Where students reside and where schools thrive highlights an opportunity gap in New Mexico’s capital.
Youth
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New Mexico lawmakers focus on equity in the outdoors
A new fund would help low-income youth play in their public lands.
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‘Why shouldn’t I try and save all you adults?’
A portrait of Haven Coleman, a young climate activist.
Posted inFebruary 18, 2019: Barriers to Entry
The education crisis for children of deported parents
In Tijuana, an upstart model tries to address the challenges of educating U.S. kids who relocated to keep their families together.
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Can 21 young people sue the government over climate change?
The Supreme Court will decide this week whether to let the trial begin on Oct. 29.
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Where are the Indigenous children who never came home?
An untold number of students at Carlisle Indian School disappeared. Tribal nations raise the stakes in search of answers.
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Students explore nature in densely built Los Angeles
Educators hope this elementary school will foster a commitment to science and conservation.
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After reunion deadline, many families remain separated
The chances of reuniting immigrant parents and children may dwindle with time.
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How a Montana school is combating bullying and suicide
An assembly acknowledges elementary students’ pain and teaches them to speak up.
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A curriculum to help students build healthy relationships
In Montana, middle-schoolers are learning the importance of resiliency and support.
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Montana teens organize to prevent suicides
‘Students have decided that to make change, we need to be the change.’
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Why I’m teaching my daughters how to hunt
A father passes a three-generation family tradition down to his children.
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The West’s students rally for gun reform
Students across the region join the National Walkout Day protest for school safety.
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A football team on the edge of the world
The Barrow High School Whalers in Alaska are nearly 500 miles away from the nearest opponent.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
The teenage whaler’s tale
Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
Young people are suing over climate change
The Constitution may hold the key to climate action.
Posted inJanuary 23, 2017: For Which it Stands
The Forest Service relaxes restrictions on recreation
The permitting change could give guided groups more access.
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Inside Wyoming’s rough, tough underground
Boom and bust cycles shape the fates of Wyoming’s young people.
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Science education program teaches impacts of fossil fuels at their source
In Colorado’s oil- and gas-producing counties, science teachers broach a thorny subject in their own backyard.
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The growing influence of Hispanic voters in the West
Latinos make up 21 percent of the region’s electorate, and election-day turn-out is on the rise.