Three teens elected to their state’s legislature*
In the November, 2018 elections across America, three 19 year-old students were on their state’s ballot and won. They campaigned
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In the November, 2018 elections across America, three 19 year-old students were on their state’s ballot and won. They campaigned
These were the words of 11-year-old Naomi Wadler of Alexandria, Virginia. You may remember this amazing, articulate fifth-grader from the
How many of you, when confronted by a police officer, would talk back or question the officer? How many 12-year-old
You may remember Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for
Due to the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, there’s a movement
Elizabeth MacWilliams has been teaching since 2004 and is currently the principal at Carroll Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina. The
Five students from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis, Indiana, call themselves the Panther Bots. The fourth-graders combined their talents
Nona Hungate is a 15 year old activist who very much cares about the direction and future of this country.
Nona Hungate is a 15-year-old student in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her letter to the editor of the local newspaper* was published
Trisha Prabhu is a 16 year-old junior at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois. After reading about an eleven