OPINION
Why I see myself at an HBCU
By Chimdindu Okafor | Mar. 6, 2022While visiting historically Black campuses, I began to reimagine what my college experience could be.
While visiting historically Black campuses, I began to reimagine what my college experience could be.
Here’s what I want you to know about Chicago’s Wendell Phillips Academy High School.
In the past 30 years, the number of libraries at Philly School District has dropped tremendously. What does this mean for students, and what have some schools done about it?
I resented the expectation that I lead with my trauma. But trauma is not the only thing that defines me, and it’s not the only reason I deserve to go to college.
As a new generation is beginning to enter the workforce, an age old question is being asked once again. Pick a job for passion, or pick one for practicality?
Here's what three students have been up to!
During a normal school week, 60,000 SEPTA transpasses are distributed to students so they can get to and from school using any public bus, trolley, or subway for free while neighboring school Districts hire yellow-bus companies to transport their students. Do you feel safe using SEPTA to get to school? Here are what your peers are saying.
According to an internal memo obtained by WHYY, “The School District of Philadelphia plans to administer state standardized tests this spring to students who attend school in-person — rather than waiting until next fall to give the tests.” We asked, “Should Philadelphia students be mandated to take standardized tests?” Here are four students’ responses.
Remember school? Real school? Yeah, us too. Here are a few fellow students reminiscing on their favorite things to do after school pre-covid.
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To feel the pulse of the District regarding student workload, we asked students "How is your workload in virtual school? Do you feel overwhelmed? Do you feel challenged enough?" Here are ten of their responses.
The mental health of students throughout the country can be summarized by three keywords: fatigued, unmotivated, and frustrated. Many students are becoming less engaged in the school lessons. It is safe to say that in 2021, most students aren’t doing well with a quarantined school, from learning the ins and outs of online schools to managing the balance between academics and work.
Pennsylvania is certainly making progress when it comes to personal finance class availability. The bill requiring schools to let students put in finance course credits for graduation requirements is a step in the right direction. However, there is still a lot we can do to prepare students for adulthood.
All prisons must be abolished. Why? Because when this country delays the abolition of prisons and continues to pass laws that incarcerate the masses, we lose valuable resources. Our schools will continue to get their budget cuts while magically there is more funding for policing and prisons. Since people who read this are mostly students, we should be outraged. We are part of the generation that the country abandoned.
Furness High School student Ibrahima Diallo takes a look into a new organization for bilingual students at his school.
Masterman senior Alice Stricker reflects on the previous Department of Education and discusses what American education may look like under our new administration.
Safety is more important to me than the chance of normalcy I could achieve that comes with reopening schools. More deaths are what we cannot tolerate in a world where deaths have been on the rise since COVID-19 has started.
Kate Ratner, interviews Willem Cousineau, a senior at Masterman High School, about making his mark on Philadelphia’s young music scene.
2020. Although for many of us it was one of the worst years of our lives, it has taught us a lot about the world. Here are some of the major events of 2020.
As a part of our new article series about talented student-artists in the district, Sydney French interviews her classmate Zara Kelemen about her pursuit in the music industry.