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Using Job Data to Guide Student Career Choices – Photo Gallery

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iLEAD Academy math instructor Jenna Gray works with sophomore Isaac Logsdon on an algebra II problem. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

iLEAD Academy opened three years ago to help prepare Northern Kentucky students for careers in high-paying, high-demand fields. It uses a wonky weapon – labor-market data – to design course offerings that won’t leave students in dead-end jobs, and to give them solid advice that’s grounded in the needs of regional employers.

Read the story on edweek.org

Photos by Pat McDonogh for Education Week

The iLEAD Academy, ., is located a few doors down from a Kroger's grocery store, in a shopping center and in front of a Walmart. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

The iLEAD Academy is located a few doors down from a grocery store in a Carrollton, Ky., shopping center, and in front of the local Walmart.

As a future high school science teacher, Michaela Stethen, an iLEAD junior, knows that she can get an annual salary of $37,358. But she must earn a bachelor's degree first. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

As a future high school science teacher, Michaela Stethen, an iLEAD junior, knows that she can get an annual salary of $37,358. But she must earn a bachelor’s degree first.

Otilio Flores, another iLEAD student, earned his industrial-maintenance-technician certification at the end of his sophomore year. With a high school diploma in addition, he could be an industrial maintenance tech and earn nearly $37,000 a year. But Otilio is pursuing an associate degree so he can earn thousands more as an electro-mechanical technician. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

Otilio Flores, another iLEAD student, earned his industrial-maintenance-technician certification at the end of his sophomore year. With a high school diploma in addition, he could be an industrial maintenance tech and earn nearly $37,000 a year. But Otilio is pursuing an associate degree so he can earn thousands more as an electro-mechanical technician.

Storm Mitchell is a student at the iLEAD Academy in Carrollton, Ky. She wants to work in robotics and travel internationally. She could earn more than $81,000 as a robotics technician if she goes on to earn a bachelor's degree. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

Student Storm Mitchell wants to work in robotics and travel internationally. She could earn more than $81,000 as a robotics technician if she goes on to earn a bachelor’s degree.

Johnny Rivera discusses an algebra problem with classmates at iLEAD Academy, a career-focused high school in rural Kentucky. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

Johnny Rivera discusses an algebra problem with classmates at iLEAD Academy.

iLEAD Academy math instructor Jenna Gray works with sophomore Isaac Logsdon on an algebra II problem. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

Math instructor Jenna Gray works with sophomore Isaac Logsdon on an Algebra 2 problem.

iLEAD Academy junior Josiah Miracle stares intently at a problem on his computer screen during an algebra II class. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

Junior Josiah Miracle stares intently at a problem on his computer screen during an Algebra 2 class.

Johnny Rivera, a sophomore at iLEAD Academy photographs a bench. Rivera was in the process of 3D modeling the bench. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

Sophomore Johnny Rivera photographs a bench that he is in the midst of 3D modeling.

Dawson Allen, a junior at iLEAD Academy sat in the lobby of the school to work on his laptop. The school doesn't have typical classrooms and students are free to lounge and work throughout the building. —Pat McDonogh/Education Week

Dawson Allen, a junior at iLEAD Academy, works on his laptop in the lobby of his school. The school doesn’t have typical classrooms; students are free to lounge and work throughout the building.


Faces of the National Spelling Bee – Photo Gallery

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Cameron Keith, 12, from Boulder, Colo., left, stretches next to Paul Hamrick, 14, from Monterey, Calif., during a break at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Karthik Nemmani, 14, from McKinney, Texas, is presented with the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy by Adam Symson, president and CEO, E.W. Scripps Company, after he won the bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

Karthik Nemmani, 14, from McKinney, Texas, is presented with the Scripps National Spelling Bee trophy by Adam Symson, president and CEO, E.W. Scripps Company, after he won the bee in Oxon Hill, Md., on May 31. –Cliff Owen/AP

The end of the biggest Scripps National Spelling Bee in history came abruptly, and it wasn’t the conclusion that many expected. Naysa Modi, a poised and charismatic four-time participant whose long spelling career seemed to be building toward triumph, sat next to newcomer whom she had already beaten this year — at the county level.

But 12-year-old Naysa blinked immediately, mixing up the single and double “s” in the German-derived word “Bewusstseinslage” — a state of consciousness or a feeling devoid of sensory components — and 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani seized an opportunity that he wouldn’t have had before this year.

“I didn’t really think I’d be able to do it,” the soft-spoken winner said. “I had confidence that I could do it, but I honestly didn’t realistically think it could happen.”

Karthik’s victory Thursday night put the spotlight back onto the story of this Bee Week — the new wild-card program that Scripps launched to give a chance to spellers like him, who have to compete against some of the nation’s best spellers at the local level. The field was expanded to 515 spellers to accommodate the wild cards — there had never been more than 300 competitors previously — and four of the 16 prime-time finalists got in through the new program, known as “RSVBee.”

—Ben Nuckols/Associated Press

Charles Millard, 13, from Frederick, Md., misspells his word during the 2nd Round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Tuesday, May 29, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

Charles Millard, 13, from Frederick, Md., misspells his word during the 2nd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. –Cliff Owen/AP

The last speller of the day, Eleanor Tallman, 13, from Flower Mound, Texas, spells her word incorrectly during the 2nd Round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Tuesday, May 29, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

The last speller of the day, Eleanor Tallman, 13, from Flower Mound, Texas, spells her word incorrectly during the 2nd round of the Bee. –Cliff Owen/AP

Winston Zuo, 13, from Yorba Linda, Calif., left, and Matthew Rodgers, 13, from Severance, Colo., wait to spell their word during the 3rd Round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 30, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

Winston Zuo, 13, from Yorba Linda, Calif., left, and Matthew Rodgers, 13, from Severance, Colo., wait to spell their word during the 3rd round of the Bee. –Cliff Owen/AP

Ranitha Kumarasinghe, 11, from Charleston, S.C., celebrates correctly spelling "aspirator" during the 3rd Round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 30, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

Ranitha Kumarasinghe, 11, from Charleston, S.C., celebrates correctly spelling “aspirator” during the 3rd round of competition. -Cliff Owen/AP

Phoebe Smith, 12, from Aston, Pa., left, and Nilla Rajan, 13, from Chillicothe, Ohio, celebrate as a competitor spells her word correctly in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2018. -Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Phoebe Smith, 12, from Aston, Pa., left, and Nilla Rajan, 13, from Chillicothe, Ohio, celebrate as a competitor spells her word correctly on the final day. –Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Cameron Keith, 12, from Boulder, Colo., left, stretches next to Paul Hamrick, 14, from Monterey, Calif., during a break at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2018. -Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Cameron Keith, 12, from Boulder, Colo., left, stretches next to Paul Hamrick, 14, from Monterey, Calif., during a break in competition on the final day of the Bee. –Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Paul Hamrick, 14, from Monterey, Calif., spells his word correctly during the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

Paul Hamrick, 14, from Monterey, Calif., reacts after spelling his word correctly during the final rounds of the Bee. –Cliff Owen/AP

Anita Beroza, 14, from Belmont, Calif., waits to spell her word during the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Beroza incorrectly spelled her word and was eliminated from competition. -Cliff Owen/AP

Anita Beroza, 14, from Belmont, Calif., waits to spell her word during the third round of the Bee. Beroza incorrectly spelled her word and was eliminated from competition. –Cliff Owen/AP

Nicholas Lee, 14, from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., reacts to spelling his word correctly during the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Wednesday, May 30, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

Nicholas Lee, 14, from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., reacts to spelling his word correctly during the third round of the Bee. –Cliff Owen/AP

Naysa Modi, 12, from Frisco, Texas, sits onstage after spelling her word incorrectly, and loosing the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, May 31, 2018. -Cliff Owen/AP

Naysa Modi, 12, from Frisco, Texas, sits onstage after spelling her word incorrectly, and thus losing the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She had already beaten her remaining competitor, Bee winner Karthik Nemmani, this year at the county level. Modi mixed up the single and double “s” in the German-derived word “Bewusstseinslage” — a state of consciousness or a feeling devoid of sensory components. –Cliff Owen/AP

Quality Counts: A Look at Schools in Wyoming and Vermont – Photo Gallery

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Stamford School in Stamford, Vermont. (Caleb Kenna for Education Week)
Shoshoni Schools seen on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Shoshoni, Wy. (Amber Baesler/AP Images for Education Week)

Shoshoni Schools, a $49 million facility in Shoshoni, Wyo., serves approximately 380 students in prekindergarten through the 12th grade. –Amber Baesler/AP for Education Week

States face different challenges and make different choices when it comes to their education spending, all of which are ultimately reflected at the schoolhouse level. As part of the Quality Counts 2018: Finance package, Education Week visited two very different schools: a high school in Shoshoni, Wyo., that has tech capabilities in every room, in a state that has put a big premium on classroom connectivity; and a K-8 school in a rural corner of Vermont that has an enrollment of just 75 students and doubles as the site for the town offices and library.

Wyoming's bucking horse and rider seen at Shoshoni Schools on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Shoshoni, Wy. (Amber Baesler/AP Images for Education Week)

Wyoming’s bucking horse and rider greet students at Shoshoni Schools. –Amber Baesler/AP for Education Week

Televisions seen at Shoshoni Schools at the cafeteria on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Shoshoni, Wy. (Amber Baesler/AP Images for Education Week)

Large-screen televisions hang from a wall in the spacious school cafeteria at Shoshoni Schools. –Amber Baesler/AP for Education Week

Tech director and secondary STEM professor Jesse Smith and sophomore Perrin Fullmer, 15, seen at work time at the Maker Lab on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Shoshoni, Wy. Maker Lab is part of Shoshoni Schools' STEM program. (Amber Baesler/AP Images for Education Week)

Tech director and secondary STEM professor Jesse Smith and sophomore Perrin Fullmer, 15, work together on a project in Shoshoni High School’s Maker Lab. The facility is part of the school’s STEM program. –Amber Baesler/AP for Education Week

Sophomores Perrin Fullmer, 15, and Gabe Cash, 16, seen working on their own arcade game at the Maker Lab on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 in Shoshoni, Wy. Maker Lab is part of Shoshoni Schools' STEM program. (Amber Baesler/AP Images for Education Week)

Sophomores Perrin Fullmer, 15, and Gabe Cash, 16, work on their own arcade game at the Maker Lab in Shoshoni. –Amber Baesler/AP for Education Week

Networking stacks and data cables in Shoshoni Schools' server room in Shoshoni, Wyo. --Amber Baesler/AP for Education Week

Networking stacks and data cables in Shoshoni Schools’ server room in Shoshoni, Wyo. –Amber Baesler/AP for Education Week

Stamford School in Stamford, Vermont. (Caleb Kenna for Education Week)

