Oct 28 1 in 6 female undergrads sexually assaulted on MIT campus, survey finds By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH In an unprecedented, broad-based survey, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology polled students about their attitudes and experiences with sexual assault on campus. One in six female undergraduate students who responded to the survey say they've experienced sexual assault on the… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Empowering students with disabilities to find exercise they love By PBS News Hour Physical education is required in most American high schools, but for teenagers with physical and developmental disabilities, there can be greater restrictions on how they can get active. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports on how schools in Florida’s Miami-Dade County… Continue watching
Oct 27 How a student with autism taught me to kayak By April Brown Daniel Hernandez is a 10th grader with striking eyes and a ready smile who is prone to answer questions with a polite “Yes, ma’am.” This young man, who is 16, used to be described as "shy," but he knows a… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Why did no one flag UNC's bogus classes? By PBS News Hour For more than 18 years, thousands of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took credit courses that never met as a class with a professor; a disproportionate number of the students in those classes were athletes. Continue watching
Oct 22 On campus, fight Ebola panic with information By Joel Aguilar How does an off-hand comment about Ebola turn into campus-wide panic?… Continue reading
Oct 17 More college campuses swap 'No means no' for 'Yes means yes' By Jake New, Inside Higher Ed When the sexual assault prevention group Culture of Respect attended the Dartmouth Summit on Sexual Assault in July to promote its forthcoming website, the group went by a different name. The nonprofit passed out business cards and marketing all… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 'Terrific students can be found anywhere': One scholar's path from homeless shelter to halls of Georgetown By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 15 National school leaders ask if it's time to curb standardized testing By Kyla Calvert Mason The average student in one of the country’s large, urban school districts will take 113 standardized tests between pre-kindergarten and 12th grade, according to responses to a survey by the Council of Great City Schools. That survey was the first… Continue reading
Oct 15 What teachers need to know about undocumented students By Amy Mazur How can teachers and other professionals facilitate school success for recent undocumented immigrant students who come to the U.S.?… Continue reading
Oct 15 Students react to decision to admit transgender students at Mount Holyoke By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH This fall, Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts became the second all-women's college in the U.S. to begin accepting applications from transgender students. Continue reading