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Hijab
By Riley Childers, 10, Allison Albrecht, 11

For more than 80 years, public school teachers in Oregon were forbidden to wear religious garb in the classroom.

Dissection
By Shayan Ahmad, 16, Quinn Andrews, 16

Middle school is a time filled with rites of passage. While students’ challenges with some, such as puberty, are well-known, others take place more quietly within the confines of school. Among these is the introduction to animal dissection.

Teens and media
By Hrishikesh Deshpande, 15, Jessika Officer, 18, Michelle Hu, 18, Min Qiao, 18, Grace Bronson, 17, Ali Tahir, 15

It's a community thing
By Pete Shirley, 16, Jake Thornburgh, 17

It’s not unusual for teens to spend their summers at camp. But Jacob Baldwin and Carah Austin have done something different — they’ve been running their own camps to address very different needs in their communities.