Nestled in the Green Mountains of Vermont, Stamford School, center, in Stamford, Vt., serves 75 students in grades K-8. –Caleb Kenna for Education Week

Stamford School in Stamford, Vermont. (Caleb Kenna for Education Week)

In addition to the K-8 school in Stamford, the building hosts the town office and library. –Caleb Kenna for Education Week

Principal Micah Hayre at Stamford School in Stamford, Vermont. The school also houses the Town Office, at left. (Caleb Kenna for Education Week)

Principal Micah Hayre stands at the entrance to Stamford School. The school also houses the Town Office, at left, and the town library. –Caleb Kenna for Education Week

Administrative Assistant Jessie Garner at work at Stamford School in Stamford, Vermont. (Caleb Kenna for Education Week)

Administrative Assistant Jessie Garner at work at Stamford School. –Caleb Kenna for Education Week

Lane Kurpiel, 14, left, Camryn Belisle, 13, and Izabella Lamore, 13, study at Stamford School in Stamford, Vermont. (Caleb Kenna for Education Week)

Students Lane Kurpiel, 14, left, Camryn Belisle, 13, and Izabella Lamore, 13, study at Stamford School. –Caleb Kenna for Education Week

Gavin Lefervre, 9 and Rosalie Bleau, 9 read in a second and third grade class at Stamford School in Stamford, Vermont. (Caleb Kenna for Education Week)

Students Gavin Lefervre, 9 and Rosalie Bleau, 9 read in a 2d-and 3rd-grade class at Stamford School. –Caleb Kenna for Education Week

Mortar Board Hopes, Dreams and Humor — Photo Gallery

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Flint Southwestern Classical Academy senior Nyrelle Boles-Lee, 18, wears a cap which reads "educated black queen," as she prepares to receive her high school diploma during the Flint Community Schools commencement ceremony June 5, in Flint, Mich. 
--Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP

As the 2017-18 school year comes to a close, high school graduates around the country expressed a variety of views and feelings through their mortar board art. Photo editors at Education Week took to the Associated Press and Instagram to showcase some of these creative caps.

Flint Southwestern Classical Academy senior Nyrelle Boles-Lee, 18, wears a cap which reads "educated black queen," as she prepares to receive her high school diploma during the Flint Community Schools commencement ceremony June 5, in Flint, Mich. --Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP

Flint Southwestern Classical Academy senior Nyrelle Boles-Lee, 18, wears a cap which reads “educated black queen,” as she prepares to receive her high school diploma during the Flint Community Schools commencement ceremony in Flint, Mich. –Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP

To view the full posts on Instagram, click the images below.

Dan Kirk via Instagram

Decorating a cap with pieces from the game of Life, a graduate used a blue automobile playing piece to depict the path to college. –Dan Kirk via Instagram

@coopieboi via Instagram

Everyone is happy come graduation time, especially man’s best friend! –@coopieboi via Instagram

@obey_canon via Instagram

One student drew a parallel between high school academics and makeup. Both were winged! –@obey_canon via Instagram

Cheryl Winsor via Instagram

Thanos, a villain from the Marvel universe, is obsessed and driven by his ability to gather obscure scientific knowledge. It seems one graduate found herself on the same path. –Cheryl Winsor via Instagram

Zoey Hunsinger via Instagram

With seemingly big plans in store, Zoey Hunsinger decorated her cap with the phrase, “one day we will be remembered.” –Zoey Hunsinger via Instagram

@jennkehlers via Instagram

One graduate kept her mortar board simple by donning the colors and logo of her future university. –@jennkehlers via Instagram

Glennia Campbell via Instagram

One student utilized a few spare cards from the popular party game Cards Against Humanity to express how sports shaped her time during high school.  –Glennia Campbell via Instagram

Santa Fe 10-year Class Reunion Becomes Victims’ Fundraiser – Photo Gallery

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Santa Fe High alumni reunion guests walk by the words "SF Strong" on their way to the fundraiser event at Galveston County Fairgrounds, Sunday, July 15, in Santa Fe. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Santa Fe High alumni reunion guests walk by the words "SF Strong" on their way to the fundraiser event at Galveston County Fairgrounds, Sunday, July 15, in Santa Fe. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Guests at a reunion of Santa Fe High School alumni walk by the words “SF Strong” on their way to the fundraiser event at Galveston County Fairgrounds last week in Santa Fe, Texas. –Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP

Months ago, Rachel Lyons assumed her 10-year high school reunion would be a low-key affair. Perhaps she and other members of Santa Fe High School’s class of 2008 would go to Top Golf in Webster, she thought, or rent out a restaurant near the small Galveston County community. The Houston Chronicle reports that all of that changed on May 18, when she and other alumni learned a gunman had killed 10 people and wounded 13 at their alma mater. A 17-year-old student was arrested and charged with capital murder.

“We didn’t want to have fun while the town was in so much pain,” Lyons said. “We figured, why don’t we try to do something to bring something positive back to town? Let’s bring on the school pride.”

Lyons and dozens of other Santa Fe alumni from as far back as the class of 1988 spent the past couple of months planning The Alumni Santa Fe Strong Benefit Concert, which on July 15 brought hundreds to the nearby Galveston County Fairgrounds.

Serena Bear wears a Santa Fe Strong shirt while observing the items available for auction at the Santa Fe High School's class of 2008 fundraising event benefiting Santa Fe shooting victims, Sunday, July 15. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Serena Bear wears a Santa Fe Strong shirt while observing the items available for auction at the Santa Fe High School’s class of 2008 fundraising event benefiting Santa Fe shooting victims. –Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP

The fundraiser felt more like a community barbecue than a solemn remembrance, something Lyons strove for as she helped organize the event. She went so far as to cash in all of her vacation and sick days so she could make the three-hour round trip to Galveston County multiple times each week to help get everything together.

Children shrieked as they bounced down inflatable slides and slurped snow cones in the steamy summer heat. Adults perused donated items up for auction and raffles, which included horse bridles, fire pits, a wagon filled with bottles of whiskey and an all-inclusive trip for two to Africa. Some stood underneath a large, metal awning and held cold cans of Miller Lite to their faces and necks as pockets of thunderstorms rolled across the fairgrounds.

Nearby, Wesley Willoughby and several other members of the Galveston County Mounted Posse civic group watched the party perched atop horses. Willoughby graduated from Santa Fe High in 2010 and knew four people who were injured in the shooting.

Kristi Helton of the Galveston County Mounted Posse accompanied by Wesley Willoughby, left, is all smiles during the Santa Fe High School's class of 2008 reunion fundraising event benefiting Santa Fe shooting victims, Sunday, July 15. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Kristi Helton of the Galveston County Mounted Posse accompanied by Wesley Willoughby, left, share a smile during the Santa Fe High School’s class of 2008 reunion fundraising event. –Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP

Willoughby and his class are still a couple years shy of celebrating their 10-year anniversary, but Willoughby said he was inspired by the example set by the class of 2008.

“This is pretty dang awesome,” he said. “But this is just what we do — this is what Santa Fe does. We’re all ready to get out and help.”

—Shelby Webb/Houston Chronicle via AP

Steven Littleton Jr. extends a flag that honors the victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting at an event to raise funds benefiting the victims, Sunday, July 15, in Santa Fe. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Steven Littleton Jr. extends a flag that honors the victims of the Santa Fe High School shooting. –Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP

Diona Evers, right, help her friend Sara Reul wear a Santa Fe headband at the Santa Fe High School's class of 2008 reunion fundraising event benefiting the victims of the Santa Fe shooting, Sunday, July 15. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Diona Evers, right, helps her friend Sara Reul, wear a Santa Fe headband at the Santa Fe High School’s class of 2008 reunion fundraising event. –Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP

Children play on a scaffold during a Santa Fe High School's class of 2008 and other alumni fundraising event benefiting Santa Fe shooting victims, in Santa Fe, Texas. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Children play on a scaffold during the fundraiser at the Galveston County Fairgrounds. –Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP

Tackling Football and the Flute — Photo Gallery

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In this Sept. 11, 2018 photo, dressed in her shoulder pads and jersey, eighth-grader and varsity football player, Julliana Michael, 13, holds her flute as she looks toward the football field before playing the national anthem with the Seven Springs marching band at Seven Springs Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla. Michael plays the National Anthem and the school's fight song before starting the game as kicker. She also plays linebacker and wide receiver. (Bronte Wittpenn/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
In this Sept. 11, 2018 photo, dressed in her shoulder pads and jersey, eighth-grader and varsity football player, Julliana Michael, 13, holds her flute as she looks toward the football field before playing the national anthem with the Seven Springs marching band at Seven Springs Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla. Michael plays the National Anthem and the school's fight song before starting the game as kicker. She also plays linebacker and wide receiver. (Bronte Wittpenn/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Dressed in her shoulder pads and jersey, 8th grader Julie Michael, 13, holds her flute before playing the national anthem with the marching band at Seven Springs Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla. Julie is a kicker on the football team, and also plays linebacker and wide receiver. 

 

 

Photos by Bronte Wittpenn /Tampa Bay Times via AP

Story by Jeffrey S. Solochek/Tampa Bay Times via TNS

TRINITY, Fla. — Julie Michael stood in the metal bleachers, flute poised at her lips, ready to play the national anthem with the Seven Springs Middle School advanced band.

As the band segued into the school fight song, the 8th grader continued performing. But she kept glancing toward the sidelines, where the 80-man football team gathered to stampede the field for its first game of the 2018 season.

Make that the 79-man, one-woman team.

As the final notes faded, the heavily padded Michael bolted from the stands, thrust her instrument into her mother’s hands and dashed to the end zone for the introductions. She needed to get there in time for the opening kickoff—that’s what kickers do, after all—and coach Van Daele had made clear that players could remain in the band only if they’re responsible enough to handle it.

Helmet on, it was hard to single out Michael as the only girl on the Seven Springs football roster, and the third one in the school’s history.

In this Sept. 11, 2018 photo, varsity football player Julliana Michael, 13, looks toward the filed before a game against the Hudson Middle School Cougars at Seven Springs Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla. Michael began playing football when she was in seventh grade. "This shows anyone can do anything they want," Michael said. (Bronte Wittpenn /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

“This shows anyone can do anything they want,” Michael says of her dual role as football player and school band member.

“It doesn’t really make a difference between boys and girls,” teammate Luke Cartiglia said during practice a day earlier. “We’re all here to do the same thing, to get the job done.”

And as star quarterback Chris Ferrini put it: “She’s good.”

Julie Michael loves football (not to mention soccer, weight lifting, track, basketball … you get the picture).

So when she learned that girls were allowed to play on the school team, she reasoned, why not go for it?

“This shows anyone can do anything they want,” explained the 5-foot-1, 120-pound kicker who also plays wide receiver and linebacker. “I think more girls should play it, just to break all the stereotypes.”

