Feb 16 Watch 2:18 Student Reporting Labs on the experiences of LGBTQ youth By Student Reporting Labs For the last several weeks, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ “No Labels Attached” series has explored how stereotypes are impacting young people through race and culture and in sports. The latest installation looks at misconceptions about LGBTQ youth. Continue watching
Feb 14 Analysis: Trump places a big bet on career and technical education By Shaun M. Dougherty, The Conversation The White House wants to nearly double the total federal commitment to provide states with funds for career and technical education – from about US$1.2 billion in the current fiscal year to about $2.1 billion for fiscal 2021. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 7:07 Why education unions are disputing the efficacy of active shooter drills Active shooter drills have become nearly ubiquitous in American schools. Although they are intended to prepare students and teachers to protect themselves in case of an armed intruder, the largest education unions in the U.S. say there's little evidence they… Continue watching
Feb 11 Teachers unions ask schools to rethink shooting drills By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students' mental health and that there are better ways to prepare for the possibility of a school shooting. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 2:59 Student Reporting Labs on misconceptions about race and culture By Student Reporting Labs PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs has been exploring how stereotypes are impacting young people as part of their “No Labels Attached” series. Our latest installment looks at what youth are saying about race, culture and the misconceptions they are facing. Continue watching
Feb 07 How a college prank turned into a public art tradition By Joshua Barajas The inflatable replica that rests on the lake’s solid surface isn’t a political statement, nor a throwback to the ending of 1969’s “Planet of the Apes,” but a decades-long tradition founded on a good laugh. Continue reading
Feb 06 Students often struggle after a mental health crisis. Can this support system help? By Alfonso Serrano, The Hechinger Report More kids are missing school because of anxiety and depression and schools are struggling to help those students returning from a mental health crisis. A Massachusetts program is trying to disrupt that cycle. Continue reading
Feb 06 Universities cancel study-abroad programs amid virus fears By Michael Melia, Kantele Franko, Associated Press Two of the 12 confirmed U.S. cases of novel coronavirus are linked to college campuses. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 1:52 Student Reporting Labs tackles gender stereotyping in sports By Student Reporting Labs PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ series, “No Labels Attached,” is tackling the question of how stereotypes are impacting young people. On this Superbowl Sunday, we're taking a look at what youth around the country are saying about misconceptions and stereotypes… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 1:52 Student Reporting Labs series explores stereotypes By PBS NewsHour American students today are more comfortable than ever celebrating their identities in terms of race, class, sexual orientation or gender. But stereotypes continue nonetheless. NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs’ new “No Labels Attached” series has asked high-schoolers across the country to… Continue watching