for Inaugural Summit to Launch Legislative Youth Council.
Eighteen students from around the state will gather in the State House today for a first-of-its-kind summit. The Legislative Youth Advisory Council, created by state lawmakers last year, will meet for... --8/13/2002
Young Adults in Foster Care Get Their Say on Advisory Boards.
After more than a dozen years in the state's child welfare system, Melissa Harris, 19, had plenty of ideas about how to make it better. As she grew up in the care of the Department of Children and Fam... --7/28/2002
New Bedford Mayor's Youth Council Gives Students Voice in Government.
The New Bedford Mayor's Youth Council convenes biweekly to discuss issues of local concern and serve as youth advisors to the mayor and other city officials. The council was designed in 1997 to provid... --7/27/2002
Student Journalists in Massachusetts Exercise Rights to Cover Controversial Topics.
Whether they are looking into the exclusion of students from school or comparing the School Committee to the popular television show "Survivor," high school students across Central Massachusetts are c... --6/17/2002
Anchorage Teens Launch Youth Voter Registration Month.
At the suggestion of Anchorage students, the city’s school board and administration recently declared May 2002 "Youth Voter Registration Month." The move came after a 1998 survey by the National Assoc... --5/27/2002
Omaha Students Urge Lawmakers to Pass College Bill for Undocumented Immigrants.
More than 60 Hispanic high school students, from Central, South, and Bryan High Schools, traveled Wednesday from Omaha to Lincoln to urge lawmakers to pass a bill that would make it easier for them to... --5/17/2002
Students Help Shape Two Cities' Elections, Defining Issues and Interviewing Candidates.
High school classes in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Newark, New Jersey are getting involved in municipal elections in an effort backed by the Annenberg Public Policy Center that hopes to foster civic-minded a... --5/9/2002
Cambridge Lowers Voting Age to 17 for City Elections, After Students Lobby
The Cambridge City Council has voted to lower the voting age for
municipal elections to 17, just nine months after rejecting a proposal to let
16-year-olds vote locally. Several city councilors, who... --3/26/2002
North Carolina Students Assemble to Propose and Debate Model Legislation.
One hundred sixty Western North Carolina students in grades 8 through 12 participated in a youth assembly this weekend at the Asheville Civic Center, creating model pieces of state and local legislati... --3/25/2002
Georgia Students Fight Bill Requiring Parental Approval for Club Participation.
Students are raising their voices to oppose state legislation that would prevent them from joining school clubs without parental approval. Civil liberties advocates, including members of the Gay-Strai... --3/19/2002
In MTV Teleconference, World's Youth Question U.S. Secretary of State
Secretary of State Colin Powell fielded questions from 260 young people in studios around the world, linked by satellite, for an MTV special teleconference last night. Students from Washington, Londo... --2/15/2002
Garden State Teens Propose Bill of Rights State Motto on License Plates.
Sophomores and juniors in a history class at Madison High School, questioning why New Jersey license plates do not designate the state as the Bill of Rights State (since it was the first to ratify the... --1/3/2002
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