Jan 10 Watch 11:14 Country’s oldest voluntary school desegregation program grows in Rochester, New York By PBS News Hour The Urban-Suburban program in Rochester, New York, has given minority children the opportunity to attend schools in the suburbs that have a far larger population of white students. The program is growing, but questions still remain remain about whether the… Continue watching
Nov 10 From Fallujah to Pennsylvania, my life as a Marine and a math teacher By Chris Lusto Cpt. Chris Lusto served as an artillery officer in the Marine Corps where he served in Fallujah, Iraq. He now teaches math at Pleasant Valley High School in Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 9:16 Is kindergarten too young to suspend a student? By PBS News Hour At the largest charter school network in New York City, strict academic and behavior standards set the stage for learning. That doesn't exclude children as young as 5 or 6 years old, who can be given out-of-school suspensions if they… Continue watching
May 13 Grade levels could be a thing of the past in schools focused on competency By Anika Anand, Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Anika Anand and Ann Schimke on May 11, 2015 In a suburb just outside of Denver, Principal Sarah Gould stands outside a fifth-grade classroom at Hodgkins Elementary… Continue reading
May 01 Watch 2:56 In town overhwelmed by HIV, teens take matters into their own hands By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 With lunch after recess, fruits and veggies consumption increases by 54 percent By Justin Scuiletti According to a new study, schools that put recess before lunch saw a 54 percent increase of fruit and vegetable consumption in children. 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
May 16 Have we abandoned the goals of Brown v. Board of Education? By Kyla Calvert Mason When 17-year-old Jessica Black walks to school, the neighbors she sees mirror her city’s diversity. There are white, Asian, black and interracial families living on her block in Washington, D.C. But at Calvin Coolidge High School, where she is a… Continue reading
May 05 Boko Haram threatens to ‘sell’ abducted Nigerian schoolgirls By Justin Scuiletti A new video, obtained by Agence France-Presse, showed Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau standing alongside masked individuals in front of armored vehicles, threatening to sell the abductees. Continue reading