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Daily Video May 04 2016

More high school students take gap year before college — including Malia Obama
President Barack and Michelle Obama announced on Sunday that their eldest daughter Malia will take a gap year before attending Harvard in 2017.
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Daily Video April 20 2016

Lead in school water is nationwide issue
Safe drinking water is often taken for granted in the United States, but some schools around the country find themselves struggling to protect students from toxic lead.
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Lesson Plan March 08 2016

"He Named Me Malala": Understanding student activism through film - Lesson Plan
Subject(s) English, Social Studies, U.S. History, Civics Estimated Time: One to tw…
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Daily Video January 20 2016

Home visits for new mothers helps baby brain development
DOWNLOAD VIDEO Essential question How much of an influence does a baby’s envi…
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Daily Video January 11 2016

Urban-Suburban school desegregation program seen as model
More than 60 years after the United States Supreme Court outlawed “separate but equal” schools in Brown vs. Board of Education, data shows that many school districts s are more segregated than ever — with some key exceptions.
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Daily Video January 08 2016

Addressing segregation in U.S. schools
Sixty-one years after the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in schools in the United States, many students today attend schools with stark racial and economic disparities.
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Daily Video November 24 2015

Storytelling helps young English learners grow
Young children from families newly arrived in the United States often do not speak English at home, making it harder for them to learn.
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Daily Video November 20 2015

Providing support and education for refugee children in the U.S.
DOWNLOAD VIDEO In the United States, where hundreds of thousands of people arrive each year…
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Daily Video October 26 2015

President Obama says schools should test less
The president and the U.S. Department of Education have called on states to cut back on the number of standardized tests students take.
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Daily Video October 13 2015

What happens when schools suspend young students?
More than three million students are suspended from public schools in the U.S. each year, including some students as young as kindergarten.
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