Education Oct 11 Malala, your courage has inspired us A year after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while coming home from school, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai has brought her campaign for education, especially for girls in all regions of the world, to the U.S. On Friday, Malala…
Education Aug 22 50 Years Later, Youth Reflect on Race in America and MLK’s Dream PBS NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs gathered voices of American youth, who reflect on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. King delivered his famous address 50 years ago on Aug. 28 at the…
Education Jan 15 Metal Detectors to Bear Spray, Students Search For Gun Violence Solutions Universal background checks, armed officers in schools and changes to the country's mental health system are all ideas being floated as the nation searches for solutions to gun-related violence. In the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary…
Politics Nov 05 Real Politics: Youth Reporters Explore Issues That Matter Patrick Ewing discusses politics and the 2012 election season with Daniel Pearl Magnet High School reporter Elitza Batchiyska. Photo by Hassan Muhammad. While many young people across the country have been watching the 2012 presidential election unfold via political ads,…
Education Aug 17 For Student Reporters, an Out of This World Interview With a NASA Engineer High school student Destinee Davis interviews NASA engineer Maggie Sholtz via Skype. Earlier this week, 16-year-old Destinee Davis received her first reporter's notebook and lesson on the art of interviewing. The high school sophomore, along with seven of her classmates…