Student Safety Student perspective By | Kalayeh Houck What does it take for a mixed-race, 12-year-old, 6th-grade LGBTQ girl to be seen? In school I don’t feel seen but at home, I am seen. I feel seen at home because I am comfortable being me, but at school, I don’t Read more…
Student Success Student perspective By |Cora Rhodes Going to Denver School of Science and Technology: Byers (DSST: Byers), a Denver public school, after attending Stanley British Primary (Stanley), a private school, allowed me to view the public school system differently. Coming from Read more…
Housing and Education Student perspective By |Ceirra Noel and Angel Amankwaah The Resolution Lies Within Us For a long time now, the common belief that if one works hard enough to overcome a few obstacles, they can achieve the epitome of complete freedom has dominated the minds of many Read more…
Working Together To Make Change Student perspective By | Rosine Niyoyishura The whole world stopped, and also most importantly, the controversial teaching mechanisms that have been in tact within the educational system in America— also stopped or should I say woefully reigned in? As a student within this educational system Read more…
Learning about “American” ideologies, values, and identities in public schools Student perspective By | Lameese Makkawi When thinking about what it means to be an American, I have to be honest and say that I don’t think of the title fondly. Growing Read more…
Setting new priorities for public education Student Perspective By | Valantina Zeremariam Treat Us Like the Future, Not the Burden. Let’s Get Real. In 2003, the aftermath of the bloodshed of the Eritrean-Ethiopian war, my parents decide to immigrate to the United States, “The Land of Opportunity.’’ My mother especially Read more…
Adjusting to new social and educational realitiesStudent PerspectiveBy | Jennifer & Jessica Aggrey Reading the first paragraph, we wonder what the writer means by “It is no surprise that we are in a global crisis.” Just in early March 2020, Colorado was still living almost oblivious to the virus. Schools Read more…
Examining the politics of public education: ValuesStudent PerspectiveBy | Jonathan Bateman They Sin Against UsA Call for Districts to Relinquish Their Power When I reflect upon the current state of the district and my experience, I can’t help but feel hopeless. I try not to though. All the sacrifices that Read more…
Community Vision for Education of ChildrenStudent PerspectiveBy | Alana Marie Barros The current education system is set up in a way where students are in high-stress situations all through school. Many students feel as though the school board and their teachers care more about numbers than the students they are Read more…
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