High School Political Science Social Justice 
Political Science Now
OCTOBER 1, 2024
This summer, the American Political Science Association partnered with Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) District’s Summer Rise Program to offer three high school students the opportunity to gain experience in political science knowledge production and higher education non-profits.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 23, 2021
When the afternoon bell rang, Autumn Edwards, a high school senior in the Methow Valley, on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains, rushed out of class to her 1997 Ford F-150 pickup truck — and to her job at a ranch. Many high schools, said Anderson, “like to promote the fact that 100 percent or 95 percent are college-bound.”
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The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Striding into a packed community center filled with high school seniors, Atnre Alleyne has a few words of advice for the crowd, members of the first class of college applicants to be shaped by June’s Supreme Court ruling striking down race-conscious admissions. In your schools, do something! Fight for social justice.”
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 27, 2016
He said, ‘Kenyon is working on it, but there is a predominant brand of young person who attends the school,’” recalled Margolin, now a political science major who loves her school but recognizes it has a lot of work ahead to become more diverse. But some students feel they have not gone far enough. Next stop, college. “It
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
But for Robinson, who attended an art high school in New York, “It was definitely worth the risk” to enroll in the fall at this small college with its alternative curriculum of self-directed learning and no grades or majors — shaky though its fate might seem. he was a political science major with plans to become a lawyer.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
A year ago, a Pennsylvania school board voted to ban a long list of books and other materials relating to race and social justice. Many conservative legislators, school board members and parents object to all claims that racism in America is systemic, arguing instead that it is the product of individual bias.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
The political division they’ve witnessed hasn’t discouraged young voters, said LoMonte, a sophomore political science major from Bloomfield, New Jersey, who was wearing a “TCNJ Votes” T-shirt. They’re really coming in with much more knowledge about social justice issues,” Aydelotte said. They affect them right now.”
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