Archive for February, 2009

“Don’t leave out kids who have disabilities”

Declan Ryan is a senior at Vanguard High School in New York City.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“Don’t make Community College free”

Erin Nederbo is a fiction writer and freshman at Columbia College Chicago.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“Stop standardized testing. It is affecting the dropout rates.”

Kattye Gonzalez is a sophomore at Validus Preparatory Academy.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“Eliminate the gaps between different schools and different races”

Naquan Dodd is a seventeen-year-old student from the Bronx.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“The schools that do have problems should be turned into buildings with smaller schools.”

Ashwini Hicks is a senior at Vanguard High School in New York City.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“Give an opportunity to every student in the U.S.”

Djeneba Danioko is a student at Vanguard High School in New York City.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“You want us to come to school? Have something for us when we get here”

Eric Caldwell is an 11th grader from New York City.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“Lower college costs”

Milina Bryan is a Graduating Senior at Validus Preparatory Academy in Bronx, New York.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“Distribute money evenly”

Ahmed Hunt is from the Bronx and is a student at Validus Preparatory Academy.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]


“Schools are not getting the money they need”

Sarah Boyd is a junior drama major attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts located in New York City.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]