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
May 07 Watch Musician Credits Arts Education; Redefining Path to Success NewsHour Extra caught up with Ndegeocello on her current world tour. Continue watching
May 02 Watch Holocaust Survivor: Hatred, Tyranny Continue ‘Every Single Day’ Holocaust Survivor: Hatred, Tyranny Continue 'Every Single Day'… Continue watching
May 02 Watch Teachers Endure Balancing Act Over Climate Change Curriculum For the first time, new national educational standards for grades K-12 will link global warming trends to manmade emissions. Part of our Coping With Climate Change series, Hari Sreenivasan looks at the challenges teachers face when covering the topic of… Continue watching
May 02 Ask Melinda Gates Your Question About Education Reform Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images As the co-founder of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic organization, Melinda Gates has spent decades looking at the challenges and potential solutions to the problems facing America's education… Continue reading