Culture, Media & Education

Coverage of culture, education, and media systems. Prism’s lens exposes how education, narrative, and culture are shaped and how they are challenged by repression and systemic inequities.

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It’s going to take more than school board statements to make education more equitable

Carolyn Copeland
It’s going to take more than school board statements to make education more equitable

Art can be a powerful tool to challenge white beauty standards

Roberto Camacho
Art can be a powerful tool to challenge white beauty standards

Formerly incarcerated youth are using art to advocate for the abolition of youth prisons

Tamar Sarai
Formerly incarcerated youth are using art to advocate for the abolition of youth prisons

Deferred no more: The struggle for the future of undocumented students

Brenton Zola
Deferred no more: The struggle for the future of undocumented students

School infrastructure should be treated as a human rights issue

Frank L. Gettridge
School infrastructure should be treated as a human rights issue

Art can be a powerful way to protest police brutality

Roberto Camacho
Art can be a powerful way to protest police brutality

Autistic Black artists build careers through creative expression

Carolyn Copeland
Autistic Black artists build careers through creative expression

The pandemic has proved standardized testing isn’t necessary. Why are we resuming it?

Umme Hoque
The pandemic has proved standardized testing isn’t necessary. Why are we resuming it?

Texas educators and activists fight against whitewashed history textbooks

Umme Hoque
Texas educators and activists fight against whitewashed history textbooks

Texas schools briefly move online as winter storm halts instruction

Carolyn Copeland
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Black history should be taught in all schools—especially those with a small Black student population

Carolyn Copeland
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Music artists of multifaceted identities are in a unique position

Raye Zaragoza
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