Apr 16 Twitter chat: What does school safety mean to you? By Nora Daly We have asked students, teachers and school administrators to join us as we discuss school safety on Twitter. Continue reading
Apr 15 Why I’m telling some of my students not to go to college By Jillian Gordon As educators, it’s time to stop pushing all of our students to go to college, and instead push them towards the path that is right for them. Continue reading
Apr 14 Nine Atlanta teachers headed to jail after test cheating scandal By Anna Sillers Sentences were handed to the 10 former teachers and administrators convicted of racketeering in the Atlanta public school cheating scandal today. Continue reading
Apr 10 What I learned when a lockdown drill at our school went wrong By Heather Jancoski We need a general vocabulary across schools -- not only in the valley or the state of Arizona, but the whole U.S. -- so that students have a universal understanding of what to do if an emergency occurs. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch 4:36 Designing Hawaii schools that keep out danger and let in nature By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 5:51 First-generation students face unique struggles at elite colleges By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 7:14 Schools, students bracing themselves for new, tougher Common Core tests By PBS News Hour Students in 29 states are taking the Common Core tests for the first time this spring. A few years ago, one school in Washington, D.C., changed how it prepares for standardized tests, adopting home visits, pep rallies and new curricula… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 6:29 How an elementary school moves on after a shooting By PBS News Hour In 2010, a gunman attacked an elementary school playground in suburban San Diego. Four years later, students from nearby Carlsbad High School visited the school to see how the community is healing, interviewing teachers and students on camera for the… Continue watching
Apr 07 The New Safe: Stories from the frontlines of school safety By Leah Clapman Today we’re launching a new feature from our network of student reporters that explores what it means to feel safe and be safe at school. Continue reading
Apr 07 The guidance counselor who won’t go away, even after graduation By Erin Einhorn, The Hechinger Report DETROIT — Taisha Fountain was welcoming her students back on the first day of classes in the fall when she saw someone at her high school who didn’t belong there. Anthony Gentry had already graduated and was supposed to… Continue reading