Oct 27 Puerto Rico faces huge challenges in rebuilding and reinventing K-12 education By Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week Puerto Rico has the opportunity to recreate, and not just rebuild, its long-struggling school system. But a positive transformation for the island’s schools might be crippled before it can even start. Continue reading
Mar 06 What can schools do to protect undocumented students, and other FAQs By Corey Mitchell, Education Week As the Trump administration ramps up deportations, some K-12 leaders are pledging to protect the rights and privacy of undocumented students. How much can they do?… Continue reading
Feb 27 Analysis reveals racial disparities in school arrests By Evie Blad and Alex Harwin, Education Week In 43 states and the District of Columbia, black students are arrested at school at disproportionately high levels, an analysis of federal data by the Education Week Research Center finds. And one reason may be that black students are more… Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 8:05 How this educator is guiding Liberian girls toward school By PBS News Hour Liberia has had more than its fair shares of challenges, and is trying to rebuild after enduring a devastating Ebola epidemic and civil war. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro meets an American woman who has made her home in… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 7:50 Struggling schools benefit from adding arts to learning By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 3:27 The failure cycle causing a shortage of black male teachers By PBS News Hour Why are there so few black male teachers? Chris Emdin of Columbia University suggests that a cycle of failure haunts students and their teachers. Students act out, so teachers tighten the rules; more restrictions combined with dull and irrelevant curricula… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 8:42 This West Virginia school is caring for students, when addicted parents can’t By PBS News Hour In opioid-stricken West Virginia, this school is taking on the role of parent. Lisa Stark of Education Week visits Cottageville Elementary, where students often lack food, clothes and transportation because of drug-addicted parents. In addition to increasing communication with local… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 6:53 Helping student inventors turn big ideas into the next big thing By PBS News Hour It’s back-to-school season, but these students have taken their brainstorming outside the classroom to solve pressing, real-life problems. Visit a competition where teams of student inventors pitch their entrepreneurial ideas to guests posing as investors, who vote on the best… Continue watching
Aug 16 As summer draws to a close, 6 things to know about going back to school By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press The lazy days of summer are ending for millions of children. How much will parents spend on school supplies? How do American students stack up globally? Here are some facts and figures as the new year begins. Continue reading
Apr 29 Column: This little known site is the birthplace of the student civil rights movement By Jeff Feinstein The Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia, recently commemorated the 65th anniversary of the 1951 Moton Student Strike. A few years after the strike, Moton High provided a majority of the plaintiffs in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education school… Continue reading