Though far from the norm, stories about girls playing football have grown more common in recent years. Just days ago, a Mississippi high school senior won homecoming queen honors and then entered the homecoming game to kick the winning extra point in overtime.

Nike’s new Dream Crazy campaign features high schooler Alicia Woollcott of Michigan, with the lines, “Don’t settle for homecoming queen. Or linebacker. Do both.”

In U.S. culture, football is a big deal, arguably replacing baseball as the national pastime. Children hear their parents cheering, debating, lamenting over teams.

Why wouldn’t girls want to be a part of it?

“They don’t just want to cheer, not all of them,” said Deidre Silva, spokeswoman for the Women’s Football Alliance, which has a team in Tampa. “It makes sense that they want to play.”

More than that, Silva added, football is a huge industry with jobs in training, announcing and other facets.

“You earn your street cred from playing,” she said.

Michael can attest to that.

She joined the middle school team as a  7th grader and found it a bit awkward at first.

Many of the boys had played together in the community, so when a girl showed up, she said, “they gave me a little bit of a hard time. They wanted to see what I was capable of.”

She didn’t back down from guys a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier. She took her hits and dished them out.

“They were like, oh, okay.” Michael said. “Now I have a lot of friends on the team.”

Still, it’s not always easy. She’s sometimes isolated in a separate locker room, missing out on the coach’s instructions and teammate camaraderie.

She can’t let that be a deterrent, Michael said. She has to take the initiative to find out what she needs to know.

Coach Daele said that her maturity shines through in her work ethic and on-field performance. Her training in other sports gives her better coordination and strength than many of the boys, he said. Michael often leaves football straight for club soccer.

Family friend Toni Maxton is not surprised. Everything Michael does occurs in beast mode, Maxton said, watching the action from the bleachers.

“She’s not your average girl,” Maxton said. “She’s not scared of anything or anyone.”

In this Sept. 11, 2018 photo, Sharon Michael, mother to varsity football player Julliana Michael, shows off her shirt during their first game of the season against the Hudson Middle School Cougars at Seven Springs Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla. After Julliana Michael changes into her football gear, she practices with the band for nearly 20 minutes before joining her teammates on the field for stretching and warm-ups before the game. (Bronte Wittpenn /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Sharon Michael, mother to football player and band member Julie Michael, shows off her shirt during the school’s first game of the season.

Sharon Michael, Julie’s mom, wouldn’t admit to any nerves with her daughter on the field.

“I don’t want my fears cast on her,” she said, particularly after she has repeated to all three of her girls that they “can be whatever you want to be.”

Michael is passionate about football, her mom said, and does well balancing her many responsibilities — including advanced classes, band and other team sports.

“I’m very proud,” she said. “She’s got a lot of gumption.”

And she’s made an impression.

Principal Cortney Gantt called Michael an “amazing student in every possible aspect.” Teacher Lisa Papuga praised her work ethic, also noting that “she’s nice to every child.”

Classmate Thomas Toner said he had no doubts about Michael on the field.

“I know Julie,” he said. “She can totally handle it.”

In that first game of the season, a 36-0 victory over Hudson Middle School, Michael certainly did that. While not the game’s most-valuable player, she wasn’t a bit player, either.

In this Sept. 11, 2018 photo, Varsity football player Julliana Michael, 13, runs to kick the ball during a game agains the Hudson Middle School Cougars at Seven Springs Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla. Before the start of the game, Michael plays the flute in the marching band. (Bronte Wittpenn /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Julie Michael kicks during a game against the Hudson Middle School Cougars.

A Hudson receiver fumbled her line-drive kickoff, which Seven Springs recovered for a scoring drive. As wide receiver, she made the key block to allow Nicholas Wolfgang through to the end zone, putting the team up 18-0.

“Did you see that?” she said, grinning widely. “I made the block that cleared the path.”

Eight-year-old Sara Brandenburg, watching the game with her dad and brother, was impressed.

“Girls can play any sport, if they practice hard. They fit on the team,” said Sara, who knew there was a girl playing because she saw Michael’s ponytail. “Boys can be just as good as girls.”

Michael agrees. Even so, she’s not sure she’ll play football after this year.

In this Sept. 11, 2018 photo, Tampa Bay Times Varsity football player Julliana Michael, 13, walks from the girls' locker room to the band room to practice flute with the marching band before her football game against the Hudson Middle School Cougars at Seven Springs Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla. After Michael changes into her football gear, she practices with the band for nearly 20 minutes before joining her teammates on the field for stretching and warm-ups before the game. (Bronte Wittpenn /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Julie Michael walks from the girls’ locker room to the band room to practice flute with the marching band before a recent football game in New Port Richey, Fla. After Michael changes into her football gear, she practices with the band for nearly 20 minutes before joining her teammates on the field for stretching and warm-ups before the game.

She’d love to, but might not have the time. She wants to join the Mitchell High marching band and ROTC, keep playing club soccer and keep her eyes open for any new adventures. She hopes other girls will follow their dreams, too.

“Just go for what you want to do,” Michael said. “Don’t let anyone stop you.”

A Class of One at Rural Wyoming School — Photo Gallery

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Corinne Gaby prepares to ride her horse, Little Red, Oct. 17, 2018 on the Notch Peak Ranch in rural Albany County, Wyo. Corinne often rides her horse to school. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Boomerang via AP)
Corinne Gaby prepares to ride her horse, Little Red, Oct. 17, 2018 on the Notch Peak Ranch in rural Albany County, Wyo. Corinne often rides her horse to school. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Boomerang via AP)

Corinne Gaby prepares to ride her horse, Little Red, on the Notch Peak Ranch in rural Albany County, Wyo. Corinne often rides her horse to school.

Photos by Shannon Broderick/Laramie Boomerang via AP

Story by Daniel Bendtsen/Laramie Boomerang via AP

ALBANY COUNTY, Wyo. — Thoman Ranch Elementary in Sweetwater County has two students. There are a few other public schools in Wyoming with three students.

Notch Peak Elementary in Albany County, however, stands alone.

Ten-year-old Corinne Gaby is its only student and Ms. Lisa Geary the only teacher.

It begins with a simple idea: Every child in the U.S. has the right to a public education — no matter where that child lives.

Notch Peak Elementary was created for Corinne when she entered kindergarten. It will almost surely dissolve when she leaves sixth grade.

Corinne has no siblings and lives with her parents on a ranch nestled among the granite peaks of the Laramie Range.

Wheatland is the closest town. From Corinne’s house, it’s 27 miles on a dirt road. In good weather, it’s an hour drive. After a good snow, the road’s traversable only after replacing a pick-up’s tires with rubber snow tracks.

The closest school in Albany County is Rock River — about an hour-and-a-half drive on Fetterman Road, which isn’t maintained in the winter.

Getting Corinne to a traditional school simply isn’t feasible.

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Corinne Gaby hugs her father, Jack, before he leaves to work.

Corinne Gaby hugs her father, Jack, before he leaves to work on the ranch.

Corinne’s parents, Jack and Rachel Gaby, moved to Notch Peak Ranch in 2002 after having managed another ranch in western Colorado.

Owned by a Colorado-based real estate developer, Notch Peak is 34,000 acres and lies south of Britania Mountain.

Here, the Gabys, along with two ranch hands, run 600 head of cattle.

When Corinne was born, her parents didn’t know what the possibilities were for schooling.

“It was the main reason I was hesitant about having kids,” Rachel said. “Because I’ve always been in these backcountry places. . I couldn’t teach. I don’t have the patience.”

When Corinne was nearing kindergarten, Rachel and Jack met with Albany County School District No. 1 administrators.

They were surprised by how willing the district was to establish a school on the ranch.

“It was a really smooth process,” Rachel said. “They were so helpful. It’s just been awesome. I can’t tell them how thankful we are.”

“We are so blessed for this opportunity for Corinne,” Jack said. “I don’t know another kid who gets to ride their horse to school and bring their dog to school. It’s such a brag on this great state that they want to keep these rural schools.”

The second floor of a horse barn was converted into a classroom. Large windows keep the cozy room well lit. There’s couches, a wood stove and a smartboard.

With each new teacher, the district has invited the Gabys to be part of the hiring process.

“It’s not for the faint of heart for a teacher to be out here,” Lisa said. “It gets pretty quiet in the winter.”

“Ooooh yeah,” Corinne echoed.

Corinne’s first teacher lasted one year. A second teacher was hired when Corinne was entering first grade. She left after two years. Both teachers lived in the horse barn. By the time Lisa arrived, the district had bought a trailer for her to live in.

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Corinne Gaby, right, works with her teacher, Linda Geary, during class Oct. 17, 2018 at Notch Peak Elementary in rural Albany County, Wyo. The school is housed in a horse barn two miles from Gaby's home--Geary lives nearby in a trailer on the ranch's property. --Shannon Broderick/Laramie Boomerang via AP

Corinne works with her teacher, Linda Geary, during class at Notch Peak Elementary. The school is housed in a horse barn two miles from Gaby’s home–Geary lives nearby in a trailer on the ranch’s property.

In 2016, Lisa was teaching at an elementary school in Peyton, Colorado, but better wages in Wyoming made her want to cross state lines.

The Oregon native had been teaching in Peyton for four years. The smallest number of students she had in a classroom was 16.

Peyton’s principal had been friends with Corinne’s previous teacher. When she left, the principal tipped off Lisa.

Lisa jumped at the opportunity. She’s an avid mountain biker and hiker and knew she’d be well suited for the isolation.

She was the first to apply.

“A lot of people that applied didn’t know the remoteness of the position,” she said.

When she got the job, Lisa was apprehensive.

“It was a lot of life changes for me,” she said. “I was scared.”

That first year on the ranch was hard.

“Harder than I expected,” she said.

The winter took a toll.

With the ranch lying on the north side of mountains, it gets dark unusually early in the winter.

The pipes to Lisa’s trailer froze. At one point, she was snowed in for three weeks.

“I learned to buy a lot of groceries,” Lisa said.

When Lisa interviewed for the job in June 2016, she joined two applicants at the ranch.

After talking with Jack and Rachel, she met Corinne for a one-on-one session.

The precocious 7-year-old sat on a chair, crossed her legs and put her hands on her knees.

“So — how long have you been teaching?” Corinne asked.

Not an ounce of shyness. The Gabys were lucky with Corinne.

“She’s very outgoing,” Rachel said.

When Corinne was starting school, her social life was Rachel’s main concern.

While Corinne doesn’t spend most of her days with other kids, when she does, she blends right in.

Corinne has two close friends in Wheatland. Each Wednesday, she also attends church school and takes violin lessons in town.

Lisa said Corinne “does great in any social situation.”

“She feels like she’s part of the team,” she said.

For her, the isolation isn’t a hindrance on having friends.

“In some situations, with some kids, it would be,” Rachel said.

