by Nelson Graves | 30 Jun 2021 | Human Rights, La Jolla Country Day School, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
Lucy Jaffee interviewed a top expert to get a jump on the mainstream press in a landmark free-speech case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Lucy Jaffee Eight months before the U.S. Supreme Court took up a free-speech case covered by the world’s largest news...
by Nelson Graves | 24 Jun 2021 | Friends Seminary, Youth Voices
Samara Friedman of Friends Seminary in New York City, a News Decoder partner school, has won a spot in a selective FBI youth program. Samara Friedman Samara Friedman is interested in learning more about law and government – what she calls “keeping people safe.”...
by Nelson Graves | 22 Jun 2021 | News Decoder Updates
In a leadership shuffle, Lauren Heuser, who has helped News Decoder grow its global network of partners, will be succeeded by Maria Krasinski. Maria Krasinski Today, News Decoder announces a changing of the guard in senior management as our not-for-profit seeks new...
by Nelson Graves | 10 Jun 2021 | African Leadership Academy, Environment, European School Brussels, Health and Wellness, News Decoder Updates, Youth Voices
A reporting project profiling youth who are fighting climate change includes two students at a News Decoder partner school in Belgium. Video of “The Writing’s on the Wall” mural being painted at the European School of Brussels II. Video by Amélie...
by Nelson Graves | 1 Jun 2021 | Education, News Decoder alumni, News Decoder Updates, Personal Reflections, School Year Abroad
Elisabeth Wachtel learned a second language, made friends and lifted her chances of college admission by studying abroad for a year of high school. Why would a teenager pick up stakes and leave friends and family behind for a year to study in an unfamiliar, foreign...