Centennial fans, amid flood warning, flood football field
1st home victory in 8 years at a Md. high school; the state's capital experienced flooding that brought kayakers into the streets.
Academics
If only we could take our pets to college
Pets are not the only ones who experience separation anxiety; their people do too, new research from college students finds.
Let’s face it: Perfection doesn’t exist
For many teens, higher grades in school lead to higher levels of anxiety and a tendency toward perfectionism, which is complete unattainable.
1st Amendment protects Instagram post about Covid
Can a student post about Covid without fear of retaliation by well-meaning police officers who claim they're acting in the community's best interests?
Study finds increasing suicide rates among Black girls
Why are Black adolescent girls committing suicide at increasingly higher rates in the US? Could it be an effect of racism and prejudice?
On the day front pages changed forever
We honor first responders of 9/11/2001 and military and civilian soldiers who defended this nation afterwards with a personal account of how national journalism changed that horrible day.
Sex ed still poor after research, student, popular pleas
How can sex ed be improved in today's world where movie stars and politicians have trouble with the rules?
Digging into a gap in time at the Grand Canyon
Why have more than a billion years' worth of rocks gone missing from the geologic record at certain sites in the Grand Canyon?
Taliban advances in Afghanistan as US withdraws
The situation in Afghanistan as Pres. Biden withdrew US troops is unstable and dangerous, as Taliban forces have taken over large cities.
Summer camps in Rockford teach 21st-century skills
A summer camp in Rockford, IL, was conducted in person this year. Robots, drones, artistic creations, video production, and (of course) extra SAT prep.