Corinne Gaby and Lisa Geary, as well as Geary's dog, Soleil, hike down a hill Oct. 17, 2018 on Notch Peak Ranch in rural Albany County, Wyo. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Boomerang via AP)

Corinne and Lisa, with Lisa’s dog, Soleil, hike down a hill.

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Each morning, Corinne’s usually driven by her mom the 2 miles to the horse barn.

When it’s too snowy in the winter, she’ll arrive on horseback. Now that Corinne’s older, she’ll sometimes ride alone on her horse, Little Red, with her dog Pancho running by her side.

Class starts at 8 a.m.

They do reading lessons until 10 a.m. Lisa tries to get math done by noon before Corinne’s attention wanes.

After lunch, they move onto English, science and social studies.

The one-on-one situation also allows them to incorporate other skills like sewing, knitting and cooking.

Finally it’s time for P.E. Their options are much wider than at a typical grade school.

When it’s warm, Lisa and Corinne bike or run outside.

There’s also a treadmill on the first floor of the horse barn, and both are now training for a 5k they plan to run in December. When they can’t get outside, yoga’s also an option.

A one-student classroom has obvious advantages to learning.

“The coolest part about this is we can dig deep into so many things,” Lisa said. “If something sparks an interest in her, we can go deeper. There’s no time constraints.”

But in some ways, Lisa said she has to work harder. Corinne doesn’t benefit from the same type of competitive learning environment other students have.

“I have to be more animated,” Lisa said. “If I get up and teach on a normal level, she gets bored.”

She also can’t expect to stick to a certain lesson plan.

“If she gets a concept super quick, I have to be ready to move to the next thing,” she said.

Sometimes, Corinne doesn’t understand a concept in the way Lisa’s accustomed to teaching it.

Lisa will try out other ways of teaching. She expands her skill-set. If Lisa eventually ends up back in a conventional classroom setting, she expects her experience with Corinne will help her cater to the diversity of learning styles children have.

“It’s helped me be a stronger educator because I learn all those different perspectives,” she said.

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Two weeks ago, Lisa tried to challenge Corinne as they were working through long division. Lisa added more digits to the problems. She tried giving tips to Corinne, who would cut her off.

“Remember, you need to_”

“I know, Ms. Geary.”

“How am I supposed to show off my teaching skills if you know everything?”

“Ms. Geary, I like it the hard way.”

This is not the same student Lisa started with in 2016.

Lisa thought having just one student would be easy.

But Corinne, then a third-grader, wasn’t an easy student.

“She was happy as a lark when we got outside,” Lisa said.

But in the classroom, Corinne was hard-headed. Sometimes mopey.

“I was a little head-strong from my last teacher, but she straightened me out,” Corinne said.

When Lisa started with Corinne, she set high expectations.

“If you set the bar very high, she’ll reach it,” Lisa said. “It took her a while to understand that. We struggled a little bit with respect.”

“It’s very hard reteaching me,” Corinne said.

Fourth grade was a little easier, but still, there were challenges.

“It could be she didn’t understand the value of education,” Lisa said.

During the past two years, both Lisa and Rachel have pushed Corinne to appreciate the uniqueness of her situation.

As she gets older, she’s understanding that more.

At the start of fifth grade, Lisa said it was “like a switch flipped.”

Corinne became earnest.

“I keep telling myself to be thankful that I can have this and that she cares a lot,” Corinne said.

On her first WY-TOPP test, Corinne scored “advanced” in all three subjects.

Lisa said Corinne’s become “just an unbelievable little reader.”

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Survivor, a rooster, stands on Corinne Gaby's head Oct. 17 , 2018 at Notch Peak Ranch in rural Albany County, Wyo. Survivor was the only chick that lived through a raccoon attack earlier the summer. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Boomerang via AP)

Survivor, a rooster, stands on Corinne head. Survivor was the only chick that lived through a raccoon attack in the summer.

The Gabys have had chickens for two years. Four chicks were born Aug. 1.

Lisa got used to waking up to the sound of a rooster every morning.

Then on one morning after Labor Day, there was no crow.

Corinne later came running inside, screaming through tears, with one baby chick in her hands.

A raccoon had broken in and eaten the entire family.

The only living chick was given a name: Survivor.

“He’s the sweetest little rooster,” Corinne said.

“We’ve experienced loss, and Corinne needs to learn loss in life too,” Lisa said. “The chickens seem to be what everybody wants to snack on.”

Notch Peak is rife with wildlife. The Gabys’ animals, and those that roam the mountains, greatly shape the world Corinne lives with.

Rattlesnakes are a constant worry in the summer, and Corinne doesn’t do as much hiking then.

Black bears and mountain lions make an occasional appearance on the property.

Bighorn sheep are often seen and there’s a herd of 50-100 elk that roams the ranch.

Corinne’s dog, Pancho, is her faithful co-explorer of the ranch.

The ranch also has cats, burros, mules, four bottle-fed calves and Corinne’s bearded dragon named Puff.

Lisa’s dog, Soleil, comes to class every day.

“He’s a big part of our world,” Lisa said.

Animals play a big part of Corinne’s education.

When the ranch got a family of peacocks in August, it became an opportunity for both Lisa and Corinne to learn about the life cycle of a new species. They did some research to determine whether the peacocks are male or female.

They think all are female, but they won’t be certain until the birds reach 10 months old.

The animals are also an opportunity for Corinne to become the teacher.

During breaks, she might quiz Lisa on the names of the horses or the breeds of chickens on the ranch.

Their mutual fondness of animals and their environment shapes their studies.

So, of course, when they’re talking about Lewis and Clark, Corinne remembers that Meriwether Lewis’s dog was a Newfoundland named Seaman.

Four horses follow Corinne Gaby as she walks through a field near her home at Notch Peak Ranch.

Four horses follow Corinne as she walks through a field near her home at Notch Peak Ranch.

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On an October morning, Corinne and Lisa are reviewing American history.

They’re talking about the end of the Nez Perce War, and disagreements Chief Joseph had with his daughter about ending the fighting.

Corinne interrupts.

“Have you ever argued before?” she asks.

“With Ashley?” Lisa clarifies. That’s her daughter.

“Yeah.”

“Probably — like about tattoos,” Lisa said. “Just like with Chief Joseph, there’s always generational differences where parents and their children don’t agree.”

The relationship between Lisa and Corinne goes beyond teacher and student. Their personal life is bound to bleed into the classroom.

This bond is also a friendship. It’s mother-and-daughter.

Corinne accidentally calls Lisa “mom.”

Lisa accidentally calls her “Ashley.”

The bond is also sisterly.

They’re each other’s confidantes and they tease each other constantly. They debate who’s the bigger “wuss” when it comes to snakes.

Corinne teases Lisa for her inexperience with guns and her gravitation toward name-brand clothing.

“I don’t know how Ms. Geary doesn’t like country music, but she doesn’t,” Corinne jokes.

“She doesn’t get a lot of opportunities to be hard on me, so when she does, she’s so good at it,” Lisa said.

It helps that Lisa and the Gabys have such a strong relationship. Jack and Rachel trust her.

“I’m part of the family now,” Lisa said. “I’ve caught myself disciplining her when (Jack and Rachel) are around, and that’s OK.”

“That’s where the trust comes in,” Rachel said.” It takes a village.”

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As Lisa and Corinne are reviewing the Trial of Tears one day, Corinne mentions an American Indian worldview.

“If you take care of the land, it takes care of you,” she said.

She can relate to that idea.

By Labor Day, the Britania Fire had come within two miles of the horse barn, reaching the edge of the Notch Peak.

The Gabys lost a few cows but went almost entirely unscathed.

“We’re lucky that it didn’t jump over,” Rachel said.

They were never mandatorily evacuated. Jack and Rachel stayed the entire time.

Lisa and Corinne both left over the Labor Day weekend after the power was shut off.

Now, when Corinne hikes to some of the tallest peaks at on the ranch and looks north, she can see the devastation that nearly threatened her home.

That experience has helped inspire her to want to eventually be a firefighter (she’s still also considering horse wrangling).

Corinne’s aspirations are greatly shaped by the world she occupies.

As Corinne’s getting older, both Rachel and Lisa are both focused on getting more experiences off the ranch for the 10-year-old.

They take a lot of field trips, often to Denver, where Lisa’s daughter lives.

They’ve gone rock-climbing, visited the Denver courthouse, the Butterfly Pavilion, the zoo and the aquarium.

“It’s important for her to see the world,” Lisa said.

Corinne Gaby practices her violin. Corinne takes violin lessons in Wheatland, the nearest town.

Corinne practices her violin. She takes violin lessons in Wheatland, the nearest town.

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In 2020, Corinne will finish sixth grade. At that point, Notch Peak Elementary is likely to cease.

The Gabys don’t know what will happen at that point. They don’t want Lisa to leave.

“We don’t even want to talk about,” Jack said. “But we’re not moving to town.”

Despite having a master’s degree, Lisa would need to get four more teaching certificates to be qualified to teach Corinne after 6th grade. Having Corinne take classes online is more likely.

Having the same teacher for multiple grades has shown significant benefits, but Lisa also thinks it might be a good thing she won’t be able to teach Corinne into high school.

“She needs a new perspective,” she said.

These four years Corinne and Lisa have together might have be very different if they hadn’t bonded as they have.

“We’re lucky that we love each other,” Lisa said. “Our relationship is huge. We could have not connected. She had to really like me.”

Lisa has become Corinne’s favorite part of school.

“She’s my everything teacher,” Corinne said.

When Lisa finally does leave Notch Peak, no one expects a permanent goodbye.

“I will always be connected to Corinne,” Lisa said. “Even after I leave after 6th grade, she will always be a part of my life.”

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Education Week’s Photos of the Year for 2018 — Photo Gallery

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Parkland. Santa Fe. Teacher walkouts and teacher strikes. 2018 was a year of unspeakable tragedy and passionate political action in the pre-K-12 education world. But it was also a time of learning, healing and student activism that attempted to address and learn from, those events. Throughout it all, Education Week’s staff and freelance photojournalists, as well as talented photographers from wire services and contributing newspapers, visually documented what proved to be an incredibly memorable year. These are some of those moments, as selected by Education Week’s photo editors.

