Education Aug 11 Today’s Freedom Schools work to empower homeless children, juvenile offenders Seven small yellow tricycles stand alongside a fence in the playground at Malcolm X Elementary school in Washington D.C., and a group of kids who are clearly too big to ride them climb on, preparing to race.
Education Aug 08 When Mississippi schools wouldn’t integrate, Freedom Schools opened doors In the summer of 1964, hundreds of out-of-state volunteers joined local activists in Mississippi to increase voter registration among disenfranchised African Americans in the state. Many of the volunteers worked in the dozens of newly created Freedom Schools. Herbert Randall,…
Education Jul 09 Sixth graders ditch traditional lessons to create video game businesses It took seven people to create the “Golden Medallion” spy adventure video game and its advertising campaign. They did their own coding, conducted a beta test, created a website, a commercial and an instagram feed, and they came up with…
Education Jun 09 While Louisiana lawmakers debate Common Core, some parents turn to homeschooling The implementation of Common Core State Standards has caused controversy in Louisiana, with parents and educators lining up to support keeping or repealing the education standards. Some parents have such strong objections they've withdrawn their children from public school in…
Education May 29 Hurricane Katrina legacy continues in New Orleans with all-charter school district When students in the New Orleans Recovery School district head back to class next fall, not one will be attending a traditional public school. The Louisiana city’s Recovery School District, formed after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area, closed its…
Education May 06 How cursive can help students with dyslexia connect the dots Students with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read because their brains associate sounds and letter combinations inefficiently. But cursive can help them with the decoding process because it integrates hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and other brain and memory functions.
Education Apr 24 What does Common Core implementation look like? Ask a teacher The PBS NewsHour asked young journalists in our Student Reporting Labs to interview their teachers about how Common Core is affecting what they teach and how they teach it.