For students, COVID-19 is the new normal. Meet two young people facing big pandemic challenges in the new academic year
By H.L. Comeriato, TDS Staff Reporter Photos by H.L. Comeriato Over the last 18 months, COVID-19 has shaped...
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First female Akron Public superintendent takes office ahead of a year recovering from and adapting to the pandemic
By Abbey Marshall, TDS staff reporter Returning to Akron Public Schools was a full circle moment for incoming...
Akron inventor seeks to inspire Black youth with his story
By Abbey Marshall, Devil Strip staff reporter Photos by Abbey Marshall When Sonny Sneed was only six months...
Inside I Promise Village, the LeBron James program tackling student homelessness
Reporting, writing and photos by Abbey Marshall LeBron James’ basketball career started in a place similar to this: huddled around...
Custodians adapt to pandemic guidelines to keep Akron’s schools safe
Reporting, writing and photos by H.L. Comeriato Every morning, John Carter looks out over the field behind Betty...
‘Updates from Lunch Lady Land’: Child nutrition workers make sure Akron students eat, even when the job puts them at risk
Reporting, writing and photos by H.L. Comeriato The chocolate milk is a hit. From kindergarten to senior year,...
Meet the Akronites getting menstrual hygiene products to everyone
words by Allyson Smith, illustration by Chris Harvey Aunt Flo, “on the rag,” “that special time of the...
Akron Public Schools has 13 police officers in schools. Here’s what they do.
words by Noor Hindi, illustration by Chris Harvey A week after the murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis...
Akron Public Schools to launch College and Career Academies this fall
Editor’s note (March 5, 2020): On March 4, David Skelly was removed from his classroom. According to Akron...
Forty years ago, Akron parents, educators and organizers saved Robinson Elementary — and nearly integrated Akron schools by court order
by H.L. Comeriato with research support from Salvatore Comeriato In a modest brick ranch, in a quiet neighborhood,...
Into the Muck | Buchtel students take project-based learning to Panzner Wetland Wildlife Reserve
by Daniel Whitaker About a quarter mile down a narrow gravel drive somewhere in Copley, Ohio, groups of...