Mar 28 Create a Science Rhyme to Win a Shout-Out From Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA EmbedVideo(6066, 482, 304); Teachers in New York are using rap to teach complex science. PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports on the effectiveness of this strategy and interviews hip-hop legend GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. In his upcoming… Continue reading
Mar 28 A Man and a Baby Walk Into a Classroom Andy Haner and daughter Emory visit a third grade classroom at Olympic Hills Elementary School outside of Seattle, Washington. Photo By Mike Fritz/PBS NewsHour. SEATTLE -- It's not unusual to see babies while walking around Olympic Hills Elementary School… Continue reading
Mar 28 Anti-Bullying Lessons With the Bard The works of Shakespeare offer a plethora of lessons about violence and its emotional origins. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has adapted some of the bard's best-loved plays to help adolescents reflect on making better choices when faced with tough situations. Continue reading
Mar 28 Bringing Babies to the Classroom to Teach Empathy, Prevent Bullying Incidents of bullying in schools across the U.S. not only have an effect on students' emotional state, they can also have school wide ramifications. PBS NewsHour's American Graduate team recently traveled to Seattle to profile one program that works on… Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities… Continue watching
Mar 27 School House Rapping With Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA Legendary hip-hop artist raps about science in his new album and brings that message to schools. Upload your own science rap for a chance to win a shout-out from GZA. Details are below. NEW YORK -- In his… Continue reading
Mar 25 Dr. Sampson Davis Takes Your Questions on Guns, Poverty and Health Dr. Sampson Davis will join PBS NewsHour for a live chat 1 p.m. ET Tuesday. Do you have questions for him? Leave them in the comments section below or tweet them to @NewsHour using #healthchat. Dr. Sampson Davis… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch Chicago Board of Education Plans to Shut Down 54 Schools, Move 30,000 Students Chicago Board of Education Plans to Shut Down 54 Schools, Move 30,000 Student… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Virginia Teens Explore Self-Segregation within School Walls Virginia students investigate race relations within their school. Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch Double Jeopardy and the Constitution Students investigate the Double Jeopardy clause. Continue watching