Aug 19 How schools’ delayed start in Ferguson is affecting kids By Colleen Shalby School was supposed to start last Thursday for the kids of Ferguson, Missouri. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch Would greater independence for teachers result in higher student performance? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 18 Why is math easier for some kids than for others? By Anna Christiansen Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine found that when kids begin processing mental math, the brain reorganizes itself to use its short-term memory center, the hippocampus. Continue reading
Aug 14 Journalists and leaders mentor PBS NewsHour’s student reporters By Corinne Segal This week, 11 middle and high-school students traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in four days of workshops, visit the White House and interview Col. Steve Parker of the U.S. Army, who leads Joining Forces, an initiative that provides assistance… Continue reading
Aug 13 Stanford professor first woman to receive ‘Nobel Prize’ for math By News Desk Maryam Mirzakhani, a mathematics professor at Stanford University in California, is the first woman to receive the Fields Medal -- considered the “Nobel Prize” of mathematics -- since the award was established in 1936. Continue reading
Aug 13 Cultivating the land to turn over a new leaf By Larisa Epatko Cathrine Sneed, founder of The Garden Project -- a farm-based education program for ex-offenders and at-risk youth -- says she isn’t teaching gardening so much as teaching people how to work. Continue reading
Aug 11 California considering universal consent standards to combat sexual assault By Charles Pulliam-Moore The California State Assembly is set to review legislation that would require schools receiving public funding to adopt an “affirmative consent standard,” clearly defining when sex is consensual and when it is not. Continue reading
Aug 11 Today’s Freedom Schools work to empower homeless children, juvenile offenders By April Brown Seven small yellow tricycles stand alongside a fence in the playground at Malcolm X Elementary school in Washington D.C., and a group of kids who are clearly too big to ride them climb on, preparing to race. Continue reading
Aug 10 Amid pressure, New York releases half of Common Core test questions By Carey Reed In response to requests by educators and parent-teacher associations, the New York State Department of Education released 50 percent of the Common Core-based English Language Arts and Math test questions for exams taken by students in the third through eighth… Continue reading