Freshman Erika Womack, a student at Morse High School, has found her voice through writing, fueled by a powerful dream for ...

High school and middle school students from across the Ohio Valley read their essays that reflected on quotes by Martin ...

Photographer Jeffrey McWhorter first met Roberto Garcia, who came to the U.S. as a child, when Garcia was an undocumented ...

The Common Application is the online application that high school students utilize to apply to more than ... are looking more holistically into the life experiences of their applicants. "The ...

It was the beginning of what remains the most terrifying experience of my life. We spent 10 days in ICU. It was full of RSV babies and children who were suffering all kinds of major health crises ...

It's an excellent moment to go all in and challenge yourself to experience something brand new ... how love and friendship have shaped your life so far. If you're in a relationship, this ...

First place: Eternity Hopper, tenth grade, Milwaukee High School ... that life’s most persistent and urgent question. It is the theme for the 42nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest.

Syedah Ali, a sophomore at Valley Stream South High School ... “This year’s essays were no different, a combination of poignant, personal experience and sophisticated academic research ...

I was happy teaching for 10 years at the University of Utah law school, but I recently rejoined the faculty ... criminal justice reform — to help those dealt a difficult hand in life who need an ...

Of those two inevitabilities, death and taxes, Duncan is determined to make at least one less ominous, proactively improving the end-of-life experience for clients. As a former hospice nurse ...

More and more high school seniors are getting ... and her ensuing experience of becoming the center of controversy on campus. That essay got her an early acceptance letter from Stanford.