AltWeeklies Wire
Say Goodnight, Mickeynew
The sad demise of a hallowed Disney tradition: Grad Nite.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Catherine Durkin Robinson |
06-20-2011 |
Commentary
What Happened to the NYC Teenager?new
The recent Bravo reality show about elite prep schools espouses a glam lifestyle, but as I remember it, high school was way more boring.
New York Press |
Emma Allen |
08-20-2009 |
Culture
Thanks to No Child Left Behind, Military Recruiters Swoop into Schoolsnew
NCLB forces high schools that receive federal funding to provide upperclassmen's contact information to the Armed Forces -- unless a parent specifically has opted out. The law also requires that military recruiters be given the same access to public schools afforded to college recruiters and potential employers. In response, some school districts limited the access of all recruiters to high schools, but others rolled out the camouflage carpet.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
09-23-2008 |
War
'American Teen' Documents High School's 'Total Caste System' and Morenew

Documentarian Nanette Burstein spent an entire school year at the only high school in tiny Warsaw, Ind., where there is no escape from the pressure cooker of adolescence or from conservative small-town conformity.
Charleston City Paper |
Maryann Johanson |
09-03-2008 |
Reviews
The Shawnee Mission East Class of '08 Loves its Gay Homecoming Kingnew
Matthew Pope is an openly gay co-captain of the cheerleading squad at a school that's often stereotyped as conservative and snobby.
Providence High School Works to Reform Itselfnew
In 1999, when Debra DeCarlo became principal of a Providence, R.I., high school, she faced with budget cuts, confused curriculum standards, a high dropout rate, truancy and disciplinary problems. She's made a difference, not so much in test scores, but in how students feel about learning.
Providence Phoenix |
Marion Davis |
08-07-2004 |
Education