Dec 11 'SciGirls' turns the camera on young citizen scientists By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Twin Cities Public Television's "SciGirls" puts girl scientists in front of the camera. While the pre-teen scientists perform experiments for the audience, the producers hope it will encourage more women to join science and engineering fields. Continue reading
Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi honor 'forgotten children' By Larisa Epatko Malala Yousafzai said she was “very proud” to represent her country Pakistan in winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and in being the youngest Nobel recipient at age 17. “Along with that, I’m pretty certain that I’m also the first recipient… Continue reading
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Dec 09 With schools closed in Liberia, education nonprofit joins Ebola battle By Larisa Epatko The nonprofit More Than Me helps girls in Liberia’s West Point slum get an education and stay off the streets. But when Ebola hit last summer, the organization shifted gears to assist in the fight. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 4:03 These Syrian child refugees work in the fields to support their displaced families By Marcia Biggs Continue watching
Dec 04 Are China's ties with U.S. universities healthy? By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press China's authoritarian government is gaining a foothold on American campuses by funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities, a congressional hearing was told Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Can the U.S. restructure schools to nurture Native American students? By PBS News Hour The high school graduation rate for Native Americans is the lowest of any ethnic or racial group in the United States. How can the government assist reservation schools while respecting autonomy of tribes? Judy Woodruff talks to Secretary of the… Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 6:04 Philadelphia schools aim to innovate to escape crisis By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch California students take a stand to topple teacher tenure; New York up next By PBS News Hour A 2012 legal case brought by nine public school students in California, who argued the state's teacher tenure laws denied their right to a quality education, ended a few months ago after a judge declared the laws unconstitutional. Shortly after… Continue watching