Youth Community Journalism on Providing More Educational Opportunities
Every day is an opportunity for students to learn. Every day they miss school is a missed opportunity. Those daily missed opportunities turn into persistent missed opportunities. Before long, opportunities disappear.
The National Library of Medicine finds that school disengagement, or a student’s lack of involvement in education, can lead to many detrimental outcomes, including chronic mental health difficulties, conduct and delinquent behaviors, criminal involvement, and unemployment in adolescence and adulthood.
This is a big issue. But it is solvable.
Our fourth episode of the “Youth Community Journalism” focused on education. Produced at SPNN (Saint Paul Neighborhood Network) on Nov. 1, the show examined how we can make school more engaging and education more equitable for all students, families, and communities.
Youth Community Journalism — Episode 4: Fixing the Education System
* Adriana Cerrillo, Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) board member
*Ray Aponte, Andersen United Middle School principal in Minneapolis
*Aracely Martinez, abuela (grandma) of eighth-grade student at Battle Creek Middle School in St. Paul
Youth (ages 9-15) on our youth community journalism team at Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation‘s Youth Community Journalism Institute led the production.
Our hosts
*Jesus Rojas, grade 10, age 15, Edison High School
*Lyric Rogers, grade 9, age 14, South High School
*Yareli Peña Howard, grade 8, age 13, Battle Creek Middle School
*Christian Flores, grade 9, age 14, South High School
If you want to support our youth community journalism solutions program, you can make a tax-deductible donation here.
