New: XQ’s “Build A Campaign” Initiative for High School Students
It’s clear. This election won’t be like any election in history. With stories of record early voting tu...
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How to Become a Poll Worker
First, you need to find out if you’re eligible. Here’s where the U.S. Election Assistance Commission re...
Why Do We Need Poll Workers? Calling Younger Americans, Including High School Students
We’ve all heard that voting is important. But something we don’t hear as much about is the crucial role...
How to Develop Leadership Skills as a Student (Advice From a College Student)
Are you looking to kickstart your journey to becoming a leader? Here’s a guide for learning more about le...
New: XQ’s “Build A Campaign” Initiative for High School Students
It’s clear. This election won’t be like any election in history. With stories of record early voting tu...
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How to Become a Poll Worker
First, you need to find out if you’re eligible. Here’s where the U.S. Election Assistance Commission re...
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Why Do We Need Poll Workers? Calling Younger Americans, Including High School Students
We’ve all heard that voting is important. But something we don’t hear as much about is the crucial role...
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How to Develop Leadership Skills as a Student (Advice From a College Student)
Are you looking to kickstart your journey to becoming a leader? Here’s a guide for learning more about le...
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Making Space for Youth Voices and Feelings during Protests against Police Brutality
In response to the recent protests against police brutality, XQ is putting together content that highlights...
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How Civic Education Breaks Barriers of Systemic Inequities
Last year, the world saw and heard student voice rise to unprecedented heights. From marches attended by mi...
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It’s Been One Year Since I Led a Student Gun Protest. Are Things Better Now?
My name is Kenia Alonzo. I am 19 years old and I am from Albuquerque, N.M. I am a member of Generation Just...
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From the school board to the governor: Tips on how schools can engage with elected officials
As part of XQ’s ongoing “How-To” series, here are some tips from experts at XQ on how school leaders,...
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8 Young Activists You Need to Hear From Today
More and more, the people leading the charge for positive change in the world can be found in the high scho...
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How to Encourage Students to Vote and Where to Send Them
Young people will play a pivotal role in the upcoming election cycle—by going to rallies, by marching for...
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The keys to teacher success at innovative schools
It’s all about support, guidance … and student input When I was a student at the Urban Assembly Mak...
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Kids These Days
You had better believe they care It is something you hear often from adults when they are bemoaning the ill...
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Everyday Hero: The Purpose of the Paint – Running for Women Without a Voice
📸 | The Seattle Times In addition to our work to rethink and transform high school in America, we’re c...
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What do students want? Ask them.
High school students tell us what’s working at their schools and what we can do to better prepare them fo...
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Taking it to the streets in Cedar Rapids
Iowa BIG students combine street art with the Berlin Wall project to bring the Cold War to life. A mysterio...
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When School Belongs to the Students
When the School Belongs to the Students One of the four operational principles at PSI High is “PSI High b...
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7 Quotes From March For Our Lives On The Power of Youth Voice
The power of student voice matters. Our students shared inspiring messages and their words spoke volumes. H...
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Real transformation begins on the ground level
As most great stories do, this one begins with a deep hatred for my carpet – well, the school library...
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Beyond MLK Day and Black History Month: Making social justice a part of school all year round
At Da Vinci RISE High School in Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr. is part of the curriculum for more than...
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Want to create a more inclusive school? Give students a voice
Maryland high school students find on-campus forums make all the difference. In the months leading up to th...
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These girls are using their love of science to bridge international borders.
It’s an unusual commute with border traffic, security checks, and metal detectors all before your fir...
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