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
Mar 21 Watch Counting Calories: How the Constitution Impacts School Meals Teens investigate the connection between the U.S. Constitution and school cafeteria meals. Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch Chewing Gum: A Student's Friend or Foe? Students of Fraser High School in Michigan investigate the pros and cons of chewing gum. Continue watching