Students walk through a dark hallway during a class change at Jaime Coira School in Ciales, Puerto Rico. The school has no power and only one generator. --Swikar Patel/Education Week

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Crumbling Classrooms and Power Outages: Inside Puerto Rico’s Storm-Damaged Schools
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Adrieliz Ramirez Ares, an 8th grader at Gullermina Rosado De Ayala elementary and middle school in Loiza, Puerto Rico, holds her brother, Adrien Bayron, 2, at their home. The Puerto Rican government’s efforts to rebuild and remake its educational system will take years. But so will a complex and in some ways more fraught battle for the U.S. territory’s children and educators: helping them cope with trauma and meeting their emotional needs. —Swikar Patel/Education Week

Puerto Rico Schools Seek Emotional Healing for Students, Teachers
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Giving Families an ‘Equal Shot’ at Finding the Right School
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Kindergartner Ava Josephine Mikel and teacher Priscilla Joseph dance to Haitian music during a game of “freeze dance” at Toussaint L’Ouverture Academy, a Haitian Creole dual-language program at Mattahunt Elementary School in Boston. More dual-language programs are cropping up in districts around the country. —Gretchen Ertl for Education Week

Dual-Language Learning: 6 Key Insights for Schools
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In Some Cities, Closing Achievement Gaps Is Not for Schools to Fix Alone
Lead teacher Melanie McLaughlin gets a hug from her student, Daleyza Gaona 4, as Caidyn Smith, 4, works with slime in their classroom at EDC Reed, a Head Start program in Tulsa, Okla., Tuesday, June 12, 2018. —Brandi Simons for Education Week

Lead teacher Melanie McLaughlin gets a hug from her student, Daleyza Gaona, 4, as Caidyn Smith, 4, works with “slime” in their classroom at Early Childhood Development Center Reed, a Head Start program in Tulsa, Okla. The center used statistical modeling to reduce the number of “no show” students from 38 in 2016 to 11 in 2017.  —Brandi Simons for Education Week

How Data Helped Head Start Centers Tackle a ‘No Show’ Problem
Third-grade students (L-R) Peyton Conley, 8, Landen Hayes, 8, Jeremiah Wyatt, 8, and Sophie McGowan, 8, participate in a social studies lesson focused on the history and symbolism of the American flag at Freedom Elementary School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. —Nathan W. Armes for Education Week

Third-grade students, from left to right, Peyton C., Landen H., Jeremiah W., and Sophie M., participate in a social studies lesson focused on the history and symbolism of the American flag at Freedom Elementary School in Colorado Springs, Colo. The school district is focused on teaching students to do history rather than passively receive it. –Nathan W. Armes for Education Week

How History Class Divides Us
Hannah Cantrell, a senior in the Media Production class, operates one of the cameras during a live television broadcast in the BCTV Studio at Burnsville High School in Burnsville, Minn. —Ackerman + Gruber for Education Week

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Teacher Michelle Andrews says she was assaulted by a student in 2015. She ended up pressing charges, was fired, and then settled with the school board for nearly $200,000. —Daryl Peveto for Education Week

When Students Assault Teachers, Effects Can Be Lasting
Algebra Nation tutor Darnell Boursiquot high fives Pollo Park Middle School students as he makes his way through a hallway on May 24 at the Wellington, Fla., school. --Josh Ritchie for Education Week

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How an Online Tutor Became a ‘Math Celebrity’
Lakeshore High School football players take the field for a football game Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, against St. Joseph at Lakeshore High School in Stevensville, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)

Lakeshore High School football players take the field for a football game in September at Lakeshore High School in Stevensville, Mich. –Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP

 

Kathy Durham, a West Wendover High School civics teacher, talks with students about crafting legislation around gun control during an American Government class for seniors on March 9 in West Wendover, NV. Kim Raff for Education Week

Kathy Durham, a West Wendover High School civics teacher, talks with students about crafting legislation around gun control during a U.S. Government class for seniors in West Wendover, Nev. —Kim Raff for Education Week

Post-Parkland, the Second Amendment Gets a Closer Look in Class
Students are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, after a shooter opened fire on the campus. —Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP

Students are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooter opened fire on the campus, killing 17 people. —Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP

The Parkland School Shooting: Complete Coverage
Parents wait for news after a reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Joel Auerbach)

Parents wait for news after a reports of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The shooting occurred on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14. –Joel Auerbach/AP

The Parkland School Shooting: Complete Coverage
An early morning fog rises where 17 memorial crosses were placed, for the 17 deceased students and faculty from the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. As families began burying their dead, authorities questioned whether they could have prevented the attack at the high school where a gunman, Nikolas Cruz, took several lives. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

An early morning fog rises where 17 memorial crosses were placed in memory of the deceased students and faculty from the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. –Gerald Herbert/AP

The Parkland School Shooting: Complete Coverage
Protesters rally against gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., on Feb 21. —Mark Wallheiser/AP

Protesters rally against gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on Feb. 21, the one week anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. —Mark Wallheiser/AP

The Parkland School Shooting: Complete Coverage
High school senior D'Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood during a walkout to protest gun violence, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. About 200 students joined Wednesday's march as a sign of solidarity with students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the scene of a recent school shooting in Florida in which 17 students and educators died. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Carrying crosses emblazoned with photos and names of the city’s victims of gun violence, high school senior D’Angelo McDade, front right, leads a march in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood during a nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence, on March 14, the one-month anniversary of the Parkland shooting. —Martha Irvine/AP

Student Walkout Taps Well of Anger, Mourning Over Gun Violence
With the U.S. Capitol behind the stage, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez, is seen on a video screen, as she stands silently at the podium at the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018, on Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

With the U.S. Capitol behind the stage, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez is seen on a video screen as she stands silently at the podium at the “March for Our Lives” rally in Washington. The silence marked the amount of time that ticked by during the massacre. –Cliff Owen/AP

‘March for Our Lives’ Draws Massive Crowds Pushing for Tighter Gun Restrictions
Santa Fe High School student Dakota Shrader is comforted by her mother, Susan Davidson, following a shooting at the school on May 18, in Santa Fe, Texas. Shrader said her friend was shot in the incident. —Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP

Student Dakota Shrader is comforted by her mother, Susan Davidson, following a shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18 in Santa Fe, Texas. Ten people — 8 students and 2 teachers –were killed. —Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP

Another American School Is Devastated by Gun Violence
A woman wearing a Texas t-shirt holds a lighted candle during a vigil held in the wake of a deadly school shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, in Galveston, Texas. —Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP

A mourner wearing a Texas t-shirt holds a lighted candle during a vigil held in the wake of a deadly school shooting at Santa Fe High School. —Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP

A Deadly School Year: 35 People Killed in School Shootings
Brian Hall, a community safety officer dedicated to the elementary schools in the Prince William County school system, walks through the halls at Ashland Elementary School in Manassas, Va., on Sept. 19, 2018. --T.J. Kirkpatrick for Education Week

Brian Hall, an armed community safety officer dedicated to the elementary schools in the Prince William County school system, monitors hallways at Ashland Elementary School in Manassas, Va. —T.J. Kirkpatrick for Education Week

What Principals Can Do to Keep Schools Safe Amid Shooting Fears
On a windy hill, a stone schoolhouse from the 1800s sits above The Memorial to Fallen Educators at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan., Sunday June 10, 2018. Among the most notable names on the memorial are Challenger shuttle astronaut and teacher Christa McAuliffe and the educators who died in the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Conn. The Memorial to Fallen Educators will be rededicated as a national memorial later this month. (Photo/ Julie Denesha)

A stone schoolhouse from the 1800s sits above the Memorial to Fallen Educators at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan. The monument to school employees who’ve died on the job was rededicated as a national memorial in June. — Julie Denesha for Education Week

For Educators Who Died on the Job, Small Town Offers Big Commemoration
Teachers from across Kentucky gather inside the state Capitol to rally for increased funding for education, Friday, April 13, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky. The unrest comes amid teacher protests in Oklahoma and Arizona over low funding and teacher pay. The demonstrations were inspired by West Virginia teachers, whose nine-day walkout after many years without raises led to a 5 percent pay hike. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Teachers from across Kentucky gather inside the state Capitol in Frankfort to rally for increased funding for education. The demonstrations was inspired by West Virginia teachers, whose nine-day walkout after many years without raises led to a 5 percent pay hike. –Bryan Woolston/AP

Costly Pension Plans Are Fanning the Flames of Teacher Unrest
Sara Doolittle, English teacher at Norman High School, works fulltime as a teacher, is a fulltime grad student and is a part time research Assistant at the University of Oklahoma. After the kids have gone to bed she stays up and works on a research paper in her home office. --Swikar Patel/Education Week

After her children have gone to bed, Sara Doolittle takes advantage of quiet time to work on a research paper in her home office. Doolittle, who works full time as an English teacher at Norman High School in Norman, Okla., is also a graduate student, and a research assistant at the University of Oklahoma. Doolittle says she took a major pay cut when her family moved to the state from Colorado. —Swikar Patel/Education Week

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Teachers crowd the lobby of the Arizona Senate as Arizona legislature debate a budget negotiated by majority Republicans and GOP Gov. Doug Ducey Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the Capitol in Phoenix. The budget gives teachers big raises but falls short of their demands for better school funding. The teachers, in the sixth day of walk outs, have agreed to return to the classroom once the budget has been approved by the legislature.(AP Photo/Matt York)

During the sixth day of school walkouts, teachers crowd the lobby of the Arizona Senate as Arizona lawmakers debate a budget negotiated by majority Republicans and GOP Gov. Doug Ducey in May at the Capitol in Phoenix. The budget gave teachers big raises but fell short of their demands for better school funding. –Matt York/AP

The Teachers Are Winning. What Does It Mean for the Profession?
Democrat Jahana Hayes, candidate in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District and a former National Teacher of the Year, celebrates her win at an election night rally in Waterbury, Conn. —H. John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP

Democrat Jahana Hayes, candidate in Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District and a former National Teacher of the Year, celebrates her win at an election night rally in November in Waterbury, Conn. —H. John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP

In Historic Win, Nationally Recognized Teacher Jahana Hayes Elected to U.S. House
The burned remains of the Paradise Elementary school is seen Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. Blocks and blocks of homes and businesses in the Northern California town have been destroyed by a wildfire. Parts of the town of Paradise were still on fire on Friday. --Rich Pedroncelli/AP

The burned remains of the Paradise Elementary school smolder in Paradise, Calif. Blocks and blocks of homes and businesses in the Northern California town were destroyed by a deadly wildfire. –Rich Pedroncelli/AP

As They Fled Fire, Teachers Feared They Would Die in Cars With Their Students
Overland High School student, Bintou Sonko, 17, Nov. 9, 2018. —Nathan W. Armes for Education Week

“I got more comfortable with people disagreeing. … I started to realize that everyone is compelled by what they think is best for everyone. They’re not good or evil.” Bintou Sonko, a senior at Overland Park High School, near Denver, reflects on the civic discussions in her social studies classes this year. —Nathan W. Armes for Education Week

Students Learn to Put the ‘Civil’ in Civil Discourse

What It Felt Like to Be at the Los Angeles Teacher Strike: A Reporter’s Perspective

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Educators and supporters marches through downtown Los Angeles on a rainy first day of the citywide teacher strike.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 14: Strikers during the teacher march and rally on Jan. 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Morgan Lieberman/Education Week)

Thousands of teachers rallied through downtown Los Angeles to demand higher pay, more support staff, and smaller classes.

