Sep 15 Watch California school district rewrites menu for student lunches By PBS News Hour For children across the country, returning to school means eating mass-produced lunches. But Oakland, California, is implementing an ambitious plan to transform their lunch program to provide healthier, locally-sourced food. Jake Schoneker and his student journalists at Media Enterprise Alliance… Continue watching
Sep 09 ‘Are we gonna die?’ Answering my third grade students on 9/11 By Jillian Baden Bershtein I was new at this. I was 23. How was I to contain my fear and anxiety in front of my kids? What would I tell them?… Continue reading
Sep 07 Agrarian roots? Think again. Debunking the myth of summer vacation’s origins By Saskia de Melker, Sam Weber Where did the concept of summer vacation originate? Despite a long-standing myth linking a summer break to the nation's "agrarian past," historians offer a different explanation. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 9:14 ‘Always ready to go back’: Could students benefit from year-round school? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 05 Twitter Chat: How important is early childhood education? By Nora Daly How important is early childhood education? Could its impact last into adulthood? Can kids without access to quality preschool catch up? Join us for a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch Can a cell phone video get your kid into college? By PBS News Hour Colleges and universities are getting increasingly creative with their admissions essay prompts, but a small liberal arts college has set a new precedent. In lieu of recommendation letters, extracurricular activities and test scores, Goucher College in Maryland will accept a… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch One student’s dyslexia changed how a community viewed learning By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 03 Why so many college grads are highly-educated, well placed, and going nowhere By Kirk Carapezza, Mallory Noe-Payne, WGBH Three years ago, sociologists Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa found that college students learn little while in school. Their book, Academically Adrift, shocked the academy and provoked angry responses. Now, the two provocateurs are back. Their sequel is called Aspiring… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Football’s grip on America is a double-edged sword By PBS News Hour By far the most popular sport in America, football instills a spirit of resilience and teamwork. But the sport also continues to garner headlines for its violence, health risks from concussions and cases of domestic abuse by players. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 3:12 Teens reflect on impact of Ferguson unrest By PBS News Hour The NewsHour’s network of Student Reporting Labs explore how the shooting of Michael Brown and the violent aftermath affected teens’ views of justice and race in America. Student reporters found responses ranging from frustration and confusion to a sense of… Continue watching