May 21 Watch Helping High School Youth Learn by Doing Since 1994, YouthBuild has trained 110,000 high school dropouts around the country to put up houses for their community and think critically in the classroom while earning their GEDs or diplomas. As part of the American Graduate series, Paul Solman… Continue watching
May 18 ‘I Am an American Graduate’ – Presenting the Class of 2012 Photo by dp.hotography via Flickr As graduation season approaches, we invite you to share your graduation story with the American Graduate project. We will curate them on our "I Am an American Graduate" Pinterest board, in partnership with… Continue reading
May 18 Chronic Absenteeism — Not a ‘Casual Decision’ While attendance remains somewhat consistent between third and fifth grade, chronic absenteeism climbs in middle school and peaks by the twelfth grade. (Courtesy Get Schooled/The Johns Hopkins University) There's an assumption that in order to do well in school,… Continue reading
May 17 Florida Journalism Program Gives Students Reason to Stay in School By Mike Fritz On Wednesday's NewsHour we introduced you to De'Qonton Davis, an eighth grader from St. Petersburg, Fla. // Davis and his classmates at John Hopkins Middle School examined how violence affects students' ability to learn. They produced a video as part… Continue reading
May 17 Young Journalists at Work By Mike Fritz Over the course of reporting a story on a communications magnet program in St. Petersburg, Fla., the NewsHour met many students going through the K-12 "Journeys in Journalism" program. View a slideshow of their work. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 8th-Grade Journalist Spotlights Violence in School, Hopes Obama Will Notice By PBS News Hour 8th-Grade Journalist Spotlights Violence in School, Hopes Obama Will Notice… Continue watching
May 16 What Does a First-Grade Journalist Look Like? The journalism classroom at Melrose Elementary. When my colleague Mike Fritz and I headed down to St. Petersburg, Fla., recently, we knew we were going to see young journalists at work. It's not too hard to imagine that middle… Continue reading
May 16 Watch What Does a 1st-Grade Journalist Look Like? What Does a 1st-Grade Journalist Look Like?… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Boosting Reading Skills: Will ‘Common Core’ Experiment Pay Off? Boosting Reading Skills: Will 'Common Core' Experiment Pay Off?… Continue watching
May 07 Ndegeocello Credits Arts Education With Redefining Path to Success EmbedVideo(3330, 482, 304); With nine studio albums under her belt and a world tour under way, bass player Meshell Ndegeocello was in her hometown of Washington, D.C., last week recalling how arts classes were key to ensuring… Continue reading