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Education Week reporter Catherine Gewertz and photographer Morgan Lieberman set out on a rainy day to cover the Los Angeles teacher strikes.

They started with a visit to Vine Street Elementary school, where classes were in session but attendance was down by more than half.

The old wooden classroom doors were closed and classical music played throughout the hallway. As Gewertz noted, it was certainly not a typical school day. Students were being herded between the auditorium, the library, and an indoor physical education class.

Principal Kurt Lowry hadn’t taught in 15 years, but was at the front of the auditorium leading a lesson on essay writing. A chilly breeze rushed in through the open doors in the auditorium, so students stayed bundled up in their jackets. In the library, Mr. Esperanza, a full time math specialist in the regional office, taught a crowd of students seated without accompanying desks. And yet there was a calmness about the situation.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 14: From left, students Ayden Hernandez, Joshua Castro, Max Lopez, and Adonay Miranda, participate in a classroom exercise at Vine Street Elementary on Jan. 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Morgan Lieberman/Education Week)

From left, students Ayden Hernandez, Joshua Castro, Max Lopez, and Adonay Miranda participated in a classroom exercise held in the library at Vine Street Elementary while their teachers were on strike.

While the children inside Vine Street were cooperative and attentive, the scene outside was one Gewertz characterized as “boisterous.” Teachers were juggling umbrellas and picket signs. The rain fell down on a sea of red-clad strikers, while cars honked their horns in solidarity.

The next day, educators and supporters flooded downtown Los Angeles, and Gewertz followed along. 

Ponchos and red T-shirts were seen outside Hollywood's Vine Street Elementary School on the first day of the strike.

Ponchos and red T-shirts were seen outside Hollywood’s Vine Street Elementary School on the first day of the strike.

Strikers and supporters filled the streets and lined the tall rooftops. The whole place reverberated with a “Let’s do this!” energy, according to Gewertz.

But underneath the positivity and hopefulness that comes from a large group of people rallying together towards a common goal, there was anger. Teachers demanded that their schools be better staffed with nurses and counselors. They demanded smaller classes. Frustrations ran deep.

Strikers demanded more support staff, such as nurses and counselors, smaller class sizes, and a pay raise.

Strikers demanded more support staff, such as nurses and counselors, smaller class sizes, and a pay raise.

The sea of people was so tight that Gewertz said there was a moment she couldn’t reach into her pocket to retrieve her notebook.

The rally bolstered the determination of teachers, who continued striking until Tuesday, Jan. 22, when a deal was struck and most of their demands were met.

 

Clarification: This post has been updated to clarify Esperanza’s employment and the reporter’s description of the protest scenes.  

 

 

 

Teachers Show off their #BlackHistoryBookShelf “Shelfies”

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Westview School

Platteville Wisconsin

Grades 1 to 4

For Black History Month, we called on teachers and librarians to send in pictures of the books and resources they used to celebrate the month. Educators flooded the #BlackHistoryBookshelf hashtag with impressive snaps of their bookshelves and school library displays. Here are some of our favorite “shelfies” shared by readers.

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Thousands of Teachers March on Maryland’s Capital

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Over 8,000 people marched in Annapolis Monday for better schools, increased funding, and more resources.

By Kaitlyn Dolan for Education Week 

On Monday, thousands of educators and advocates, clad in red, gathered in Annapolis, Md., to raise concerns about equity, counseling, teacher pay, school funding, among other issues. This protest is the first large-scale effort by Maryland teachers in a year of nationwide teacher activism.

Marchers walked about three quarters of a mile from the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium to the intersection of Calvert and Bladen streets. Faye Higndan and Carla Okouchi greet a member of the Maple Elementary marching band before the march. Okouchi is a Virginia school teacher who has attended teacher protests and strikes across the country. Marchers could purchase or pick up shirts, buttons, signs, and other festive red merchandise. Teachers chanted, rang bells, and shouted their demands for better schooling and school environments. Susan Casler (left) says she came to the march "for the young teachers and my grand kids." Nicola Ross, a Suitland High School teacher, takes a video of the excitement before the march. Signs outlining teacher's frustration littered the crowd. "Our kids deserve better," was the most fervent rallying cry of the evening, with teachers from all regions of Maryland gathering in solidarity. Over 8,000 people gathered near the Maryland state house to raise Rebekah Pase, a 9th grader from Elanor Roosevelt High School, holds a sign demanding lawmakers invest in the future of education before March for Teachers today in Annapolis, Md.  Pase attended the march with fellow 9th grade students Borromeo Adriana Mae (cq) and Sophie Bose, the latter noted, "[we're here because] it's our everyday life."

Read more from Madeline Will on edweek.org.

Students Across the World Demand Climate Action

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On Friday, March 15, youth across the world gathered to call attention to climate change and demand action from their respective governments.

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Teacher Keeps Up Long Tradition of Hatching Chicks With Kindergartners

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Cynthia Christopher's kindergarten class observes the newly-hatched chicks at Stonehurst Avenue Elementary School in Sun Valley, Calif. on March 20, 2019.

 

Cynthia Christopher's kindergarten class receives chicken eggs to hatch at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif. on February 27, 2019. (Meg Oliphant)

Cynthia Christopher’s kindergarten class receives chicken eggs to hatch at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif.

By Meg Oliphant

When I think of the Los Angeles Unified School District, I don’t generally picture hands-on learning with animals and gardens. So when I found out that a local teacher, Cynthia Christopher, was looking for chicken egg donations to hatch for her kindergarten class, I wanted to know all about this project. Turns out she’s been doing this for her 5- and 6-year-old students for 33 years. In the past, she’s bought eggs online, including a batch of quail eggs, but most years she takes donations from local farms and returns the chicks once they’ve hatched.

Kindergarten teacher Cynthia Christopher places chicken eggs in an incubator to hatch for her class at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif. on February 27, 2019. The eggs must stay at 100¼F for 21 days to hatch. (Meg Oliphant)

Kindergarten teacher Cynthia Christopher places chicken eggs in an incubator to hatch. The eggs must stay at 100 F for 21 days to hatch.

Then I wondered, with the recent teacher strike, whether the costs associated with this project were covered by the school. They are not. The incubator, chicken feed, heat lamp, feeders, tank and base lining are out-of-pocket expenses. And projects like this aren’t the only classroom expenses Ms. Christopher covers, as is the case with so many teachers in public schools. She even buys everyday supplies like the homework booklets that the kids use.

Kindergarteners Myla Scott (age 5) and Aliyah Pin (6) look at photo books about chickens and eggs at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif. on February 27, 2019. (Meg Oliphant)

Kindergartners Myla Scott, 5, and Aliyah Pin, 6, look at photo books about chickens and eggs.

 

Kindergarteners Joseph Melchor (age 6), Olivia Eylands (6), Miguel De La Pena (6), and Sol Meza (5) look into the incubator after the eggs arrive to be hatched at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif. on February 27, 2019. (Meg Oliphant)

Joseph Melchor, 6, Olivia Eylands, 6, Miguel De La Pena, 6, and Sol Meza, 5, look into the incubator after the eggs arrive to be hatched.

Until last year, teachers were able to take a standard $250 deduction on their taxes and then itemize additional expenses. But starting in 2018, $250 is the cap. (Sources: IRSU.S. News). Federal data from the 2014-16 school years shows that 94% of teachers spend their own money on classroom materials, at an average of $479 per year. For teachers at city schools, teachers in low-income schools, and elementary school teachers, that number is even higher. (Related)

Cynthia Christopher's kindergarten class receives chicken eggs to hatch at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif. on February 27, 2019. (Meg Oliphant)

Cynthia Christopher’s kindergarten class receives chicken eggs to hatch.

So why keep doing activities like the chicken egg hatch?

“It’s a miracle,” Christopher says of seeing chicks emerge every spring after keeping them at a near-perfect temperature of 100ºF for 21 days. The students were clearly thrilled to see science in action: they took turns watching in absolute awe of the eggs, even before they hatched. For the three weeks they waited for chicks to emerge, the students read books about the hatching process, drew pictures, and wrote about what was happening in the incubator. When the chicks finally did hatch, the students gathered around thinking of names, watching intently, and even reading books to the chicks.

Students raise their hands to suggest names for the newly-hatched chicks in Cynthia Christopher's kindergarten class at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif. on March 20, 2019. (Meg Oliphant)

Students raise their hands to suggest names for the newly-hatched chicks in Cynthia Christopher’s kindergarten class.

I don’t think many adults remember the general curriculum they got during elementary school, but they probably remember activities like this. In addition to hatching chicks, Stonehurst Magnet School has a community garden with vegetables, native plants, and butterfly-friendly flowers, and an Aquaponics lab with fish and plants for the students to observe. Christopher reflects, “Anytime I can do something that’s real and alive, like butterflies or eggs, that’s more powerful.”

Kindergartener Carlos Espinoza (6) observes the newly-hatched chicks at Stonehurst Magnet School in Sun Valley, Calif. on March 20, 2019. (Meg Oliphant)

Carlos Espinoza , 6, observes the newly-hatched chicks.

What Does Digital Literacy Look Like in North Dakota

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Student names displayed on floppy disks in the Digital Literacy classroom at Wachter Middle School in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Images by Kristina Barker for Education Week

From left, sixth graders Maryann Hernandez, Fynn Gullicks, Kylie Duchsherer, and Sa'Rai Ridley work on an anti-bullying video at Horizon Middle School. Sixth grade students at Wachter Middle School work on charting their digital device activities during a Digital Literacy course. Library Media Specialist Stacy Olson shows kindergarteners at Rita Murphy Elementary School how to draw a circle for an Ozobot activity. The Ozobots are small, handheld robots that move and follow a marker line. Seventh-grade students work with Coding Spheros devices in the STEM Academy class at New Town Middle School. Sixth graders Kimberly Clark, left, Ariah Whitewater, and Gracie Jo Foote work on a typing lesson at New Town Middle School. Senior Yerouel Zamba works with Technology Project Lead Aaron Preabt during class at Legacy High School. Seventh-grade students work with Makey Makey invention kits in the STEM Academy class at New Town Middle School. Senior Brings Rain Demaray works on a computer during a Senior Seminar Class at New Town High School. The course is aimed at having seniors become Choice Ready, a North Dakota state initiative. Student Jeremiah Veach shows the computer he built at Legacy High School. Math and Computer Science instructor Alicia Marsh leads an AP Computer Science class at Legacy High School. A sixth grader follows a lesson about intellectual property rights and laws in relation to online materials at New Town Middle School. Seventh grader Avery Demarce works on a Makey Makey keyboard invention kit activity during STEM Academy at New Town Middle School. Rita Murphy Elementary School kindergartener Jakinley Scholin works on an Ozobot activity. The Ozobots are small, handheld robots that move and follow a marker line.

