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
Apr 07 What the Boston Marathon bombing taught me about helping students with trauma By Dr. Barbara Gortych Trauma is a slippery thing and not so easily pushed away, even in a resilient town like Watertown. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 7:44 Does the relationship between colleges and student-athletes need to be recalibrated? By PBS News Hour As the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament comes to a close, Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the role of the student athlete on the court, in the classroom and at the negotiating table with Emmett Gill of the Student-Athletes… Continue watching
Apr 03 Dept. of Ed names 20 schools facing financial investigation after 'severe' audit findings By Kyla Calvert Mason The Department of Education released the names of 20 colleges and career academies after audits of their finances turned up “severe findings.”… Continue reading