Oct 28 Latino high school students find a voice in ‘The Graduates/Los Graduados’ By News Desk Earlier this year, the Pew Hispanic Center reported that the number of Hispanic youth dropping out of high school hit a record low. Despite the decrease, issues like teen pregnancy, over-crowded schools and pressure to contribute to family finances… Continue reading
Oct 11 Malala, your courage has inspired us By Leah Clapman, Thaisi Da Silva A year after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while coming home from school, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai has brought her campaign for education, especially for girls in all regions of the world, to the U.S. On Friday, Malala… Continue reading
Sep 11 #Iwastheonly girl in my school who wore a headscarf .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } NPR's CodeSwitch, a blog that… Continue reading
Aug 27 What’s Your ‘Dream’? By Colleen Shalby Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King courtesy of National Archives. Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Though the March was meant to focus on jobs and equal pay, it's Martin Luther King Jr.'s indelible speech… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch Student Voices Chime in on Preventing School Shootings By PBS News Hour In the wake of the Newtown shootings, high school students who participate in NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs from all across the country shared their views on the gun debate in a Google Hangout moderated by Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch In Honor of Obama Inauguration, Spoken Word Artist Conjures Power of ‘Change’ In Honor of Obama Inauguration, Spoken Word Artist Conjures Power of 'Change'… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 3:30 ‘My Mom Grabbed Me and Held Me as Tight as She Could:’ Kids React to Newtown By PBS News Hour As young people across the country began to mourn and process the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the NewsHour asked students from the 45 schools participating in its Student Reporting Labs to talk with their classmates about their initial reactions. Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Brookyln Reporting Lab Discusses School Engagement Students at Brooklyn Community Arts and Media high school discuss school engagement. Continue watching