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Let's face it, a lot of people take graduation for granted. It's just one of the many steps on the path to a career. But for some, it’s not that easy.…

It’s not hard to find an example of people being judged because of the way they speak.Take the George Zimmerman trial. The primary witness for the…

Last week we did a story about whether people judge others based on how they speak. (Spoiler alert: Yep, they do.) One African-American high school…

Over the last year, Zak Rosen and Andrea Claire Maio have been following students and educators at the James and Grace Lee Boggs School. Maio and Rosen…

This text is adapted from a segment of a State of Opportunity radio documentary produced by Lindsey Smith and Dustin Dwyer. To hear the full documentary,…

It's summer, but I'm going to talk about school for a minute here. This recent New Yorker article about standardized tests kind of blew my mind. In it,…

What's life like for Michigan's rural poor? The folks over at Bridge Magazine have been looking into that question and the answer is far from rosy. We're…

"It kind of makes you feel disposable, and that’s not a good feeling at all." That's how 22-year-old Jerry Caster describes his time in Michigan's foster…

Making the social media rounds today is some news that the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends school should start later for teenagers. The AAP…

Before Mike Brown, before Kajieme Powell. Before Eric Garner. Before John Crawford. Before Ezell Ford. Before Sean Bell. Before Ramarley Graham. Before…