Stories about the people and communities working to make educational equity a reality

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Opinion

How Afrocentric Lessons Teach Black Kids to Love Themselves

K-12 students typically learn about history through a lens that erases or minimizes the contributions of people of color.

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In This Vision of Education, Students Are Empowered to Love Learning and Themselves

Ebony Payne Brown is working to open a charter school in Atlanta with rigorous academics, where students feel loved and their identities are celebrated.

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Opinion

Inequitable Tuition Places College Out of Reach for Some Dreamers

Undocumented students are priced out of college in Arizona and in other states where they are ineligible for in-state tuition.

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Policy and Advocacy

Writing Himself Into Existence: A Queer Iranian Immigrant Pens Stories About His Community

YA author Abdi Nazemian talks about the importance of young people being able to “see themselves” in literature.

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Recent Opinion Essays

Children Will Ask Questions About Race. How Will Teachers Answer Them?
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Dawnavyn James

Early Childhood, Elementary, and Black History Educator
I Won’t Deny My Students Books
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Cicely Lewis

2020 School Librarian of the Year
7 Non-Negotiables for Supporting Trans & Nonbinary Students in Your Classroom
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Jubilee Otero Bravo

One Day Video

Hawai‘i Students Fought For Free Menstrual Products In Schools & Won
Hawaii Governor David Ige signed a bill into law requiring public schools to provide free period products. Meet the educator and students who made that happen.
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What’s It Like to Be a Middle School AAPI Activist?
Mina Fedor, a middle school student and activist, founded AAPI Youth Rising to amplify the voices of AAPI youth and fight anti-Asian racism and xenophobia.
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Podcast

Episode 6: Rooted in Relationship

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Top Issues

Student Activists Preserve Dark Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration Site

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Ideas and Solutions

Students Combat Air Pollution in ‘Asthma Alley’

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Opinion

If You Aren’t Black, What Are You?

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Top Issues

Afro-Latinx Students Navigate Racism and Erasure in the Classroom

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Top Issues

For Disadvantaged Students, College Debt Leaves No Margin for Error

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