Annie Xia

Oct 21, 2024 | northbynorthwestern.com | Sammi Li |Annie Xia

34th street station. A center of chaos. Buzzing workers short on patience andambling tourists abundant with leisurewhizz by in a collectionof faces I’ll forget. My senses only registerthe signs that direct my path. I watched two decades of life speed byon the NQR subway lines. For a certain bubble of forevermy only compass was my mother,my reliance on her was the forcethat placed me on the train headedDowntown for build-your-own burgerson Bay Ridge Ave.

Jun 19, 2024 | sfchronicle.com | Annie Xia |Alex K. Fong

May 6, 1931William Howard Mays Jr. is born in Westfield, Ala., just outside of Birmingham, to Willie Howard Mays Sr. and Annie Satterwhite. “I thought my Dad knew everything about baseball, and I wanted to learn it all,” Mays told Chronicle reporter John Shea in an interview for their co-written book “24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid.” “I learned about every position. … What to do at every position.

Jun 11, 2024 | the74million.org | Annie Xia

Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Partial scores from the state’s standardized test released Friday show high school students are still struggling with algebra, once again raising concerns about young Texans’ readiness to enter high-paying careers in STEM-related fields. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course tests evaluate high-schoolers in five subjects: Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II and U.S. History.

Jun 10, 2024 | texastribune.org | Annie Xia

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It was late 2020 and the pandemic was in full swing. Ingrid Sullivan was still navigating the consequences of her divorce when she caught COVID-19 and lost her job. The mother of four needed a hand. Sullivan applied for financial aid from the city of San Antonio and received about $5,000 over two years. She used the money to fill her gas tank and pay her car insurance.

Jun 9, 2024 | weatherforddemocrat.com | Annie Xia

Partial scores from the state’s standardized test released Friday show high school students are still struggling with algebra, once again raising concerns about young Texans’ readiness to enter high-paying careers in STEM-related fields. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course tests evaluate high-schoolers in five subjects: Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II and U.S. History.