One Student’s Day at an Elite Public High School

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Junior Rochelle Borden, 17, walks down an empty hallway on her way to the main office at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Chicago’s selective enrollment high schools come closer to reflecting the diversity of the community than elite, admissions-based high schools in other big cities. We followed one student through her day at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, one of Chicago’s most sought-after campuses.

Photos by: Taylor Glascock for Education Week

Junior Rochelle Borden, 17, (right) walks with her boyfriend, Archie Grant, 17, (left) to her art class at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. The pair have been dating for two years. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Junior Rochelle Borden, 17, (right) walks with her boyfriend, Archie Grant, 17, (left) to her art class at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago. The pair have been dating for two years.

 

Junior Rochelle Borden, 17, works at the main office of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. Borden spends her instructional period and her lunch working in the main office, because she wants to work there next year for her senior experience. Some of her duties include collecting visitor passes and answering phones. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Rochelle works in the main office of Whitney Young. Rochelle spends her lunch as well as a work-study period working in the main office, because she wants to work there next year for her senior experience. Some of her duties include collecting visitor passes and answering phones.

 

Junior Rochelle Borden, 17, (center) talks with the poetry slam team after school about what food they want to sell at an upcoming event at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. Borden is the co-captain and will be the captain her senior year. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Rochelle talks with the poetry slam team after school about what food they want to sell at an upcoming event. She is the co-captain and will be the captain her senior year.

 

Junior Rochelle Borden, 17, fills out a lab sheet during physics class at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Rochelle fills out a lab sheet during physics class.

 

Sculpture class at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School as photographed Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Rochelle and her classmates in sculpture class at Whitney Young.

 

Junior Rochelle Borden, 17, (right) laughs at her partner senior Janell Nocentelli, (left) during sculpture class at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. They made a lotus flower out of found objects for an assemblage project. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Rochelle laughs at her partner, senior Janell Nocentelli, during sculpture class. They made a lotus flower out of found objects for an assemblage project.

 

Maria M. Cortez-Tafolla (right) helps junior Rochelle Borden (left), 17, with her resume at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. Borden spends her instructional period and her lunch working in the main office, because she wants to work there next year for her senior experience. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Maria M. Cortez-Tafolla helps Rochelle with her resume.

 

Junior Rochelle Borden (left), 17, says goodbye to counselor April Nicholson (right) at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Tuesday, April 30, 2019 in Chicago, Ill. They used to hug, but Nicholson has allergies and Borden now lives with several cats, so they touch fingers instead. (Taylor Glascock/for Education Week)

Rochelle says goodbye to school counselor April Nicholson. They used to hug, but Nicholson has allergies and Rochelle now lives with several cats, so they touch fingers instead.


A Look at Graduation in America

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Reece Bell, the first to walk for VSSA peers out before walking for commencement Friday, May 31, at 4 Eagle Ranch in Wolcott, Colo. Eleven students graduated in the Class of 2019. (Chris Dillmann)/Vail Daily via AP)

As the 2018-19 school year comes to a close, we’re taking a look at how graduation is celebrated across the U.S.

 

Graduates from Mid Valley High School throw their caps during commencement in Throop, Pa., on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune Via AP)

Graduates from Mid Valley High School throw their caps during commencement in Throop, Pa., on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. –Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune Via AP

Flagler Palm Coast High graduate Brandon Schwartz gives girlfriend Kayla Tennant a kiss following a graduation ceremony at Halifax Health Medical Center on Friday. Just days before he was in a serious car accident, the couple went to prom. The accident made Schwartz miss his graduation, but he's expected to make a full recovery. [News-Journal/David Tucker]

Flagler Palm Coast High graduate Brandon Schwartz gives girlfriend Kayla Tennant a kiss following a graduation ceremony at Halifax Health Medical Center on Friday. Just days before he was in a serious car accident, the couple went to prom. The accident made Schwartz miss his graduation, but he’s expected to make a full recovery. –David Tucker/News-Journal

Quentin Smith wears his cowboy hat with tassel at the graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. Most of the students of Paradise High lost their homes when the Camp Fire swept through the area and the school was forced to hold classes in Chico. The seniors gathered one more time at Paradise High for graduation ceremonies. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Quentin Smith wears his cowboy hat with tassel at the graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. Most of the students of Paradise High lost their homes when the Camp Fire swept through the area and the school was forced to hold classes in Chico. The seniors gathered one more time at Paradise High for graduation ceremonies. –Rich Pedroncelli/AP

An excited graduate dances across the stage to receive his diploma at Prince George High School's graduation ceremony on June 15, 2019. [Leilia Magee/progress-index.com]

An excited graduate dances across the stage to receive his diploma at Prince George High School’s graduation ceremony on June 15, 2019. –Leilia Magee/progress-index.com

In this Wednesday, June 5, 2019, photo, Emilee Taylor, a senior at Paradise High School, decorates her graduation cap, at her home in Chico, Calif. The Northern California town that was mostly destroyed by a wildfire is celebrating high school graduation. About 220 seniors including Taylor at Paradise High School are expected to graduate Thursday night. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

In this Wednesday, June 5, 2019, photo, Emilee Taylor, a senior at Paradise High School, decorates her graduation cap, at her home in Chico, Calif. The Northern California town that was mostly destroyed by a wildfire is celebrating high school graduation. About 220 seniors including Taylor at Paradise High School are expected to graduate Thursday night. –Rich Pedroncelli/AP

Hannah St. Hilaire and Matthew Ray do their best friend handshake before their graduation at Poland Regional High School, Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Poland, Maine. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP)

Hannah St. Hilaire and Matthew Ray do their best friend handshake before their graduation at Poland Regional High School, Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Poland, Maine. –Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP

North Hagerstown High School graduates walk past family and friends into the auditorium during their commencement ceremony Friday, June 7, 2019, in Hagerstown, Md. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)

North Hagerstown High School graduates walk past family and friends into the auditorium during their commencement ceremony Friday, June 7, 2019, in Hagerstown, Md. –Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP

Mountain Island Charter School conducts its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2019 on Friday evening at the school in Mount Holly. [BILL WARD/SPECIAL TO THE GASTON GAZETTE]

Mountain Island Charter School conducts its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2019 on Friday evening at the school in Mount Holly. –Bill Ward/Special to the Gaston Gazette

Silver Springs graduates Miles Townsend and Fiona Kearney smile at each other after delivering a speech to the crowd, school staff, and their fellow classmates during the school's graduation ceremony Thursday evening. Townsend and Kearney both graduated as juniors finishing all of their classes early to accommodate for their young child. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP)

Silver Springs graduates Miles Townsend and Fiona Kearney smile at each other after delivering a speech to the crowd, school staff, and their fellow classmates during the school’s graduation ceremony Thursday evening. Townsend and Kearney both graduated as juniors finishing all of their classes early to accommodate for their young child. –Elias Funez/The Union via AP

In this Friday, May 31, 2019 photo, identical twins Kayla and Maria Bolton, and fraternal twins Connor and Barrett Bagby pose at Grass Lake High School in Grass Lake, Mich. The two sets of twins have graduated at the top of the Grass Lake High School senior class and will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall. (Mary Lewandowski/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP)

In this Friday, May 31, 2019 photo, identical twins Kayla and Maria Bolton, and fraternal twins Connor and Barrett Bagby pose at Grass Lake High School in Grass Lake, Mich. The two sets of twins have graduated at the top of the Grass Lake High School senior class and will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall. –Mary Lewandowski/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP

Sean Newsom hugs his mother, Melissa after graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. After the Camp Fire destroyed the family home in Paradise, Calif. his parents relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and Newsom moved to an apartment with his older brother in Chico to finish his senior year. Newsom and the rest of of the Paradise High School Class of 2019 gathered one more time for graduation (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Sean Newsom hugs his mother, Melissa after graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. After the Camp Fire destroyed the family home in Paradise, Calif. his parents relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and Newsom moved to an apartment with his older brother in Chico to finish his senior year. Newsom and the rest of of the Paradise High School Class of 2019 gathered one more time for graduation. –Rich Pedroncelli/AP

Covered with aerosol string and confetti, graduates laugh and smile at the end of Hoosac Valley High School graduation exercises in the school's gymnasium in Cheshire, Mass., Friday, June 7, 2019. (Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)

Covered with aerosol string and confetti, graduates laugh and smile at the end of Hoosac Valley High School graduation exercises in the school’s gymnasium in Cheshire, Mass., Friday, June 7, 2019. –Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP

Females students wore white gowns and male students red gowns at South High Community School graduation this year. However, the school will switch to a single robe next year. [T&G Staff/Ashley Green]

Females students wore white gowns and male students red gowns at South High Community School graduation this year. However, the school will switch to a single robe next year. –Ashley Green/T&G Staff

In white cap and gown a graduating senior walks to the graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. Most of the students of Paradise High lost their homes when the Camp Fire swept through the area and the school was forced to hold classes in Chico. The seniors gathered one more time at Paradise High for graduation ceremonies. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

In white cap and gown a graduating senior walks to the graduation ceremonies at Paradise High School in Paradise, Calif., Thursday June 6, 2019. Most of the students of Paradise High lost their homes when the Camp Fire swept through the area and the school was forced to hold classes in Chico. The seniors gathered one more time at Paradise High for graduation ceremonies.–Rich Pedroncelli/AP

Students Become ‘Citizen Scientists’ to Conduct Research on Bugs

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Freshman Sophie Carlson, 16, inspects a bug she collected on May 11, 2019, at the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey.

Citizen science is a method of involving students and community members in scientific research and exploration using the same parameters as professional scientists.

During the Huron River Watershed Council’s annual “Insect Identification Day” in Ann Arbor, Mich., students and volunteers identified insects to add to the group’s ecological survey. Such projects are part of a new wave of science learning that happens outside of classrooms and more directly links students to real research.

“A long time ago, it was just regular people who were scientists. We should be giving the community a lot of opportunities to integrate in our field,” says Jason Frenzel, who oversees citizen science projects for the Huron River Watershed Council.

Photos by Sylvia Jarrus

Lakes monitor coordinator, Nikolas Krantz laughs with students on May 11, 2019, during the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey.

Niklas Krantz, a coordinator with the Huron River Watershed Council, laughs with students during the council’s annual “Insect Identification Day” in Ann Arbor, Mich.

 

Lakes monitor coordinator Niklas Krantz studies a bug on May 11, 2019, at the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey.

Niklas Krantz studies a bug under a microscope.

 

A water sample from the Huron Creek sits on a table on May 11, 2019, during the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey.

A water sample from Huron Creek.

