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Foreword: Why Kentucky Students Are Suing the State
Luisa Sanchez, a Kentucky high school student, recounts the moment she stepped forward as a plaintiff, realizing that students like her were no longer waiting to be heard. Her foreword grounds KSVT's latest book in lived experience and invites readers into a story led by young people claiming their constitutional rights.
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Policy and Advocacy
Afterword: Why Kentucky Students Are Suing the State
The afterword to KSVT's latest book by Ivy Litton reflects on what student leadership has made possible and what comes next. It leaves readers with a challenge: to take young people seriously as partners in shaping public education.
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The New Edu is Kentucky's only statewide, independent, student-run education journalism publication. Read more from our archives and past publication, The Student Voice Forum.
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What Does "Panther Pride" Mean In Terms of Community?
For The New Edu's School Dispatch column, a student reflects on her school's commitment to serving and supporting the local community.
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Co-Op Program at Ballard High
For The New Edu's School Dispatch column, a student reports on her school's co-op program, and how it's beneficial to students.
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Hunger in the Mountains: My community works to feed each other
In this opinion piece, a student from Pike County describes the impact of delays to SNAP benefits in her community.
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New Year, New Meme Accounts
For The New Edu's School Dispatch column, a student explores school meme accounts, and how they offer a way to share campus-wide jokes in an era where a large portion of socialization occurs online.
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Invigorated Voices Building Up Change: Kentucky Students on Advocacy and Activism
An in-depth look into how Kentucky students are leading activism efforts in their communities, focused on reporting from the 2024-2025 school year.
Time Stopped In Our Little Town
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.
The fall of the ‘Summer Job’: teen employment crisis
This reported piece explores how teens struggled to find summer employment, and what that means for job searches moving forward.
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When the Creeks Rose
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.
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Got My Driver’s License Last Week: Inside the impact of Kentucky’s lowered permit age
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.