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December 09, 2024 | Jocelyn Cho | Education
Why We Need to Educate Students About Title IX

Although it may be disheartening to look at the lack of support and education from schools, it is inspiring to look toward the young voices pioneering a new wave of advocacy to protect themselves and their peers.

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September 29, 2023 | Aymaan Pirani | Education
My Journey Understanding Sexual Harassment and Assault

I’ve since become passionate about reducing sexual harassment and assault and embarked on a mission to create positive change in our community.

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August 29, 2023 | Beatriz Lindemann | Education
The Paralyzing Fear of Gun Violence

I understand why upholding the Constitution is necessary for our nation’s success and a well-functioning government. Still, I do not understand how a document written centuries ago can prohibit gun control for public safety.

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June 19, 2023 | Sola Mahfouz | Education
An Afghan Woman On What The Ban On Women’s Education Means

The more I grow intellectually, the more I mourn the loss of young Afghan girls’ potential.

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February 01, 2023 | Celeste Huang-Menders | Education
Should ChatGPT Be Banned in Schools?

The capabilities of ChatGPT have many people wondering how AI can start being incorporated into daily life, while also raising concerns of AI’s impact on academic integrity and originality.

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January 23, 2023 | Amanda Chapa | Education
How Wealth Disparities at Prestigious Institutions Make a Home for Some, Not All

We were told we were “the greatest minds in the world.” Yet, I didn’t feel like a great mind. I felt exhausted and just so out of place. And that feeling has yet to change.

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December 21, 2022 | Sheany | Education
‘We knew it would come’: Taliban Bans Women from University Education in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have banned female students from universities in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms, sparking widespread despair and protest in the country.

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April 29, 2022 | Sophie Hayssen | Education
The Status of Women’s Education in Afghanistan

At the end of March, the Taliban reversed its decision to open up education to girls above the sixth grade. Students reacted to the news with devastation.

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July 15, 2021 | Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley | Education, Girls, Race/Ethnicity
T-R-A-I-L-B-L-A-Z-E-R: The History Behind Zaila Avant-garde’s Spelling Bee Win

14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde became the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the competition’s 96-year history.

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June 08, 2021 | Sophie Hayssen | Education
The Inequity of College Admissions

Netflix’s new documentary, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, offers a glimpse into how fraught the application process is.

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May 17, 2021 | Hanna Nussair | Education
Worldwide, Girls’ Diplomas Are Another COVID-19 Casualty

I find myself thinking of girls worldwide who missed out on far more than she did thanks to the pandemic — especially the many girls who will never see their classrooms again.

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March 12, 2021 | Sophie Hayssen | Education
Utah Opted Not to Teach Consent in Sex Education

Last month, Utah lawmakers struck down a bill that would have required consent to be taught in sex-education classes.

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August 18, 2020 | Maitreya Motel | Education, Race/Ethnicity
I'm Sick of What Students Are Taught About American History

The America of our history books is rose-colored, simple, and false.

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July 24, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Education, International
ICE's Changed Rules For International Students, Explained

On July 6, the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Program announced that international students had to enroll in in-person classes if they wanted to legally remain in the U.S.

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July 21, 2020 | Neha Madhira | Education
More Colleges Are Ditching Standardized Tests. That’s a Good Thing for Marginalized Students.

With most schools across the country switching to online learning due to COVID-19, many colleges and universities have waived standardized test requirements in their admissions processes.

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July 03, 2020 | Grace Harkins | Education
Will COVID-19 Finally Change Our Sexist Undervaluing of Educators?

Will it finally lead to the real changes teachers have been calling for for years?

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August 06, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Education, Environment
The correlation between climate change resilience and girls’ education

There is a potential solution to climate change that is as unexpected as it is potentially effective: girls' education.

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May 01, 2019 | Karla Majdancic | Education, Science and tech
Facing sexism in my computer science classes

While Girls Who Code made it clear to participants in the program that women in STEM face obstacles in the male-dominated field, though, I didn’t fully realize at the time the extent to which gender-based discrimination is common yet deceptively subtle in the field. I learned that as a computer science major in college.

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April 19, 2019 | Patricia Mupakaviri | Economy, Education, International
Zimbabwean students are being sexually exploited to pay their tuition

Zimbabwean students, both male and female, are struggling to pay for higher education. In response, a number of female Zimbabwean university students have begun to engage in transactional sex to pay their tuition and otherwise survive.

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April 17, 2019 | Kalli Jackson | Education, Race/Ethnicity
Why were only seven black students admitted to this elite NYC public school?

In 2019, of the 895 spots Stuyvesant High School gave to the incoming eighth-grade class, only seven were extended to black students. The year before, only 10 black students were given spots, and the class of 2021 included only 13.

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April 15, 2019 | Julie Graves | Education
Why gender-minority-only college debate tournaments are important

Men comprise the majority of the debaters who compete in American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) events. The majority of the APDA debate teams’ leadership, as well as the members of the national organization’s executive board, are also men.

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March 29, 2019 | Barrie Komsky | Education, Feminism
History.com features only one woman giving a speech on its website. Why?

It’s important for History.com to not only add more videos and audio that feature women who made a difference in history, but specifically to let these women use their own voices to tell their stories whenever possible.

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March 22, 2019 | Lauren Davidson | Education
What the elite college scandal reveals about inequality in higher education

Last week, federal prosecutors charged 50 people in a scheme to get the children of extremely wealthy families into elite colleges across the United States. These revelations have prompted a public discussion of the many ways inequality is perpetuated in higher education.

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March 04, 2019 | Liri Kuci | Education, International
Albanian students are leading game-changing, feminist protests in the streets

Thousands of Albanian students are protesting on the streets right now. But even though the media has started to cover these protests generally, it has failed to note the feminist principles at the heart of them and how women in particular have contributed to the movement.

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February 27, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Education, Science and tech
How this Serbian astrophysicist is supporting African efforts to promote STEM

Serbian astrophysicist Dr. Mirjana Pović told the FBomb about how her experiences have helped her understand the struggles impoverished people face, and how individuals from marginalized communities can develop skills in fields like STEM.


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