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The article reports on protest launched by students of Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California in opposition to the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. Topics discussed include the students' call for the freedom of Gaza and to stop bombings in the city, Jewish students' concern about the pervasiveness of antisemitism in the campus, and the reputation of the city of Berkeley as a liberal hub.

The article focuses on the challenges high school students face in balancing academic pressures and personal lives including the impact of social media on students' mental health, supportive school environments, and need for educational reforms that prioritize well-being alongside academic success.

The article reports that actress Sadie Sink, who starred in the TV series "Stranger Things," will appear in the Broadway play "John Proctor Is the Villain" to be directed by Danya Taymor.

The article focuses on the significant decrease in teenage e-cigarette use, reaching a decade-low of under 8% in 2024. Topics include the impact of flavored tobacco bans and enforcement efforts, ongoing concerns about vaping among young adults, and the rise of new nicotine products and cannabis use among adolescents.

The article focuses on the Broadway adaptation of Netflix's "Stranger Things," titled "Stranger Things: The First Shadow," which is a prequel set in 1959 and will begin previews on March 28 at the Marquis Theater.

The article focuses on a recent CDC survey showing that while the rate of extreme depressive symptoms among teenage girls has decreased slightly since 2021, mental health metrics are gradually improving after the pandemic.

The article focuses on the transition of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) to a fully digital format, aiming to reduce student stress and adapt to the changing landscape of standardized testing. Topics discussed include the redesigned test structure with shorter reading passages, concerns raised by educators about the shift, and the College Board's promotion of the new format as beneficial for students.

The article discusses how artificial intelligence (A.I.) tools like ChatGPT are potentially reshaping the college application process, and whether admissions officials and universities are adapting to the use of A.I. in essay writing and college applications.

The article focuses on reader responses to Ginia Bellafante's column on unsung activists, with comments expressing appreciation for inspirational reporting and highlighting individuals who have made a significant impact in their communities.

The article focuses on the decline in e-cigarette use among high school students, with the rate dropping to 10 percent in the spring of this year from 14 percent last year, though vaping increased slightly among middle school students, highlighting the impact of flavor bans.

The article advocates for the reintroduction of classes like home economics and shop in schools to provide students with hands-on, real-world skills that are increasingly lacking in modern education. It emphasizes the value of physical work, problem-solving, and collaboration, arguing that such classes can benefit students both in terms of practical skills and their overall development, especially during the monotonous school day.

The article focuses on the concerns of high school students visiting colleges, such as Harvard University, following the Supreme Court's ruling on race-based admissions. Topics include the potential impact on college admissions practices, worries about diminished diversity among Black and Latino students at elite institutions, and the challenges faced by students in crafting their college essays amidst the changing landscape of affirmative action policies.

The article focuses on Akash Mehta and New York Focus, a nonprofit news site started by Mehta to cover the goings-on in the state capitol.

The article reports on the protest by students of the Stanley High School against the shooting of fellow student Ralph yarl in Kansas City.

The article discusses the efforts of an elective class at Liberation Diploma Plus High School in Coney Island, New York, called the Junior Citizens Police Academy, set up to build trust and bridge the gap between police officers and minority students in the borough of Brooklyn. Topics include the efforts of New York City's Education Department to change the relationships between police and poor minority communities, and the influence of completing high school on the poverty of minorities.

Reports that juniors at Newton High School in New Jersey have learned that they received a wrong form for a Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test they took in October 2004. and that the scores would be invalid for the National Merit scholarship.

Reports on the results of the 2004 Advanced Placement tests by the College Board. Revelation of the top performance by New York State followed by Maryland, Florida, California, Massachusetts and Utah; Gains in the percentage of students succeeding on the exams from the District of Colombia; Revelation of the large gaps in educational achievement in Louisiana, Nebraska and Alabama; Underrepresentation of both African American and American Indian students; Impact of the increasing performance of students on the willingness of universities to grant college credit.

Reports that New York City high school students were far behind the rest of the state in passing the Regents examinations required for graduation, according to an analysis of the class that entered the ninth grade in 2000. Percentage of ninth graders in the city that did not take the examinations because they were not academically ready; Concerns regarding the proposal to raise the statewide passing score on the Regents examinations.

Reports on the arrest of two students at the Walton High School in New York City for inciting a riot that disrupted classes.

Reports on an international comparison of mathematical skills shown by high school students. Rankings of countries based on high school students' mathematical ability; gap between the best and worst performing countries; Sex differences in mathematical skills.

Presents views on the impact of the creation of smaller high school from established and conventional institutions on the quality of public education in New York City. Displacement of thousands of students who were not subjected to a rigid selection process; Increase in the number of violent acts inside the campus; Factual background on the overcrowding of students at a public high school located in Lower Manhattan.

Reports that city prosecutors dropped charges against Montclair High School football players accused of raping a schoolmate in Montclair, New Jersey. Prosecutors' conclusion that sex was not forced or violent but consensual; Impact of the case on the football scholarship applications of the students; School's decision to allow the return of the boys to school after being suspended.

Reports that high school students across the United States are increasingly tuned in to politics, and turned on the 2004 presidential elections. Indication that the war in Iraq has crystallized the value of political engagement; Dramatic shift in attention.

Reports that police officers in Massachusetts have thwarted an unidentified teenager's plan to attack Marshfield High School with explosives and kill students and teachers. Arrest of the 16-year-old male student; Charges of attempted murder, threats to commit a crime and promotion of anarchy.

