By Juandiego Rojas Velazquez, Age 10 In New York City, not all public schools are funded equally. “About 62 percent of the students in the city’s public schools are Black or Hispanic. But at its eight most prestigious high schools, about 10 percent of the students in the incoming freshman class are expected to be …
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By Maryam Sattaur, age 12 Did you know that over 800 languages are spoken in New York City? You can hear many of them in Queens, from Spanish to Gaeilge, from Norsk to Tagalog, according to the Endangered Language Alliance. Before it was Queens, the land was originally inhabited by the Lenape, an Indigenous tribe. …
By Remi Kou, age 10 The 2026 Earth Prize — the biggest prize in youth environmental innovation — was given to three 16-year-olds for their microplastic filter made of tamarind seeds. According to MSN, the way this powder-like substance works is that it gathers up all the microplastics in the water in visible clumps, and …
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By Andrew Simpson, age 14 Did you wonder why there was so much commotion on the streets of New York City on June 13, 2026? That Saturday night, the New York Knicks clinched their first NBA championship in 53 years with a 4-1 series win over the San Antonio Spurs. At the same time, the …
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By Rose Watson, age 11Â When I was in third grade, I barely did any work on a screen. We wrote our essays by hand and copied them with a pen onto a nice piece of paper. The only time I remember using a screen is at the end of the year. We wrote an …
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By Melany Tavarez, age 10Â Turtles are really interesting animals that lived among the dinosaurs! They are in the family of reptiles called testudines and are amniotes, or animals that breathe air and lay their eggs on land, but also live in the water. Turtles first appeared in the world over 200 million years ago …
By IndyKids Staff Tell us about yourself. I’m Scarlett Mora, and I’m 12 years old. One of my favorite hobbies is listening to music, because it makes me calm down. I also love being with my friends, because they always make me laugh and I always have a great time with them. Another one of …
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By Markan Zelalem, age 14 I was born in Hawassa, a sunny town with a lake, in south-central Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a country in East Africa and has many special things about it. The first is that it has its own calendar, with special names of months and an extra five-day month. The calendar is …
