Sep 27 Watch Historic School Strives to Reclaim Glory Days and Graduation Rates Nation's First Black High School Aims to Recapture Glory… Continue watching
Apr 26 Can Celebrities Influence a Student’s Decision to Stay in School? Actor Mark Wahlberg encourages students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., to stay in school. Photo by T.C. Williams Student Reporting Lab. The Journal of Pediatrics recently released results of a study conducted in the United Kingdom… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Can an Increase for National High School Graduation Rates Be Trusted? Can an Increase for National High School Graduation Rates Be Trusted?… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch To Bully or Not to Bully: Using Shakespeare in Schools to Address Violence To Bully or Not to Bully: Using Shakespeare in Schools to Address Violence… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch In School, Babies Teach Older Children to Consider Feelings and Needs of Others In School, Babies Teach Older Children to Consider Feelings and Needs of Others… Continue watching
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 11 Watch School Reform Program Targets Students at Risk of Falling Behind, Dropping Out Currently implemented in 44 U.S. schools, a data-driven dropout prevention program called Diplomas Now targets students who start to fall behind in middle school, and offers them nurturing, mentoring relationships. Ray Suarez reports on how a Baton Rouge middle school… Continue watching
Feb 25 New Report Highlights U.S. Graduation Gains, Decline in ‘Dropout Factories’ Graphic by Allison McCartney… Continue reading