 

Ann Arbor resident Brian Carlson, 56, and his daughter Sophie, 16, inspect bugs in their water sample on May 11, 2019, at the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey. They have been participating in the "identification day" event together for the past four years "It allows you to connect," said Brian Carlson.

Ann Arbor, Mich., resident Brian Carlson, 56, and his daughter Sophie, 16, inspect bugs in their water sample. They have been participating in the event together for the past four years. “It allows you to connect,” said Brian Carlson.

 

Dexter High senior Tavan Zadeh,18, smiles at senior Zane Aridi, 18, on May 11, 2019, during the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey.

Tavan Zadeh and Zane Aridi, both seniors at Dexter High School, in Dexter, Mich.,  joke around as they take part in an annual census of insects.

 

A sample of bugs on May 11, 2019, at the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey.

A sample of bugs.

 

Senior Jenna Kauffman,18, and senior Jillian Chesney,18, flip through a bug identification chart on May 11, 2019, during the Huron River Watershed Council's annual “Insect identification day” in Ann Arbor, Mich. Students and volunteers in the community identified various bugs to aid the group's ecological survey.

Jenna Kauffman and Jillian Chesney, seniors at Dexter High School, in Dexter, Mich., flip through a bug identification chart.

 

Teaching Math Through Tiny Houses

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Sophomore Caleb Caraker, 16, attaches plywood sheathing to the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

 

Photos by Whitney Curtis

Sophomore Caleb Caraker, 16, attaches plywood sheathing to the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sophomore Caleb Caraker, 16, attaches plywood sheathing to the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, displays the plans for the tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, displays the plans for the tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sophomore Seairra Ferguson, 16, uses a nail gun to attach plywood sheathing on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sophomore Seairra Ferguson, 16, uses a nail gun to attach plywood sheathing on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sophomore Rodney Arnold, 16, carries a piece of plywood as students continue construction on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sophomore Rodney Arnold, 16, carries a piece of plywood as students continue construction on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Geometry teacher Brian Hancock, left, helps sophomore De'Andre Saunders, 16, cut plywood for a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Geometry teacher Brian Hancock, left, helps sophomore De’Andre Saunders, 16, cut plywood for a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, speaks to students at the beginning of class on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Carl Dement, woodworking and construction teacher, speaks to students at the beginning of class on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sixteen-year-old sophomores Rodney Arnold, from left to right, Micaiah Rice and Caleb Caraker lifty plywood onto the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sixteen-year-old sophomores Rodney Arnold, from left to right, Micaiah Rice and Caleb Caraker lifty plywood onto the roof of a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Students work on attaching plywood sheathing to a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Students work on attaching plywood sheathing to a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Freshman Quentin Main, 15, cuts a piece of plywood for a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Freshman Quentin Main, 15, cuts a piece of plywood for a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sophomore Seairra Ferguson, 16, begins construction work for the day on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Sophomore Seairra Ferguson, 16, begins construction work for the day on a tiny house on Friday, March 22, 2019 at Battle High School in Columbia, Mo. Students in a combined construction and geometry class are building a tiny house for a low-income family in the community.

Special Education in Flint, Years After the Water Crisis

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Max Omstott, 7, plays at his home.

By Kaitlyn Dolan

Images by Brittany Greeson

In the wake of the Flint, Mich., water crisis, the city has new concerns — how do they serve the influx of students in the special education system that may have been caused by elevated lead levels in the city’s water supply. Two mothers, Maxine Onstott and Ebony Dixon, have struggled to find the support their children need from the local schools.

Photographer Brittany Greeson spent time in the Onstott and Dixon homes to capture images of life in a still recovering Flint.

Maxine Omstott, 26, hangs out with her son, Max, 7, who is on the Autism Spectrum, at their home in Flint, Mich.

Maxine Onstott, 26, hangs out with her son, Maximilliano, 7, who has been diagnosed on Autism Spectrum, at their home in Flint, Mich.

Max Omstott, 7, plays at his home. Max is on the Autism spectrum and his mother has faced challenges getting the appropriate care for him through the local education system.

Getting the appropriate services for Max through the local education system has been a challenge, according to his mother .

Children’s drawings hang in the hallways at Educare.

Children’s drawings hang in the hallways at Educare, one of the Flint-area preschools experiencing a surge of children with special needs.

Ebony Dixon, 33, with her daughter, Alexus Smith, 6, right, and her son Torea Gibson, 7, left, at their home. Dixon has had difficulties getting the appropriate special education services for her two children through the public education system.

Ebony Dixon, 33, poses with her daughter, Alexus Smith, 6, right, and her son Torea Gibson, 7, left, at their home. Like Onstott, Dixon has had difficulties getting the appropriate special education services for her two children through the public education system.

Max Omstott, 7, plays at his home in Flint, Mich., on August 16, 2019. Max is on the Autism spectrum and his mother has faced challenges getting the appropriate care for him through the local education system.

Max  plays in his home.

Torea Gibson, 7, and his sister, Alexus Smith, 6, play with their drawings at their home. Their mother, Ebony Dixon, has had difficulties getting the appropriate special education services for them through the public education system.

Torea and his sister, Alexus, play with their drawings in their home.

A piece of paper with a sun sits on the school picture of Max Omstott.

A school portrait of Max adorns a wall the Onstott home.

Ebony Dixon, 33, helps her daughter, Alexus Smith, 6, put on up her shoes.

Ebony helps Alexus put on up her shoes.

Max Omstott, 7, touches noses while listening to music with his mom, Maxine Omstott, 26, at their home in Flint, Mich., on August 16, 2019. Max is on the Autism spectrum and his mother has faced challenges getting the appropriate care for him through the local education system.

Max touches noses with his mom.

Young People Gather Across the Globe in Climate Strike

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Climate protesters demonstrate in London.

Gallery By Kaitlyn Dolan

Young people across the globe marched, protested, and signaled calls to action today to urge leaders to address climate change. Here’s what it looked like:

 

Lola Jones holds a home made placard as she takes part in a climate protest near Parliament in London, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters around the world joined rallies on Friday as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Lola Jones holds a homemade placard as she takes part in a climate protest near Parliament in London. Protesters around the world joined rallies Sept. 20, as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. –Alastair Grant/AP

 

Climate protesters demonstrate in London, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters around the world joined rallies on Friday as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Climate protesters in London were among millions of protesters worldwide, by some estimates, who joined rallies in more than 150 cities calling for action against climate change . –Frank Augstein/AP

 

People take part during the Climate Strike, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in New York. A wave of climate change protests swept the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action.  (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

People take part during the Climate Strike in New York.  –Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP

 

A protestor wears a mock oxygen mask during a demonstration in Kolkata, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The protestors gathered in response to a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to guard against climate change began ahead a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A protester wears a mock oxygen mask during a demonstration in Kolkata, India.–Bikas Das/AP

 

Young women attend a 'Fridays For Future' rally in Munich, Germany, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protests of the 'Fridays For Future' movement against the increase of carbon dioxide emissions are planned Friday in cities around the globe. In the United States more than 800 events were planned Friday, while in Germany more than 400 rallies are expected. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Young women attend a ‘Fridays For Future’ rally in Munich, Germany. Protests against the increase of carbon dioxide emissions were planned in cities around the globe, including 400 in Germany and 800 or more in the United States. –Matthias Schrader/AP

 

Climate protesters demonstrate in Parliament Square in London, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters around the world joined rallies on Friday as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Climate protesters demonstrate in Parliament Square in London. –Alastair Grant/AP

 

Schoolchildren protest with banners outside parliament in London, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters around the world joined rallies on Friday as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Schoolchildren protest with banners outside parliament in London. –Alberto Pezzali/AP

 

Young people attend a Climate Strike rally, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. In the Afghan capital, where people are dying every day in horrific bomb attacks, a young generation, worried that if war doesn't kill them climate change will, took part in the global climate strike. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Young people attend a Climate Strike rally, in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the Afghan capital, where people are dying every day in horrific bomb attacks, a young generation, worried that if war doesn’t kill them climate change will, took part in the global climate strike. –Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

 

People who spoke on stage, gather to rally the crowd at the end of the Climate Strike protest Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

People who spoke on stage, gather to rally the crowd at the end of the Climate Strike protest in Washington D.C. –Kevin Wolf/AP

 

A young protester shouts slogans with others in front of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The protestors gathered in response to a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to guard against climate change began ahead a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A young protester shouts slogans with others in front of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in New Delhi, India. –Manish Swarup/AP

 

Climate protesters demonstrate outside the local government legislature's offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters around the world joined rallies on Friday as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Climate protesters demonstrate outside the local government legislature’s offices in Johannesburg, South Africa. –Themba Hadebe/AP

 

Protesters demonstrate in central Copenhagen, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters around the world joined rallies on Friday as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. (Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Protesters demonstrate in central Copenhagen. –Nils Meilvang/Ritzau Scanpix via AP

 

An activist holds a placard at a street protest in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The protestors gathered in response to a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to guard against climate change began ahead a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

An activist holds a placard at a street protest in Dharmsala, India. –Ashwini Bhatia/AP

 

A child holds up her crayon drawing touching on the theme of plastic waste, during a global protest on climate change in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N. summit. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A child holds up her crayon drawing touching on the theme of plastic waste. –Silvia Izquierdo/AP

 

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, left, takes part during the Climate Strike, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in New York. Rallies calling for action on climate change are happening in cities around the world Friday ahead of a summit on the issue. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, left, takes part during the Climate Strike in New York. Rallies calling for action on climate change are happening in cities around the world Friday ahead of a summit on the issue. –Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP

 

Climate protesters demonstrate in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protesters around the world joined rallies on Friday as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate change began ahead of a U.N. summit in New York. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Climate protesters demonstrate in Nicosia, Cyprus. –Petros Karadjias/AP

 

Students and guests gather on the steps of the Statehouse during a climate change protest, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Indianapolis. Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N. summit. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Students and guests gather on the steps of the Statehouse during a climate change protest in Indianapolis. Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N. summit. –Darron Cummings/AP

 

Environmental activists hold placards during a rally outside the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to coincide with the global protests on climate change Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Various environmental groups in the country are participating in what is expected to be the world's largest mobilization on climate change known as "Global Climate Strikes."(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Environmental activists hold placards during a rally outside the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to coincide with the global protests on climate change  at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. Various environmental groups in the country are participating in what is expected to be the world’s largest mobilization on climate change known as “Global Climate Strikes.” –Bullit Marquez/AP

 

Students chant as they gather for a climate strike rally at the Texas capitol, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Austin, Texas. A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Students chant as they gather for a climate strike rally at the Texas capitol, in Austin, Texas.  –Eric Gay/AP

Hundreds of people gather outside City Hall in Portland, Maine, to demand that leaders take action on climate change, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Hundreds of people gather outside City Hall in Portland, Maine, to demand that leaders take action on climate change. –Robert F. Bukaty/AP

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