About the Series

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs and Student Television Network investigate how schools across the country are rethinking what it means to feel safe and be safe at school.

A FORCE OF THEIR OWN

Imagine a school district so expansive it requires its own police force. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest school district in the nation, has an officer assigned to every school and its own K-9 unit.

Camera: Mariana Lombello, Ryan Otero and Mauro Villalobos
Narrators: Thomas Purdy
Producer/Reporter/Editor: Mikaela Ronnkvist
Reporter: Thomas Purdy, Sky Tayon
Sound: Ryan Otero
Student Interviews/Camera: Evan Scolnick
Writer: Elizabeth Quintero

SRL Adviser: Victor Fernandez

BEHIND THE SCENES

Students from Alonzo Mourning High School interview Alberto Carvalho, the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida.

Students from Alonzo Mourning High School interview Alberto Carvalho, the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida.

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The New Safe: Inside the Battle for School Safety

About Us

Student Reporting Labs connect students with a network of public broadcasting mentors, an innovative journalism curriculum and an online collaborative space to develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills while producing original news reports.

Student Television Network was started in 1999 by a group of teachers who wanted to support and encourage scholastic broadcasting and to provide a forum for teachers to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from professionals in the industry. Over the past 15 years, STN has expanded to include film, media and other forms of communication taught in high schools and middle schools.

American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen is public media’s long-term commitment to supporting community-based solutions to the dropout crisis. Supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), more than 80 public radio and television stations have joined forces with over 1,000 partners and at-risk schools across 30 states.