Jan 27 Watch 6:53 Keeping the memory of WWI alive with plans for a national memorial By PBS News Hour Millions of Americans who served during the Great War may soon be memorialized in the nation’s capital. The winning design by 25-year-old architect Joe Weishaar was selected from more than 360 proposals for the National World War I Memorial in… Continue watching
Jan 27 FTC sues for-profit DeVry University over job, earning claims By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Another large for-profit college is under government scrutiny — this time, it's DeVry University. Continue reading
Jan 27 Space geek teacher remembers Challenger disaster By Michael Wilkinson For 29 years, fifth-grade teacher Michael Wilkinson has used space exploration to teach his students about math, science and the power of imagination. He shares his memories of the Challenger space shuttle disaster and why he never gave up on… Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 2:14 This boy dances in defiance of those who call it girly By PBS News Hour Sean Varner long tried to hide his love of dance from his peers. But over time, he's found a close group of friends who like him for who he is, and continues to use dance as a physical, emotional and… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 8:39 Should more kids skip college for workforce training? By PBS News Hour Of all the U.S. high school students who graduate high school and go on to college, a large proportion will never earn their degree. How can educators better train those who may struggle in trying to pick a course of… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 2:19 Girl on the gridiron changes how her team sees gender By PBS News Hour It started as a bet with her mom, but Lexi Dressing won a spot as starting kicker on her South Carolina high school football team. Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the Box, a series on the… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 7:21 Wi-Fi-enabled school buses leave no child offline By PBS News Hour The digital divide and lack of reliable Internet access at home can put low-income and rural students at a real disadvantage. So when superintendent Darryl Adams took over one of the poorest school district in the nation, he made it… Continue watching
Jan 22 Oberlin president says no to black students’ demands By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed Marvin Krislov, the president, said that while some of the demands "resonate with me and many members of our community, including our trustees," he would not respond directly to the proposals from black students, which were termed nonnegotiable. Continue reading
Jan 22 California student reporters team with PBS SoCal for ‘Wi-Fi on wheels’ story By Adelyn Baxter When Student Reporting Labs approached teacher Bernadine Judson about collaborating on a story that would eventually air on PBS NewsHour’s national broadcast, she did not hesitate to say “yes.”… Continue reading
Jan 22 Facing skepticism, colleges set out to prove their value By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report Detailed accounting is an example of aggressive new efforts being made by colleges and universities to prove something once taken for granted: their value and importance, in dollars-and-sense terms that consumers understand. Continue reading