Nation Nov 23 Watch 8:43 How some school districts are coping with staff shortages, other pandemic disruptions Public schools across the U.S. are taking a break for Thanksgiving after a more traditional fall semester that saw students largely back in their classes in person. But many teachers and staff did not return this year, causing a shortage… By Student Reporting Labs, Talesha Reynolds
Nation Feb 25 Watch 3:36 A Brief But Spectacular take on living what you teach In 1967, George Henderson and his family relocated to Norman, Oklahoma, where he became a professor at the University of Oklahoma. Up until that year, Norman was a sundown town that prohibited non-whites to be outside after dark and the…
Arts Jun 07 Watch 3:06 The single most important thing if you’re giving a short speech The act of one human speaking to a group has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. Chris Anderson, owner of TED and TED Talks, gives his Brief but Spectacular take on the power of ideas and how we communicate…
Education Jul 03 Pre-test jitters? Here’s how teachers are helping students de-stress Some districts are taking steps to help students better cope with test anxiety and other stresses of school. By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week
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 28 Watch 7:46 This inner city school is a bridge to empowerment for children of color By PBS News Hour In one of the poorest and most violent neighborhoods in Brooklyn, in one of the most segregated school systems in the country, principal Nadia Lopez is trying to help kids defy the odds. Lopez talks to special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch 6:11 How a former nun made millions by training teachers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 6:25 Teachers tap into brain science to boost learning By PBS News Hour Research on the brain and how we think and act is influencing the way some teachers teach. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters goes into a classroom where the instructor uses different methods to engage different parts of the… Continue watching
Feb 26 Common Core’s unintended consequence? More teachers write their own curricula By Jonathan Sapers, The Hechinger Report Last year Melody Arabo had the hardest year of her 13-year teaching career. The program she and her colleagues had been given to teach third-grade math at Keith Elementary just outside of Detroit was supposed to match the new Common… Continue reading