Education
How the Syracuse Journalism Lab is diversifying local reporting while training young journalists
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The Syracuse Press Club and The Stand, a local nonprofit news outlet, teamed up to teach high-school students the basics of journalism.
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The Syracuse Press Club and The Stand, a local nonprofit news outlet, teamed up to teach high-school students the basics of journalism.
Good or even great work is not always equitable work. We often simply don’t reach children of color because we establish or preserve barriers that prevent reach.
The public TV sibling of the popular kids podcast debuted in 2020 on KLCS in Los Angeles.
“The partnership model is key to everything we do,” says Erik Langner, CEO of the Information Equity Initiative.
“We’re not telling students what to think,” said Seeta Pai, executive director of education at GBH. “At the end of the day we really want to support teachers teaching students how to think.”
NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth, a new initiative, will pair 100 NASA STEM professionals with students ages 9–14.
Ohio stations have launched a $5 million project to help elementary students “accelerate their learning,” while WNET is refining its formula for delivering the day-camp experience via broadcasts.
The PBS station teamed up with the Spokane League of Women Voters to create “Civics Bowl,” a new take on high school academic competitions.
In an excerpt from her book “Listen Wise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners,” Monica Brady-Myerov recalls the “lightbulb moment” that led her to launch the digital education platform Listenwise.
With funding from MGM Resorts, the station aims to help close equity gaps for students in detention.
The community radio station in Charlottesville, Va., will turn the show “Jazz at 100” into a curriculum for high school and early college students.
The project’s content will encourage conversations “that parents, caregivers or providers often don’t know how to start.”
The national program will help 30 students make science videos about topics of their choice.
The funds allow all of Indiana’s public TV stations to build capacity to deliver lessons to students who can’t access the internet.
The state government has invested $3.5 million in a digital multicast and streaming service that provides K–12 instruction.
Pennsylvania’s governor recently announced an $8 million grant to Pennsylvania PBS to build datacasting capabilities for the seven-station public TV network to support distance learning in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
“We have had some time to reflect, to listen and to refine so that we can be right there, hand in hand with our education partners and our families,” said Robin Mencher, executive director of education at KQED.
The business consortium of 31 public broadcasters is adding an advocacy voice in Washington.
The public TV station and local school system forged a partnership to improve at-home learning for students with limited internet access.
VA TV Classroom, an instructional TV service produced by WHRO, targets K-12 students who can’t access the internet.