We get it. The "birds and the bees” talk is awkward. But if we want young people to be informed and safe, NYC schools’ sex education policies need to change.

Who's really calling the shots when it comes to school start times? Is student health and well-being even on the agenda?

Adults seem to have a lot to say about youth mental health. We have some thoughts of our own.

After a scary incident at school, a daughter tries to get her mother to open up about mental health.

Some students have severe behavioral or mental health challenges requiring accommodations that the average school isn’t equipped to provide. So what then? Where do those students go?

I wanted to take you on a day of my life in school during Omicron, from the morning to dismissal, to show everyone what school really was like. This is January 14th.

School officials have said a lot about the importance of supporting students’ mental health throughout the pandemic, but do their actions match their words?

Fearing my grandmother’s sudden departure from this world was the worst thing I could think of, but a few years ago when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I knew my greatest fear would be being forgotten.

When the pandemic forced schools to close in March, 75,000 New York City teachers had to shift quickly to remote teaching. This is a story about one of those teachers.

We kick off a brand new season, “Students in a Pandemic,” with a story about a New York City student with learning disabilities, told by her sister.

A student transfers from a strict charter school to James Baldwin, where she runs into her former teacher, who just so happens to produce a podcast.

Adriana used to compete with friends to see who could make substitute teachers cry first. What happened when she transferred to a school that embraces restorative justice?

When Javier Mata’s habit of not doing homework caught up with him, he transferred from his competitive, college prep school to a small transfer high school called The James Baldwin School.