All posts tagged "education"
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Rhee's Tardy Response
Two years ago Michael Sessa was outraged by the results of the city's 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for students attending public schools in...
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Queer on Campus
It was not so long ago that a gay-friendly campus was one harboring a frat house that would allow a guy with an earring. Today,...
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Life Lessons
When Dominque Walker went to Capitol Hill this week, she was taking up the work started by her mother, who lobbied Congress to ''mak sure...
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The Kids Are All Right
It's been about six months since Andrew Barnett was appointed executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League -- though he's been filling the...
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Playing Out
At James Madison High School in Vienna, Va., being the gay member of an all-male swim team was ''rough'' enough, says Dan Martinelli. The feelings...
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Calling on Rhee
Students at D.C.'s public high schools who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were four times more likely to attempt suicide over the past year,...
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Bringing the World Home
When Steve Rucker and his partner, Adam Collick, met their teenage ''daughter'' for the first time, they were relieved to find she spoke English. ''It...
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Mixed Schoolbag
Continuing her introduction to the District, the new chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Michelle Rhee, cleared her calendar Monday night to...
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Safety first
High school may be over for recent graduate Robin Greenwood, a lesbian from Dearborn, Mich., but she's not going to write off the four years...
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Whitman-Walker high school essay contest
What can you do to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in your community? That is the question Whitman-Walker Clinic is asking high school students (between...
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A Family Affair
''Men have seeds, and women have eggs... and if two women fall in love and want to have a baby together, they need a seed.''...
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Talking About Silence
It is perhaps the quietest day of the school year: The Day of Silence, a national effort in which students at high schools, colleges and...
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The Birds vs. the Bees
Parents representing Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum (CRC) generated buzz last week by protesting against Montgomery County's sex-ed pilot program with signs that read ''Health...
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Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) National Capital Area
Members of GLSEN at a recent happy hour event ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION: GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and...
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Challenging Principals
Minors may not be allowed to vote, but that certainly doesn't allow them to live outside politics. According to a Dec. 9 press release issued...
