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
Jan 27 Watch 4:38 Last school year, 4 million students were on lockdown By PBS NewsHour During the last school year, more than 4 million students participated in at least one lockdown, most often in response to a perceived gun or violent threat, a Washington Post report found. And these perceived threats, psychologists say are causing… Continue watching
Jan 27 Digital technology offers new ways to teach lessons from the Holocaust By Jennifer Rich, The Conversation When it comes to understanding the horrors of the Holocaust – one of the key aims of International Holocaust Remembrance Day – younger generations often lack knowledge. Continue reading
Jan 25 Democrats campaigned to raise teacher pay. For now, more are prepared to strike By Courtney Norris Democrats are facing pressure to act on the issue, after siding with teachers who staged a rising number of strikes since last year. Continue reading
Jan 24 Juuling skyrocketed among students in 2018, national survey finds By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week The percentage of students who reported vaping nicotine in the last 30 days doubled or nearly doubled among eighth, 10th and 12th graders since 2017, representing some of the largest single-year jumps ever recorded in the survey. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 7:15 Why so many of Boston's high school valedictorians struggle to succeed High school valedictorians are the best in their class academically. But a new report finds that the top graduates of Boston’s public high schools are encountering great obstacles to attaining educational and economic milestones. John Yang talks to the Boston… Continue watching
Jan 23 Los Angeles teachers go back to school after reaching deal By Christopher Weber, Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after voting to ratify a contract deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike at the nation's second-largest district. Continue reading