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A group calling itself “Passive Activism” claims on Facebook that it’s dedicated to “spreading awareness about people who spread awareness, rather than actually do something for people who actually do things.” I admit, I laughed. But it’s really not funny.

Young people make great political activists. How can you get them involved in fighting for issues that matter?

Not all kids need the same interventions. Check out part three of our three-part series for bullying interventions that can help the majority of students.

Coastal Carolina educators work to preserve Gullah culture.

There are some new labels kids have created for one another since I was in school. When I grew up, there were no skaters or noobs. No one was goth or emo. In my day, kids who wore collared shirts and madras were preppy. Kids who smoked cigarettes and listened to Led Zeppelin were burnouts. Jocks were still jocks, although the jocks of my youth were all-inclusive. Today, they separate themselves by sport.

When JT Eberhard of the Secular Student Alliance (SSA), an organization providing support to nontheistic students, received a letter from a teacher bragging about blocking formation of an atheist club, the lack of a return address didn’t slow him down. He used the email address provided by the sender to locate the teacher and alert administrators.

An Oakland-based nonprofit empowers low-income youth of color with technology skills.

Based on the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools, modern-day programs educate and empower students.