ACLU Tells Student Protesters: Know Your Rights

Emily Wells / Truthdig Mar 13, 2018 One month after Parkland, a nationwide walkout to protest gun violence is planned for Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

For-Profit Schools Reward Students for Referrals, Endorsements

By Heather Vogell / ProPublica Oct 6, 2017 Schools for potential dropouts market aggressively to boost enrollment. Some of their tactics may violate federal consumer protections. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Teaching Civic Skills and Action Should Be Standard in Schools

Ralph Nader / Truthdig Aug 9, 2017 Students are best prepared for a life of democratic citizenship when they study real-world applications close to home. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The High School Valedictory Address You Weren’t Supposed to Hear

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 4, 2015 Evan Young was valedictorian of this year's graduating class at Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colo. He'd planned to give his valedictory address at the graduation ceremony May 16. But Principal B.J. Buchmann didn't give him the chance. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Here’s Why It’s Time to Give Up the Idea That Everyone Must Go to College

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 23, 2015 The biggest absurdity is that a college degree has become the only gateway into the American middle class when not every young person is suited to four years of college. This has to stop. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Force More Powerful in Jefferson County, Colo.

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 2, 2014 "Don't make history a mystery" read one of the signs at a rally in Jefferson County, Colo. High-school students in this suburban district, referred to locally as "JeffCo," have been walking out of class en masse this past week, protesting the planned censorship of the district's Advanced Placement (AP) United States history curriculum by the local school board. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mapping the Chinese Conquest of the Planet

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch May 8, 2014 According to a map I made and recently discovered in my high school history textbook, I would have been 24 when I became a “Red Chinese” subject, and atomic weapons would have been removed from the equation. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

4 Dead, 284 Missing in South Korea Ferry Sinking

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2014 South Korean rescuers and dive teams worked frantically under floodlights as fears rose for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry sank Wednesday with 462 on board, mostly high school students bound for a holiday island. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

2013 High School Graduation

Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant Jun 7, 2013 Dig deeper

Do the Charter School Hustle

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2013 Since I’m a public school teacher, everybody always asks me what I think about charter schools. You got an hour? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Michigan High School Protected Star Athlete Over Rape Victim, Lawsuit Alleges

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 25, 2013 Despite the principal's plea to not report the attack, the victim filed charges against the basketball player out of fear he would strike again. Those fears were confirmed just two weeks later when he is said to have sexually assaulted another student. The story gets even more heartbreaking as it progresses. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Revenge of the ‘Dirty Girls’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2013 Back when I was a freshman in high school, a senior made a short documentary about a group of extremely young feminists in my class who were dismissed as "dirty girls." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )