Putting Teen Health First Social worker Judy Pruim takes you behind the scenes at Muskegon High's Teen Health Center at —a place where students feel safe, and their success and well being are supported. This is Judy's story. Judy Pruim Oct 18, 2012
Curriculum and Resources: Trash-Out What can you learn about a family by examining the things they're left behind? Watch this short 5-minute film by POV and explore other PBS resources about the foreclosure crisis. Jing Fong Sep 18, 2012
Curriculum and Resources: Poetry Foundation October 17 is Black Poetry Day. Poetry Foundation offers a bounty of poems, lesson plans, essays, and more to teach students the fundamentals of African American poetry, and poetry in general. Jing Fong Sep 20, 2012
YES! Recommends: Dream of a Nation Dream of a Nation explores today's challenges with new ideas and solutions through the perspective of on-the-ground thought leaders. It generously offers educators a range of free, downloadable resources, including lesson plans, interviews, videos, and discussion guides. Jing Fong Sep 18, 2012
Go Local! Learning In and Outside the Classroom Sarah Anderson’s philosophy of happy, healthy, and democratic communities unexpectedly led her to place-based education and the students of Southwest Charter School in Portland, Oregon. This is Sarah’s story. Sarah Anderson Sep 18, 2012
Visual Learning: Gauze for Concern This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about the foreclosure crisis in this country and what it might feel like to lose your home. Susan Lloyd Sep 14, 2012
Changing the Course of Dyslexia Is it our civic responsibility to help students with language-based learning disabilities discover how they can learn? Landmark School headmaster Bob Broudo passionately believes so. This is Bob’s story. Bob Broudo May 04, 2012
YES! Recommends: StoryCorps StoryCorps records and archives interviews of everyday Americans to preserve history and personal stories. Its National Teachers Initiative was created to celebrate great teachers and to highlight their invaluable contributions and influence on students and all of us. Jing Fong May 04, 2012
Curriculum & Resources: The Teacher Salary Project Through an interactive and evolving website and the feature-length documentary American Teacher, The Teacher Salary Project brings awareness to the real and imminent crisis in our educational system—how little we value our strongest, most committed, and most effective teachers. Jing Fong Feb 27, 2012
