How freshmen have had a difficult time starting high school during the pandemic

This piece was produced by Morgan Eye from McCallum High School in Austin, Texas.  … Read More

How youth in foster care are becoming advocates by sharing their experiences

This piece was produced by Sonal Prakash, Kevin Myers, Steven Fehervari, and Nicole Calderon from Dominion High School in Sterling, Virginia.  … Read More

Teen athletes and their coaches weigh in on a year without sports

This story was produced by Akilah Lewis at John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, Maryland with help from SRL Connected Educator Andrew… Read More

A year without shop class: How the pandemic disrupted students’ career opportunities

This story was produced by Landon Reese, Philip Kvamme, Spencer Garcia, and Antonio Santini at Windsor High School in California with support from SRL… Read More

Teachers need breaks too: How the pandemic has affected this educator’s mental health

  This story was produced by… Read More

Why online learning can be so hard

  This story was produced by… Read More

‘You are worthy of being documented.’ DC’s youth poet laureate on slam poetry and identity

Student reporter Nora Malone from Alexandria City High School spoke with Washington, D.C.’s 2020 youth poet laureate, Marjan Naderi, on the accessibility of poetry… Read More

‘Black and proud’ singer on why now is the moment for laws ending hair discrimination

Jessica Butler is a 21-year-old social media influencer in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Last year, her song, “Black and Proud” got more than 7 million… Read More

How students are fighting Zoom fatigue

by John Barnes Zoom. Google Meet. Microsoft Teams. We used to work in offices or go to school for classes. Now many of us are… Read More

New England Public Media’s Karen Brown on mental health reporting

Drawing on decades of reporting on mental health, Karen Brown of New England Public Media offers student journalists advice on covering mental health stories… Read More