Application deadlines are coming up for graduating seniors interested in going to college next year. It’s a stressful time. Youth Radio talked to three graduating seniors, Arnav Gupta, Nina Roehl, and Sierra Fang-Horvath, about their mad sprint to the finish line.
Youth Radio Raw is a weekly radio show produced by Bay Area high schoolers, ages 14-18. Students partner with professionals to learn the basics of journalism, music production, and multimedia.
Natalie Shutler, editor of The New York Times’ On Campus section dropped in on Youth Radio to teach a workshop on writing essays for national media outlets.
After having my life completely structured for 18 years, it’s up to me now.
Even though people of different races go to the same schools in 2017, we are not necessarily living in the same version of America.
School dress codes are about more than just spaghetti straps — they may also reinforce disparities rooted in race, class, and gender.
A lot of times folks have had so much struggle in their life that it’s hard to talk about those things. But what made artists such as Tupac Shakur so powerful was that he exposed what he went through.
The fate of a program intended to help young parents stay in college is at stake as two visions of America’s educational future clash.
Education has always been important to me. But so is financial responsibility. With the proposed cuts to college financial aid, those two goals are harder to reach.
