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Volume 19 Issue 2 (Spring 2022)

Youth Voices Edition

Letter from the Faculty Advisor

Sharon M. Ravitch, Ph.D., Faculty Advisor, Perspectives on Urban Education

Youth Editor's Note

Lev Burstein, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA
Liyam Yaghoobzadeh, Edgemont Senior High School, Edgemont, NY

Student Poem

Simona Badaawi - 9th Grade
Harlem Academy; Harlem, NY

THESPACEBETWEENWORDS

Abigail Burstein – 9th Grade
McDonogh School; Owings Mills, MD

The Seed

Beckett Gilmore
The Philadelphia School; Philadelphia, PA

Pandemic Life

Alison Calderon Lopez - 7th Grade
Stuart Middle School; Norristown, PA

The Once So Colorful

Heaven Mitchell-King - 7th Grade
Sojourner Truth PCS; Washington, DC

Student Reflection

Laurel Barrett - 9th Grade
Gateway Regional High School; Woodbury Heights, NJ

Student Reflection

Aliaskar Dastan - 9th Grade
Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics; Taraz, Kazakhstan

Restriction

Ashley Leiva - 9th Grade
Hill Freedom World Academy; Philadelphia, PA

Student Reflection

Sabina Muratbek - 9th Grade
Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics; Taraz, Kazakhstan

With Love

Tina Nguyen - 9th Grade
Hill-Freedman World Academy; Philadelphia, PA

With a Flip of a Page

Tina Nguyen - 9th Grade
Hill-Freedman World Academy; Philadelphia, PA

Coming to Terms with Reality

Vallhery I. Pierre Louis - 9th Grade
Michael K. Krop Senior High School; Miami, FL

Student Reflection

Danny Bailey - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Luke Brightcliffe - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Philadelphia, PA

Student Reflection

Matthew Capoferri - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Kamarra Cephas-Bey - 10th Grade
Penn Wood High School; Lansdowne, PA

Student Reflection

Sean Chae - 10th Grade
Jericho High School; Jericho, NY

Student Reflection

Jaylen Clifton - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Jayla Daniels - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Marta Evangelista - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Reflections on the Pandemic

Samantha Goldfarb - 10th Grade
BASIS Independent Brooklyn; Brooklyn, NY

They Say Nothing is Forever

Ana Nunez - 10th Grade
Norristown Area High School; Norristown, PA

Student Reflection

Hillary Plunkett - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Sam Pugh - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

COVID Jawn

Morgan Robinson - 10th Grade
Cheltenham High School; Wyncote, PA

We Contain Multitudes: Calling in Youth-Focused Researchers

Lev Burstein, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA
Liyam Yaghoobzadeh, Edgemont Senior High School, Edgemont, NY

Student Reflection

Chloe Self - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Mira Schreffler - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

A Painting of a Pandemic

Zoë Katherine Shelley - 10th Grade
The Renaissance School; Germantown, PA

Student Reflection

DeWeese Smith - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

India Stutman - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Brooks Wright - 10th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Student Reflection

Zhanabekova Zhanel - 10th Grade
Kazguu School; Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Student Reflection

Sereene Darwiesh - 11th Grade
Annandale Highschool; Annandale, VA

Student Reflection

Eva Ellis - 11th Grade
Alexandria City High School, Alexandria, VA

The Lake

Claire Kaplan - 11th Grade
Miss Porter’s School; Farmington, CT

Layers

Olivia Kerr - 11th Grade
Owen J. Roberts High School; Pottstown, PA

Glass Heads and Computer Screens

Samantha Klein - 11th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Two Weeks Off

Jave Kelman - 11th Grade
Science Leadership Academy; Philadelphia, PA

Student Reflection

Mitchel McFall - 11th Grade
University Heights High School; Bronx, NY

Our Growing Divides

Lydia Pita - 11th Grade
Strath Haven High School; Wallingford, PA

The Pandemic Burnout

Chaipat (Tata) Tirapongprasert - 12th Grade
Brewster Academy; Wolfeboro, NH

Student Reflection

Trystin Stasiorowski - 11th Grade
Springfield Township High School; Erdenheim, PA

Grieving for Normal

Carter Thompson - 11th Grade
Fairfield High School; Fairfield, Iowa

Student Reflection

Annie Tolson - 11th Grade
Strath Haven Highschool; Wallingford, PA

First Day Back

Liyam Yaghoobzadeh - 11th Grade
Edgemont Senior High School, Edgemont, NY

JAKE

Jack Anthony-Diaz - 12th Grade
Cardinal Hayes Memorial High School; Bronx, NY