Reports on the arrest of a student at the High School for Public Service in East New York for charges of gun possession which was found by the police in his locker. Results of police investigation; Mission of the school to prepare students for careers in public safety and law; Administration of justice in juvenile crimes.

Reports that Colorado authorities overseeing the Columbine High School investigation decided soon after the 1999 massacre to withhold a document showing that deputies knew that one of the killers had been accused as long as two years earlier of making death threats and building pipe bombs.

Reports on the suicide of poor high school student Zheng Qingming in Pujia, China, because of financial worries and family pressure related to his college education. Family background; Family's annual earnings; Background on the income disparity between urban rich and rural poor.

Reports that South Carolina will not file charges against police officers or Stratford High School officials involved in a drug raid in Goose Creek, where officers drew their guns on students.

The article focuses on the opposition to Equity in Action, the redistricting proposed by superintendent of schools Michael J. Martirano, to tackle overcrowding and balance the number of low-income children enrolled in schools in Howard County, Columbia, Maryland. Topics covered include how Martirano's plan will change the racial makeup of some schools in line plans to move students between two high schools, River Hill High and Wilde Lake High and the history of integration in Columbia.

The article reports on the embrace of the application (app) TikTok at high schools across the U.S. where students are forming TikTok clubs to dance, sing, and perform skits for the app, that have the potential to reach large audiences. Topics discussed include benefits of the app to students, description of many videos on the app and background on a TikTok club.

The article focuses on how HBO's series "Euphoria" depicted a carnival as a place where teenagers engage in reckless and decadent behavior, such as having sex and doing drugs, which is a common trope in American popular culture.

The article discusses the debate over the state of democracy in the U.S. among high school students in 2019. Teachers have held exercises which allowed students to debate about the core democratic values such as equality, liberty and diversity. Teacher Becky Debowski criticized a proposal revise the state learning standards in social studies which reduced the use of the word "democracy."

The article explores the reactions of high school students at Ewing Marion Kauffman School in Kansa City, Missouri whose students are mostly African Americans and economically disadvantaged, to the college admissions scandal being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Topics covered include alleged use of bribes by wealthy parents to get their children into top universities and how the scandal highlighted the racial and economic inequalities affecting one's entry to college.

The article reports on how high school student Moussa Fofana was fatally shot near the New Jersey soccer field where he excelled as a soccer player.

The article discusses that a student who opened fire on police officers was shot and killed during an encounter at a Tennessee high school on April 12, 2021 afternoon that left an officer hospitalized with serious injuries.

The article discusses the roles that guidance counselors play in the admissions process as high school students begin to think about their higher education plans. The author explains that many guidance counselors play a major role in connecting a student with schools that they will thrive at while also helping them to organize application materials.

Reports on the dramatic decline of teenage pregnancy in the U.S. Percentage of male high school students who claimed to be virgins; Escalation of condom use among sexually active individuals; Introduction of injectable forms of birth control.

Presents excerpts from interviews with American public school students about the issue of race in their schools, and their lives. Comments by a student at Hartford High School about being the only white student in his senior class; Comments by black and Hispanic students at Hartford about the poorer quality of the books, materials, and course selection at their school, compared with the predominantly white high school in the area, Glastonbury; Comments by an African American student at Glastonbury on being bused in from the city of Hartford; More.

The article reports on the decision of a circuit court in Pike County, Alabama on the eligibility of high school basketball player Maori Davenport to play in a junior national team after her suspension by the Alabama athletic board. Topics mentioned include the key reason for her suspension, Davenport's key statistical points, and a description of state's rules under the broken-time payments.

The article reports on the alleged move by the College Board to sell the data taken from unsuspecting U.S. high school students who responded to surveys included in the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and preliminary SAT (PSAT). Also cited are the invitation sent to thousands of the students to attend the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders event, the use of data mining to gain student information, and the guidance issued by the Department of Education on the conduct of surveys.

The article features the 2018 prom held by the Chicago Gay and Straight Alliance in Illinois. A prom king and queen were chosen from names on a small strip of paper based on the categories they chose. Almost 150 high school students from varying races and economic backgrounds, as well as gender identities and sexual orientations, attended the prom.

The article reports that voters in San Francisco, California have supported Proposition E, a measure that would ban the selling of flavored tobacco products, including vaping liquids packaged as candies and juice boxes, and menthol cigarettes. Topics covered include amount spent by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. for multimedia advertisements likening the measure to Prohibition, percentage of voters who supported the ban and use of e-cigarettes by middle- and high school students.

The article explores the impact of a shooting that killed 10 people at the Santa Fe High School in Texas on May 18, 2018 on the gun control debate. It expects the attack not to lead to anti-gun control fury because of the power of Republicans. Two teachers and eight students were killed during the attack. The public's position on gun control issues in the state is also discussed.

The article presents a college application essays of the writers about the efforts of a high school student in helping people with their tax returns in the U.S. Topics mentioned include the impact of poverty to the lives and learning of the young Americans, the deterioration of the industrial town and the filing of income taxes as well as economic disparity.

The author evaluates college application essays from senior high school students around the world on topics about money, work and social class. The essay from Caroline Beit tells the story of a young woman caring for her grandmother whose earned-income tax credit is 20 percent of her income. An essay from Eric Muthondu describes the daily life of his extended family in Kenya and the challenges of his immediate family in Texas.