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Michael Blackson was among the protesters outside the White House recently. The 17-year-old says he often feels invisible, especially to white people.

One high school in New York has found a way to have safe and memorable graduation: hold it at a drive-in movie theater.

After cancelled musicals and spring concerts, choral directors across the country are going the extra mile to have their students' voices heard.

The Killingly, Conn., school district changed a mascot from the Redmen to the Red Hawks last year at the recommendation of local Native Americans. This year, new board members reversed that decision.

A small group of students attends Eastern Flex Academy in Lansing, Mich., which is designed to accommodate part-time job schedules, internships and even family responsibilities.

Today, more than 170 colleges and universities offer esports. And there's money on the table — more than $16 million in college scholarships. Naturally, high schools have followed suit.

In Auburn, Maine, three best friends — Dorothy, Dorothy and Dorothy — celebrate their 100th birthdays and reminisce about their long friendship.

Boone, who was 84, died just seven months after the death of Bill Yoast, his friend and fellow coach at T.C. Williams High School.

One bright spot for the fire-devastated town of Paradise, Calif., is the high school football team. The Paradise Bobcats finished the regular season undefeated.

In 1950s Arkansas, Olly Neal didn't care much for school. At StoryCorps, he remembers finding a book that changed the life of a teen who was, in Neal's memory, "a rather troubled high school senior."

The Allegheny County Jail runs a full high school for juveniles charged as adults. "In this part of the building, you are a student," Principal Jay Moser tells students on the first day.

The school says not terminating the teacher would have resulted in "our forfeiting our Catholic identity." Last week, a nearby Jesuit school decided to split with the archdiocese instead.