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Listen to “Making Friends,” on This Teenage Life

Find the full episode at This Teenage Life, and wherever podcasts are found. Friendships feed the soul for all of us. But for teenagers, they also serve a more…

Beth Fertig Senior Education Editor

Student Agency, Identity & Experiences

High School Life

Give Me Five Gets A New Look, New Name, and New Expertise

It’s a new year and a new chance for us to help shape the future. My name is Edward Montalvo, the new Senior Education Writer at the XQ Institute. As…

Edward Montalvo Senior Education Writer

High School Life

LISTEN: Dealing With Transitions, Like Starting High School

Find the full episode at This Teenage Life, and wherever podcasts are found. The start of a new school year is a time of renewal. But for teens, it…

Beth Fertig Senior Education Editor

Student Agency, Identity & Experiences

High School Life

LISTEN: Teen Tips for Teachers

Teachers understand that youth voice and choice are critical for learning. At XQ, we’ve made it one of our defining principles to support educators. This week we’re spotlighting a podcast…

Anna Sudderth Contributing Writer

High School Life

Announcing the 2022 Student Journalism Challenge: My Education, My Future

Do your students challenge you with tough questions? Are they looking for ways to explore the issues they care about most? Asking questions is a fundamental ingredient of education. It’s…

Listen to “Making Friends,” on This Teenage Life

Give Me Five Gets A New Look, New Name, and New Expertise

LISTEN: Dealing With Transitions, Like Starting High School

LISTEN: Teen Tips for Teachers

Announcing the 2022 Student Journalism Challenge: My Education, My Future

Find Out What Recent High School Grads Wish all Teachers Knew

Six Resources on XQ Design Principles

How the Pandemic Changed Us: High Schoolers Share Their Perspectives

5 Summer Professional Development Resources

Listen to Teens Discuss What Mattered Most to Them in High School Classes

What is Financial Literacy? (And Why Does it Matters for Your Students?)

Growth Mindset in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Guide

How Youth Climate Activist Jerome Foster II Became the Voice for One Million Young People

Listen to How Teachers Can Help Students Feel Seen on “This Teenage Life”

3 Tips for Teachers to Foster Student Internships in High School

The Writing, and Mission, is on the Wall at this Innovative High School

Equity In The Classroom: A Teachers Guide

How an Innovative High School Internship Led to a Job in Virtual Reality

5 Ways to Center Student Leadership

5 Supports for Teacher Mental Health

What Happened to Reading for Fun? And What Can We Do About It?

Redefining Failure to Embrace Student Learning

5 Resources for Back to School Preparation

The Community is the Classroom – Now What?

Project-Based Learning is Rooted in Community at this Santa Ana High School

Break Down Classroom Walls to Build Up Student Competencies

The First Graduates of this Brooklyn High School Prove that Perseverance Pays Off

#XQMISTYCHALLENGE: Featuring the student winners of the XQ Dance Challenge ft. Misty Copeland

#ARTIVISM: These Students Won the XQ Art + Activism Challenge ft. BMike

#Artivism: The Power of Art in Raising Student Activists

These Students Won the XQ #MakeASongChallenge

Submissions from XQ’s #MakeASongChallenge Reveal What Matters Most to Students Today

Upbeat Academy: Music Education that Transforms Lives

5 Resources for Amplifying Student Voices and Experiences

COVID-19, Teen Stress, and How Educators Can Support Stress Management Today

Lucid Dreaming: Planning for a Better Future in a School Crisis

10 Social Emotional Learning Tips for Educators in Distance Learning

Teen Activists on Elections, Civic Life, and Grassroots Organizing

Equitable Teaching Strategies: Asset Framing in Practice

These High School Students are Learning Through Filmmaking

Renée Fleming

Michelle Morales

Student Performs Powerful Spoken Word Poem About Graduation and Life

How to Find Your Identity: Workshop and Framework with Ashanti Branch

This Student Went Through the Foster System. Now She’s Graduating.| XQ Students

World Teacher Day: Students Surprise Teachers With Messages

This Student Started a Project to Bring Her Community Together | XQ Students

Mini Shark Tank: Middle School Female Entrepreneurs Pitch Business Ideas

Supporting Students Share Words of Motivation for Teachers During COVID-19 Pandemic

This Student is Learning Computer Science in High School | XQ Students

Explore Your Identity with Ashanti Branch (Lesson 2: Who Are You Listening To?)

Explore Your Identity with Ashanti Branch (Lesson 1: Who Are You?)

A Teacher’s Journey Toward Culturally-Relevant Teaching Practices

What Is a Restorative Justice Listening Circle and How to Use It

Meet the Student Activists Leading the Country’s Protests for #BlackLivesMatter

Taking Up Space as a Black Woman Is a Revolutionary Act

How to Host a Virtual High School Graduation Ceremony

5 Resources to Empower Youth Voice and Choice

These “Tutor Teens” Launched a Business to Help Younger Students and Families Learn Remotely

Student Voice: We Have an Opportunity to Re-imagine Our Future

Celebrate Your Everyday Heroes on Teacher Appreciation Day

5 Ways for Students to Share Their Voice

Student Poetry to Promote Youth Voice and Choice

Hope Thrives From This High School’s Community Garden

Social Emotional Learning & Why It Matters in the Wake of COVID-19

Looking for a Reading List During Quarantine? Join the Conversation

Student Shares All: How to Support Students With Disabilities

Student Voice: Racism against Asian Americans in the Wake of COVID-19

Life After School Closures: High School Students Speak Out

How Coronavirus is Impacting Me as a High School Senior

Helping Your Teen Get the Most out of High School

Students Share What It’s Like to Learn in an Innovative High School

How a class of young writers explored climate change through storytelling

It’s Been One Year Since I Led a Student Gun Protest. Are Things Better Now?

Books Inspiring Educators on National Author’s Day

13 Teacher Tips For Building Student Voice and Agency

4 Students Describe Struggles Many Latinx Students Face

8 Young Activists You Need to Hear From Today

My Story as a Latinx High School Student

7 years later, I help others learn to love themselves