Mar 13 Why it’s hard to unplug, even in Amish country By April Brown We came to report on the ways Amish students use technology in the classroom. But to varying degrees, technology is also seeping into the daily lives of many Amish families, too. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 8:21 Connecting the classroom to promising health careers By PBS NewsHour Students at Oakland’s Life Academy are getting a head start on health science careers by integrating academics with career-based training and a workplace environment. The high school, which serves low-income and minority students, also has the city’s second highest rate… Continue watching
Jan 20 The reality of life and death intersect for students at two Oakland schools By April Brown, Mike Fritz Sometimes, the realities of life and death intersect at Life Academy, a health sciences-focused public school in Oakland, California. Continue reading
Nov 29 Teacher tenure rules are in state of flux across the nation By News Desk NewsHour Weekend's piece on a lawsuit filed by nine California students against the teacher tenure system tells the story of just one battle in a war being waged across the country. More than a dozen states have changed their tenure… Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch Encouraging rural Alaska’s students to become teachers By PBS NewsHour In Alaska, roughly three out of four teachers are from out of state, and more likely to stay for a shorter period of time than those who were born and raised there. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports from the town… Continue watching
Nov 13 In rural Alaska, embracing native culture during and after the school bell By April Brown, Mike Fritz Sassa Williams, 18, and her siblings, triplets Theresa, Chris and Grant, 14, work on their homework after school at their home in Dillinhgam, Alaska. But there comes a time when the phone rings, and everyone, including mom Kim, who has… Continue reading
Nov 11 A veteran’s tough love message to at-risk kids — and fellow vets By Margaret Warner Do vets coming home from the horrors of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have something unusual to teach the young people of today? If you listen to West Point graduate and retired Lt. Col. David Oclander, who is now a… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Empowering students with disabilities to find exercise they love By PBS NewsHour Physical education is required in most American high schools, but for teenagers with physical and developmental disabilities, there can be greater restrictions on how they can get active. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports on how schools in Florida’s Miami-Dade County… Continue watching
Oct 27 How a student with autism taught me to kayak By April Brown Daniel Hernandez is a 10th grader with striking eyes and a ready smile who is prone to answer questions with a polite “Yes, ma’am.” This young man, who is 16, used to be described as "shy," but he knows a… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch ‘Terrific students can be found anywhere’: One scholar’s path from homeless shelter to halls of Georgetown By PBS NewsHour Continue watching