Did you know it has been proven that music makes your blood flow more easily? Music is also proven to lower blood pressure and help with neurological conditions such as ADD or ADHD. As a mature 14-year-old girl, I prefer to work with music to keep me focused and stop me from being so anxious. […]
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The lack of affordable afterschool care is a problem, but why is it a problem? Because afterschool care provides benefits that children who cannot attend these programs miss out on. Many after-school programs were closed due to COVID-19, and in the present, there’s still a severe lack of affordable after-school programs. The lack of afterschool […]
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Did you know that in a 2021 CDC survey, 42 states reported that 75-100% of public middle and high schools started before 8:30 a.m.? Schools start way too early, which creates challenges for students. Students can’t get enough sleep due to their extra homework or, sometimes, for older students, part-time jobs. When students can’t get […]
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Did you know that from July 2021 to March 2022, 5049 schools from 32 states restricted access to selected books for almost 4 million students? The majority of these have topics such as the LGBTQ+ community, racism, activism, and religion. An example of this is the most banned book from 2021-2022, Gender Queer, a memoir […]
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According to a poll conducted by NPR, “Almost 40 percent of parents say their high schooler is experiencing a lot of stress from school.” I remember all we did in preschool was eat, sleep, play, and learn numbers and letters here and there. Those were about the happiest days of my life, but as we […]
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Cultural racism is discrimination against minority groups that creates challenges. Students of color have been affected by cultural racism by not having access to higher education and experiencing higher chances of exclusionary discipline. Therefore, teachers and administrators should hire a variety of teachers from diverse backgrounds, apply anti-racism practices to make students of color more […]
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Did you know that 87 percent of content taught about Native Americans includes only pre-1900 context and 27 states did not name an individual Native American in their history standards? Meaning after the wars and carnage that the Natives were involved in they began to be excluded from history books. In America today, this history […]
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Imagine yourself as a student or teacher and the principal walks in and says one of your classmates or students has committed suicide. What are the feelings that hit you? Does your stomach drop? Does it feel like there isn’t enough air in the room? Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young […]
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I always use technology to help with my schoolwork. For example, I use Google Translate to help with Spanish. It would be more difficult for me to do my work without things like Google and YouTube because they have videos or websites that are helpful to me. Schools should allow phones, computers, and security technology […]
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How many of you have participated in community service and didn’t understand the purpose of it or couldn’t engage? I definitely have. One day I was participating in an environmental conservation activity. Instead of cleaning litter or assisting at a nursing home, I would rather have spent time with cuddly puppies at an animal shelter […]
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For a long time in society, women have been expected to stay home and take care of the house and the kids, and the men go out and work to pay the bills. But we are in the 21st century and women should be able to study any major they want to, but that is […]
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Quick fact: Fewer than one in ten teachers in American public schools are Black. In those same schools, almost 80% of those teachers are white. The majority of K-12 students never have a Black teacher. As one of those kids who has seen this phenomenon, I can tell you it is a travesty. Black educators […]
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