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Schools need help to support mental health, deal with trauma and stop swatting</h4> <address class="author"> <span>Frank DeAngelis, Patricia Greer & Greg Johnson</span> </address>  </span> </a> </span> </div> </div> <span class="more"><a href="/opinion">View All</a></span> </section> <section id="video" class="capped customizable vid" data-selector_type="video"> <h2>Video</h2> <div class="grid g_grid"> <div class="post customize video" data-id=710202> <span class="hero"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/innovative-high-schools-hip-hop-high/" > <div class="feature-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hip-hop-high-minnesota-school-825x464.jpg)" data-vimeo-thumb="856545411" > <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/hip-hop-high-minnesota-school-825x464.jpg"> </div> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <img class="series_header" src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/innovative-hs-tag.png"> </div> <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag"> <span>education</span> </div> <div class="post_tag series_tag"> <span>Future of High School</span> </div> <h3>Hip Hop Is Saving Teen Lives in Minnesota</h3> <h4 class="post_subtitle">By connecting with at-risk youth through music that is embedded in Twin Cities culture, one high school is getting students to learn — off the streets</h4> <address class="author"> <span>Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao</span> </address>  </span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="post customize has_image video" data-id=729961> <span class="mod_a"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/the-school-music-group-that-led-zeppelin-loves/" > <div class="feature-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/louisville-leopards-video-t74-300x169.jpg)" data-vimeo-thumb="990547772" > <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/louisville-leopards-video-t74-300x169.jpg"> </div> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span>Arts education</span> </div> <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag"> <span>Arts education</span> </div> <h3>The Student-Led Music Group that Led Zeppelin Loves</h3> <h4 class="post_subtitle">The Louisville Leopard Percussionists performed for Ozzy Osbourne, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin promoted their YouTube cover of ‘Kashmir.’</h4> <address class="author"> <span>Jim Fields</span> <div class="author-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-James-Fields-300x300.jpg)"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-James-Fields-300x300.jpg" alt="Author: Jim Fields"> </div> </address>  </span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="post customize video" data-id=728040> <span class="mod_a"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/watch-when-noma-makes-school-lunch-for-new-york-city-students/" > <div class="feature-image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/noma_vs_kids-t74_video-nt-300x169.jpg)" data-vimeo-thumb="954463357" > <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/noma_vs_kids-t74_video-nt-300x169.jpg"> </div> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span>Video</span> </div> <div class="post_tag descriptive_tag"> <span>Bronx</span> </div> <h3>WATCH: When Noma Makes School Lunch for New York City Students</h3> <h4 class="post_subtitle">Denmark’s Noma Projects, by the World’s Best Restaurant, made lunch for nearly 600 K-8 students. 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