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‘Dear future self’: Read our high school essay contest winners
We asked teens to imagine it’s 2030 and write letters to their future selves
December 23
December 23
Meet the 17-year-old climate activist who skipped school to hunger strike at the Capitol
Sophia Kianni was by far the youngest, and one of the only women, at the protest in Nancy Pelosi’s office
November 18
November 18
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
October 23
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’
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
September 23
‘You can only eat ramen so many times’: Peer into the lives of 8 college students
The Lily asked young women in America and abroad: What’s college like these days?
September 19
September 19
D.C. school dress codes unfairly target black girls, students say. Now they’re speaking up.
Some girls are organizing walkouts, lunchtime protests and meetings with administrators to call out dress codes they see as unfair
September 7
September 7
I’m recommitting to the way I talk about rape culture in the classroom. Here’s why.
No matter how much I alter my curriculum, I cannot undo years of patriarchal pressures, but I can try to loosen the grip
A student wore a tuxedo for her senior portrait — and was left out of the yearbook
Alabama student Holley Gerelds’s case is just the latest in the debate about censoring portraits over dress codes