Mar 23 Watch 5:52 Teenagers will lead the charge and demand change at anti-gun violence March for Our Lives By PBS News Hour Students and other demonstrators across the country will protest gun violence Saturday. In Washington, survivors of last month's deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, will stage their March for Our Lives rally. John Yang follows some of the students as… Continue watching
Mar 23 Why states, not Congress, are passing more gun laws By Gretchen Frazee Gun control advocates have turned to state legislatures after a string of recent high-profile shootings to push for action on gun violence. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 7:34 Parkland victim’s father: We will get gun reform in the U.S. By PBS News Hour Children want to be able to go to school, church and the mall without fear of being shot, and they are going to demand it, says Fred Guttenberg, a vocal advocate for reforming the nation's gun laws since his 14-year-old… Continue watching
Mar 21 Opinion: Why ‘Black Panther’ and other comic books belong in the classroom By David Cutler With the massive success of “Black Panther,” the latest blockbuster from Marvel, the time is ripe for educators to embrace comic books as legitimate teaching and learning tools. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 8:05 To reduce chronic school absences, Cleveland focuses on positive family support By Kavitha Cardoza, Education Week A few years ago, Cleveland Public Schools found that more than half of their students were chronically absent, missing at least 10 percent of school. While they've made steady progress to address the problem, like may school districts around the… Continue watching
Mar 20 Giving low-income students enough support to graduate, colleges face financial catch-22 By Timothy Pratt, The Hechinger Report Worried about enrollment and judged on success, some colleges are boosting student support -- but the high price isn't financially feasible for all schools. Continue reading
Mar 19 Parkland students pour their feelings into poetry By Jennifer Hijazi A 14-year-old student who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School wrote about life's "ups and downs" soon before his death. After the shooting, a classmate writes that "nothing about this feels normal."… Continue reading
Mar 18 Parkland, race and the gun violence that goes overlooked By Kamala Kelkar Black communities are reckoning with how to embrace the March for Our Lives while also addressing truths about their safety, perceptions of black lives and death. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 8:50 In a heavily Puerto Rican city, schools scramble to help students displaced by hurricane By Corinne Segal, Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last year, more than 24,000 students have left for the U.S. mainland and more than 400 came to Hartford, Connecticut, where a third of residents identify as Puerto Rican. Now, Hartford is working to… Continue watching
Mar 16 Former Corinthian Colleges students will only see partial loan relief By Maria Danilova, Associated Press The Education Department has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools. Continue reading