Families play a significant role in supporting their children’s health and learning, guiding them successfully through school processes, and advocating for their children and for the effectiveness of schools.
Next week, we'll take a bite out of the American Dream, check in with communities impacted by last summer's protests with PBS NewsHour, take to the skies with NOVA and much more.
If one quote from this week’s episodes could sum them up in entirety, it comes from the witty, and often accurate, view of Violet Crawley: “No family is ever what it seems from the outside.”
To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face, and their contribution to sustainable development, the UN has designated 20 May as World Bee Day. Below are resources to inform, celebrate, and create a buzz!
Give your child a new experience this summer with a book that inspires them to learn more about the world around them! Whether you're planning a trip or two out of town or plan to stay close to home, reading is a great way to spark curiosity and learning during the summer months. Check out our list of children's books on traveling.
The Valdosta High School football team played its spring game Saturday night against Jones County. For the Wildcats players, fans and acting head coach Shelton Felton, they're just happy to get back on the field and away from the off-field issues that have plagued the team
As far as memorable, joyful moments on Downton Abbey go, the Season 3 premiere ranks highly as one of the best, or at least feel-good, episodes the show ever had (Bates and Anna aside. Always, Bates and Anna aside).
On this month's edition of The Football Fridays in Georgia podcast, Jon Nelson and Hannah Goodin have a powerful conversation with Newnan Head Coach Chip Walker on the extent of the devastation and long recovery process from the tornado that ravaged the school and community on March 26th.
State School Superintendent Richard Woods has announced the 10 finalists for 2022 Georgia Teacher of the Year.
The finalists were chosen from a pool of applicants all previously selected as their school district's Teacher of the Year. The applications were read by a panel of judges that included teachers, past Georgia Teacher of the Year winners, administrators, community leaders and others. The finalists were chosen based on the strength of their essay responses.
Use this toolkit to promote understanding about Islam through study of the culture, traditions, and personal stories of Muslim Americans. Engaging videos, background essays, discussion questions, and teaching tips challenge students to recognize religious intolerance and combat Islamophobia, while increasing empathy and celebrating diversity.
GPB would like to congratulate all our nominees for the recognition of their work by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Southeast Chapter.
Next week we'll look at some of the struggles of working mothers, explore the many barriers to reproductive technology with NOVA, discuss vaccine hesitancy with A Seat at the Table and much more. Take a look at what's coming up!
Here's a quick question for you: how many planets are there in our solar system? Did you use the pneumonic you were taught? Great. Given that Pluto is off the table, that leaves eight. Now here's a follow-up: how many planets outside of our solar system, or exoplanets, have been confirmed to exist by researchers? With a little bit of internet investigating, you should find the number to be nearly 4,400! Sorta changes the way you look at things, huh? To better understand space, we put together our favorite resources from the, ahem, PBS universe.
Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo doesn't commemorate Mexican independence. Rather, it celebrates the victory of Mexican forces at the battle of La Puebla. We've put together a list of resources to help students and teachers explore this holiday as well as Mexican-American culture.
Spring Practice (capitalization intentional) starts in earnest later this week around the state, but there are still issues with who will be patrolling the sidelines this year as the Silly Season and Coaching Carousel are still a part of the high school football vocabulary.
Next week on GPB TV, the Antiques Roadshow takes a peek at celebrity treasures, American Masters explores the life and work of a living American treasure and FRONTLINE delivers an unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world’s most repressive regimes.
