Beyond the Classroom

In this as-told-to piece, student writer Stephen Bingham recalls spending the summer before his freshman year helping his community clean up alongside his teammates following devastating flooding in Eastern Kentucky in 2022.

This reported piece explores how teens struggled to find summer employment, and what that means for job searches moving forward.

In this essay, student writer Lynn Howard recalls the resilience of her community she witnessed during the summer of 2022, when devastating flooding impacted Eastern Kentucky.

This reported piece covers the impact of Kentucky House Bill 15, from benefits of lowering the age for a driver's permit to potential safety concerns.

Interviews with Fayette County students highlight that students care about social and political issues, but want more opportunities to get involved.

In an age where connection is only a tap away, a student explores the importance of third places as opportunities for community, real-life connection, and civic engagement.

In this piece, a student writer examines what civic engagement means to young people. Decisions being made today are shaping the world teens will inherit. Why shouldn’t they have a seat at the table now?

On May 13th, 2025, members of KSVT took to the Kentucky Court of Appeals for a hearing focused on motions to dismiss a lawsuit, Kentucky Student Voice Team v. Commonwealth of Kentucky.

In this three-part series, Campus to Community: High School Journalism in Kentucky, Isabella Edghill examines the challenges facing student newspapers and the importance of student journalism to communities. Part one highlights the benefits of student journalism to schools, communities, democracy, and student journalists themselves.

In this three-part series, Campus to Community: High School Journalism in Kentucky, Isabella Edghill examines the challenges facing student newspapers and the importance of student journalism to communities. Part two explores how changing technology, access issues, and more impact student journalism.

In this three-part series, Campus to Community: High School Journalism in Kentucky, Isabella Edghill examines the challenges facing student newspapers and the importance of student journalism to communities. Part three explores how journalists and advocates continue to fight for student journalism.

In this opinion piece featuring interviews with young people, a student writer illustrates how ongoing threats of gun violence impact students, their schools, and their communities.

For Banned Books Week, Kentucky students share books they love that have been subject to bans, challenges, or debate.

In this opinion piece, a student argues that book bans limit worldviews, in and outside the classroom.

It has been more than a year since the crash happened, but the memories do not absolve themselves easily in this firsthand account.