Jan 16 New report shows majority of U.S. students are low-income By Corinne Segal The report measured poverty among students by the number of those that qualified for free and reduced lunch. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 7:41 Ebola, Ferguson and Derek Jeter make high schoolers' #MyZeitgeist videos By PBS News Hour A contest sponsored by PBS Newshour Extra and Google asked students to create a digital mash-up looking back at 2014. Judy Woodruff talks with three high schoolers who entered the #MyZeitgeist competition about deciding what events made their year-in-review videos… Continue watching
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
Nov 27 Watch How teachers can talk to students about Ferguson By PBS News Hour The events in Ferguson have sparked discussions in homes and communities, including schools. Correspondent Jeffrey Brown speaks with #FergusonSyllabus creator Marcia Chatelain of Georgetown University and Liz Collins of Washington Latin Public Charter School on how teachers can use Missouri… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Unsolved mystery of missing Mexican students sparks protest - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 16 Free speech, and what came after By Spencer Michels Fifty years ago this month, long before the Vietnam War, students on the U.C. Berkeley campus ignited protests over a ban on political activity -- a student movement that would morph into the huge, confrontational demonstrations of the early 1970s… Continue reading
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
Jun 10 Watch Debating tenure protections for public school teachers By PBS News Hour A California judge ruled that the state’s tenure protections for public school teachers are unconstitutional. Students who sued the state argued that the tenure policies denied their right to a quality education. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Joshua Pechthalt, president… Continue watching
May 14 Poking cells, solving mysteries and other reasons scientists love basic research By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists and engineers frequently seek solutions to specific problems. But the goal -- and challenge -- of basic research is to tackle broad questions without an immediate application in mind. As part of our ongoing series on the subject, PBS… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Teaching students how to combat traumas of poverty on the yoga mat By PBS News Hour Continue watching