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Palo Alto’s Student Suicides


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What's behind a cluster of student suicides in the heart of ultra-competitive Silicon Valley?

In a cover story for The Atlantic, journalist Hanna Rosin investigated a disturbing cycle stretching back more than a decade for Palo Alto and Gunn high schools. She spoke with EWA public editor Emily Richmond: How are local educators, parents, and students are responding to the crisis? What's next for the investigation by federal health officials? And how can reporters improve their own coverage of these kinds of challenging issues? Rosin's story, "The Silicon Valley Suicides" won 1st Prize for magazine feature writing in the EWA National Awards for Education Reporting.

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