Tag: PBS newshour
Wednesday News Day: The Ukraine War One Year Later from the Point of View of the Children and the Medics.
Yegor’s neighborhood by Lynsey Addario-NYTimes Magazine (2023-06-26) There are times when I...
Ed Issues Thursday: District extends school year to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss
Having taught through the pandemic and seen the students return to campus, I find the direction of...
Ed Issues Thursday: A Brief but Spectacular Take on Teacher Burnout
Sad. And true. I don’t know what it was like for teachers from previous generations. I know that...
What’s in the News Wednesdays: The UN wants to drastically reduce plastic pollution by 2040
The end card of this report read: People ingest the equivalent of a credit card of plastic every...
An Army bugler’s story about his special wartime assignment
For those unfamiliar with military or camp life, Taps is played by the camp bugler at dusk of...
JBB’s DRP for 5/17/23: In the News: Music & Moods
Have you ever noticed how music can change your mood? Maybe we noticed this more over the last...
JBB’s DRP for 5/3/23: Above the Noise: What Really Happens to old Electronics?
How many of you have heard of “planned obsolescence,” where something is created with limited...
JBB’S DRP For 4/26/23: Is It Legit? Is It Dangerous to Shower in Tap Water?
Everyone knows that you can’t trust everything you see on the Internet, right? Here’s an example...
JBB’s DRP for 4/19/23: In the NEWs: Utah Law to Limit Teen access to Social Media
The Utah law, set to go into effect next year, would require anyone under 18 to get parental...
JBB’s DRP for 4/4/23: Writing & Memory by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Winston Churchill said that history is written by the victors. In this video, Nguyen says that he...
JBB’s DRP for 3/28/23: Using Social Media for Good
Right now many states are moving toward restricting if not banning the use of social...
JBB’s DRP for 3/21/23: Fact Checking Your Feeds
It’s called “fact checking,” and it’s something we all need to do as we’re scrolling through our...
JBB’s DRP for 2/28/23: In the News: Veteran Talks PTSD
Do you know anyone who has served in the military? Do they talk about it? When I was in Middle...
JBB’s DRP for 2/21/23: Moment of Truth/Conspiracy Theories
When you hear things from people who did not grow up with the same stories you grew up with, it...
JBB’s DRP for 2/9/23: Rethinking Ambition
Author Rainesford Stauffer examines why for some of us we are so driven that nothing we do seems...
1,200 Planets Discovered [video]
I wonder what the “why are there tides?” folks are going to say about all of the newly...
