STUDENT BLOG

We met with Swetha Tunuguntla from Waukee Senior High School in Waukee, IA last spring and asked her about her experience in school. Here’s what she had to say:

Do you feel like your voice matters at this school?

Tunuguntla: “That’s an interesting question because there...

The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa’s Teen Trust Program is a youth philanthropy organization consisting of high school students across northeast Iowa. The 2019-2020 group, comprised of twenty four students, will be granting $15,000 to a variety of nonprofits ac...

Waterloo has recently established its first ever youth city council. It is made up of 28 sophomores through seniors drawn from all parts of the city and representing four high schools. The Youth City Council empowers young people to think critically, debate civilly, an...

In the days after the tragedy in Parkland, Florida, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School joined together in the efforts to end gun violence. Their mission quickly spread across the nation and hundreds of March For Our Lives chapters have been established.

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The Iowa Student Learning Institute is hosting its sixth annual RISE Student Leadership conference for K-12 students across Iowa on Saturday, November 10, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The main focus of the day will be students.

An event put on by, for, and about students,...

Jaden Deal, 17, of Norwalk, IA has been named president of the Iowa Student Learning Institute for the upcoming 2018-19 school year.

The Iowa Student Learning Institute (IowaSLI), is a student-led, non-profit organization based in Des Moines. For five years IowaSLI has...