For youth who engage in violence and underage alcohol use, the ramifications can create a ripple effect for years to come. Physical and emotional problems, addiction and reduced access to education and employment may all result from behavioral choices made during a young person’s formative years.
What happens when hard work just isn’t enough? How does a student with a knack for numbers see a future as an accountant when she doesn’t know anybody who’s navigated that career path — or even what accounting actually is? From her first day of kindergarten, Yesenia Velasquez knew she would have
“I’m pretty sure if you went around and asked, ‘Hey, what do you think a touch is?,’ you might get different answers, but it would probably converge around something that looks like this,” says Martez Mott, raising his pointer finger before tapping it on the table in front of him. “For the part
In January 2014, Seattle made history when it became the first major city in the U.S. to adopt a $15 minimum wage. When the new law took effect the following year, policymakers were entering uncharted waters, as were workers and businesses. No one knew how the increase would play out with real pe
“There are four children and two sandwiches. If the children want to share the sandwiches, how much would each child get?” In the second-grade classroom at Lakeridge Elementary, students quietly work through the problem in notebooks and with fingers. A young boy shares his answer — two-fourths —
