Jan 31 Watch 4:05 Vast digitizing project will put Harvard's colonial archives online By PBS News Hour Harvard University has launched a project to digitize almost half a million items from its 17th and 18th century archives – the largest digitizing effort the university has ever undertaken. The letters, journals, documents and drawings tell the story not… Continue watching
Jan 31 States move to issue high school diplomas retroactively By Catherine Gewertz, Education Week New laws are giving students who never passed their state's required high school exit exams another chance to graduate. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 2:15 Female cadet commands respect at her high school By PBS News Hour Shantell Gonzalez of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High in Miami refuses to let gender stereotypes get in the way of service to her country: she is the only female CO in her school’s Junior ROTC unit. Our Student Reporting… Continue watching
Jan 29 How Donald Trump made my students take politics more seriously By Anne La Pietra Anne La Pietra teaches government at Urbandale High School in Iowa and discusses what it's like to go "first," how Donald Trump has made her students more politically-engaged than ever before. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 1:50 These girls build their future every time they go to construction class By PBS News Hour High school students Channell Rogers and Sierra Buster refuse to let gender stereotypes prevent them from pursuing construction, a hobby they both enjoy and a career they both aspire to. Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 2:18 The only girl in school to spark an interest in welding By PBS News Hour Kalei Kipp is the only girl in the welding program at her high school. Why don't more women go into that profession? Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the Box, a series on the ways that young… Continue watching
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