Top Youth Activism Victories of 2008
By Jamilah King, Kristina Rizga, Tomas Palermo, WireTap, December 27, 2008
In a year that saw war, violence, human rights abuses and environmental degradation, WireTap also found powerful examples of young people making a real difference.
Silenced in the Classroom
By Seth Wessler, ColorLines, December 15, 2008
Since opening in 2005, Conservatives have campaigned to close Khalil Gibran International Academy, one of New York's many dual-language schools. What's next for the school's Arab and Muslim students?
(Video) Students Protest Classmate Murders
HOMEY, October 9, 2008
San Francisco high school students walk out to call attention to violence.
Keeping the Door Open: An Interview with Community Leaders
By De Nishia Yearby, Rock the Trail, October 8, 2008
Family Focus has been serving Illinois communities for over 30 years. What's the secret to their success?
Turning Pages: High School Journalism in Transition
By Jamilah King, WireTap, September 15, 2008
With high school newspapers disappearing, the future of journalism is at risk.
Silence Broken: Making Inmates of Students
By Kameelah Rasheed, WireTap, August 15, 2008
Opinion: A Texas school district says to follow the dress code or wear a prison jumpsuit.
Whatever It Takes
Whatever It Takes, August 7, 2008
Students in the South Bronx still fight for education reform.
Re-thinking Truancy
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, July 17, 2008
A truancy drop-in center in San Francisco shows compassion and gets results.
Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests
By Latricia Wilson, WireTap, July 3, 2008
A Tennessee student denied a valid high school diploma fights back.
Interview with Adrienne Maree Brown
June 24, 2008
The artist and organizer speaks on the need for non-violent direct action and media justice.
Silence Broken: Critical Literacy Is The Goal
By Kameelah Rasheed, WireTap, April 22, 2008
Column: A young teacher's advice on how to reach struggling readers and writers by building a culture of critical literacy.
Left Out: School-to-Prison Pipeline
Global Action Project, April 1, 2008
A group of New York City high school students examine the school-to-prison pipeline at their school, and look toward changes.
Opinion: Why I Campaign for College Tuition Relief Now!
By Vicente Garcia, WireTap, March 24, 2008
As 2007 marked the first time California spent more money on prisons than public colleges, young activists mobilize for a ballot initiative that will help low-income students access universities.
Building A Better Pencil
By Allie Schratz, Golden Gate [X]press, February 20, 2008
A student-run business brings green supplies to campus bookstores.
When Kids Cut Class, Parents Go to Jail
By Peter Micek, New America Media, February 14, 2008
A new program in San Francisco attempts to stem crime before it starts -- by keeping elementary school-aged children in school. The repercussions of missing class could be criminal -- for their parents.
Wiley College Shares Spotlight With "Great Debaters"
By Kai Beasley, Black College Wire, January 18, 2008
New film Great Debaters sheds light on financial struggle of Historically Black College.
Minding the Gap
By Sarah Seltzer, WireTap, September 29, 2007
Young public high school teachers offer insight to our education system and what reforms students are asking for.
Swimming With Student Loan Sharks
By Scott Thill, WireTap, September 27, 2007
As College Cost Reduction Act becomes law, what students and everyone else should know about borrowing money for college.
Student Sex Health Stymied
By Maya Schenwar, WireTap, September 24, 2007
With student groups working tirelessly to spread sexual health awareness, why are sexually transmitted infections still going strong on college campuses?
The Racial Politics of College Newspapers
By Justin Elliot, Campus Progress, September 14, 2007
Why college newsrooms are often neither diverse nor racially sensitive.
