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A 4th grader was threatened with rape by classmates. She was told to ‘stay away’ from the boys.
This elementary school got it all wrong, experts say. Sexual misconduct cases like this one — involving very young kids — are notoriously hard to handle.
December 3, 2019
December 3, 2019
I teach at Syracuse University. Racist acts on campus have left me scared, tired and more motivated than ever.
There is no way to outrun racism or white supremacy, but we can chip away at it with intention
Syracuse University has seen 11 hate crimes in two weeks. Women of color have felt hate on campus for years.
Syracuse was her ‘dream school.’ Now this freshman feels ‘a lot of anger, a lot of confusion.’
November 20, 2019
November 20, 2019
She spoke up about rape at her school — then got suspended for ‘bullying’
If 15-year-old Aela Mansmann does it again, she could be expelled, the principal said
October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019
Students go to this reporter with their sexual assault stories. Now their university might force her to reveal their names.
She works for the university-owned NPR station. The school says that makes her a ‘responsible employee’ under Title IX.
October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019
We’re Asian American and go to Harvard. Here’s how our relationship to race changed after coming to campus.
Four Harvard students write about affinity groups, K-pop and an ‘Asian awakening’
‘Princess thigh gap’: Their university stood by while the men’s swim team threw slurs, the women’s team says. Now they’re suing.
Their swim coach told them to ‘grow thicker skin’
October 3, 2019
October 3, 2019
I revisited a history textbook from high school. It made me realize how limited our educations can be.
It’s impossible to tell a complete story
A 6-year-old girl threw a tantrum in class. Then she was arrested.
In recent years, criminal justice advocates have raised concerns that in-school officers often criminalize common student misbehavior
September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019
California colleges could soon be required to offer the abortion pill. In conservative communities like this one, activists are pushing back.
Bakersfield, Calif., is known as ‘California’s final fortress of conservative thought’