Just last month, a viral theme on the social media platform TikTok led to widespread damage in schools across the country. Known as the “devious licks” challenge, it encouraged students to record themselves stealing or vandalizing school property, then posting the video online. Our Student Reporting Labs network asked young people and school staff about its effects on school communities.
Press
How poetry helps this young Afghan refugee ’empty’ her pains and share her dreams
October 11 is the International Day of the Girl. Tonight, we hear from one girl, a young Afghan poet, who left her country a few years ago with her family for security reasons. Aryan Ashory now lives in a refugee settlement in Germany, and shared her thoughts and writing with the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Lab as part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
PBS NewsHour
US Secretary of Education Visits Wisconsin
The US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited multiple places in Wisconsin to highlight schools safely returning to in-person instruction. Some PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs students from Black River Falls High School were able to speak with Cardona for an interview.
PBS Wisconsin Here and Now
What returning to school looks and feels like in ‘unpredictable, unprecedented times’
Millions of students are heading back to school in person after a year of online learning. We asked students in our Student Reporting Labs network what returning to in-person learning looks and feels like amid new delta variant concerns, vaccinations debates and mask mandates.