Feb 12 Parkland anniversary highlights how Democrats have shifted on guns By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press In the final weeks before the 2008 election, Barack Obama's campaign sent mailers to Florida voters reassuring them that he supported the Second Amendment. In the opening days of the 2020 Democratic primary, it's hard to imagine any candidate feeling… Continue reading
Feb 12 When small colleges close, their hometowns feel the pain By Elizabeth Hewitt, The Hechinger Report The financial problems — and wholesale shutdowns — affecting an escalating number of colleges and universities touch not only students, faculty and staff but also local economies, often in rural places where they are among the most important employers and… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 4:00 Why performance pay is at the heart of Denver’s teacher strike Denver public school teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years. Much of the fight comes down to a pay system known that involves a complicated merit and bonus system, and that teachers say is vastly… Continue watching
Feb 11 Opinion: Every student can be an inventor By Doug Scott On National Inventors Day, learn how one Massachusetts educator is teaching his students about the power of invention. Continue reading
Feb 11 Denver teachers go on strike after failing to reach pay deal By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press The school district said schools will remain open during the strike and will be staffed by administrators and substitute teachers. However, the district has canceled classes for 5,000 preschool children because it doesn't have the staff to take care of… Continue reading
Feb 08 Opinion: Why I am celebrating ‘Black Lives Matter at School’ By Jesse Hagopian We worried that when the day actually came, few might be bold enough to publicly proclaim their belief in the value of black lives. Then the t-shirt orders started coming in. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 7:52 How this Thai educational movement empowers rural students By Fred de Sam Lazaro More and more in Thailand, rural students learn in traditional classrooms, but with an emphasis on hands-on activities. The idea is to empower young villagers to bring economic development to their communities, as well as learn leadership, empathy and compassion. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch Special Episode: State of the Union Aftershow By PBS NewsHour The State of the Union fanfare is gone. What now? Join the PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor and Daniel Bush as they dig into President Donald Trump’s speech and the Democratic response. Which statements have traction and… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch 7:19 These military families say public schools aren’t supporting their special-needs kids By Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week Supporting children with special needs can introduce additional worries and demands on any family. For military families, that stress is compounded by a lifestyle involving repeated moves and varying levels of services and capabilities within schools. Special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza… Continue watching
Jan 29 Record-breaking cold shuts down schools in the Midwest By Ivan Moreno, Blake Nicholson, Associated Press Hundreds of schools and several large universities closed their campuses Tuesday as temperatures plummeted across the Midwest, with forecasters warning that the frigid weather will get worse and could be life-threatening. Continue reading