A doomsday budget is approved for Philadelphia schools
Not too many words we can say about this one—just prayers. Support staff, resource staff, art and music teachers, and many nurses will be gone...
Student Voice
Vox ætatis: High school choir and a GRAMMY
We continue our Vox ætatis series with an interview of a member of the vocal music programs at Naperville's prestigious Neuqua Valley High School. [...]Read...
Chicagoans saw little democracy in closing hearings
The hearings that preceded the vote by the Chicago Board of Education to close 49 school programs were an opportunity for people to speak up,...
Another teacher submits resignation letter on YouTube
We transcribe a video resignation letter from a teacher in north-suburban Chicago, who says she is quitting with a sad, heavy heart, since everything she...
Letter to Philly schools from the Philly Orchestra
Voxitatis joins so many voices in asking the Philadelphia Public Schools not to delete music and the fine arts from students' daily lives at school....
Middle school is not usually important in peoples’ eyes
A foundation in Wisconsin has given us an idea for helping the teen suicide rate find its way back down in the US: write letters...
Transcription: April 30 student protest in Providence, RI
A student-led protest in Rhode Island, mainly against standardized, high-stakes testing, has convinced a few people that students know what they're talking about. [...]Read More......
Warning to avoid illegal activity before graduation
A very personal account of what could happen if illegal activity in the month or so before high school graduation keeps you from getting your...
Vox ætatis: Giving at-risk students options in Belleville
Talking to the principal at an alternative day school near St Louis reveals some of the keys to putting students back on the track to...
Vox ætatis: The 40th Annual SkillsUSA Maryland Hug-fest
The second installment in our ongoing series of "vox ætatis" highlights the SkillsUSA organization and the work done by the Maryland organization in career and...