About the Reporting Labs
PBS NewsHour Extra Student Reporting Labs are classrooms, after-school programs and clubs around the country producing original, inspiring reports about how national and global issues affect local communities.
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reporting labs
Austin High School, Austin, TX
The Austin High School Media Arts Program provides media training at all levels and produces the K-AHS broadcast. The Academy for Global Studies at Austin High School fosters international understanding and diversity of thought, while preparing students for a globally interconnected world.
Bethel High School, Bethel, CT
Bethel High School believes in developing life-long learners who are responsible
citizens and independent, critical thinkers prepared to meet life’s challenges.
Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School, Brooklyn, NY
At Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM), we prepare our students for 21st century academic, creative, and professional success. Through an art, media, and technology-enriched academic curriculum emphasizing community collaboration, we challenge ourselves to think critically and create knowledge in pursuit of personal excellence and meaningful social change.
Children's Pressline, New York, NY
Children's Pressline is an after-school youth journalism program that trains kids ages 8-18 in video production so that they have a voice in mainstream media.
Community School Central, Redwood City, Calif.
Part of the Reporting Labs collaboration with iEarn's youth reporting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Community School Central is located in Redwood City, Calif. and is a alternative high school for at risk youth.
Crosby High School, Waterbury, CT
The mission of Crosby High School is to provide all students with the opportunity to safely develop into independent learners and to become informed decision-makers and problem-solvers capable of contributing to a diverse and ever-changing society.
Desert Pines High School, Las Vegas, NV
Desert Pines High School is a public high school in Las Vegas, Nevada and is a part of the Clark County School District. The school which opened in 1999, also houses the Academy of Information Technology and the Academy of Communications.
Fort Mill High School, Fort Mill, SC
The mission statement of Fort Mill High School is "To provide each student with the necessary skills and knowledge needed to become a lifelong learner and a responsible, productive citizen in a democratic society."
Fraser High School, Fraser, MI
Fraser High School is located outside of Detroit in the Fraser School District. It is a public school that serves more than 1600 students in grades 9-12.
Free Spirit Media, Chicago, IL
Free Spirit Media provides education, access, and opportunity in media production to over 500 underserved urban youth every year.
Future Leaders of America's Gulf (F.L.A.G.), Houma, LA
F.L.A.G. is an organization of high school students created to educate and inform youth about the challenges and issues facing America’s Gulf Coast.
Granby High School, Norfolk, VA
Granby High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Norfolk, Virginia. and is part of the Norfolk Public Schools system.
Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science, Washington, DC
The Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science (MS)² is a public charter school committed to academic excellence, with a specific focus on mathematics and science.
John F. Kennedy High School, Silver Spring, MD
John F. Kennedy High School opened in 1964. It was named for John F. Kennedy (JFK), the 35th President of the United States who was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
John Hopkins Middle School, St. Petersburg, FL
John Hopkins Middle School Center for the Arts, Journalism, and Multimedia is the only Pinellas County middle school accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The Center for the Arts offer students an opportunity to focus on one of nine areas: art, band, dance, drama, guitar, orchestra, piano, vocal music and world drumming.Students in the Center for Journalism and Multimedia contribute to the national-award-winning school newspaper, The J.Hop Times, and explore print, television and web-based media.
Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg, FL
Lakewood High School is a public high school in St. Petersburg, Florida operated by Pinellas County Schools. Its Center for Journalism and Media is a magnet program attracting students in journalism and the media arts.
McGavock High School, Nashville, TN
McGavock Comprehensive High School opened in 1971. It initially served students in grades ten through twelve who had previously attended Cameron, Donelson and Two Rivers high schools. McGavock added ninth grade in 1978.
Metropolitan Business Academy, Hartford, CT
At Metropolitan Business Academy the goal is to provide opportunities for integrating academic and occupation related instruction in the area of entrepreneurial arts and sciences.
New Generation Justice, Albuquerque, NM
Generation Justice’s mission is to inspire youth to become media makers committed to social transformation, and ultimately become community activists equipped with the skills, community connections, and wherewithal to create positive changes for the state of New Mexico.
Radio Rootz, New York City
Radio Rootz's mission is to work with young people in communities historically excluded from the media and help them build the knowledge and tools to become the next generation of media makers and civically engaged leaders.
Radio Rootz, Washington, D.C.
Radio Rootz's mission is to work with young people in communities historically excluded from the media and help them build the knowledge and tools to become the next generation of media makers and civically engaged leaders.
School Without Walls, Washington, DC
The School Without Walls is a small public high school in the District of Columbia for grades 9–12.
Shenandoah High School, Shenandoah, IA
Students from Shenandoah High School in southwest Iowa report on the first leg of the 2012 presidential election.
The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia, PA
The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush fosters intellectual growth by connecting arts and literacy.
The Media Academy, Oakland, CA
The Media Academy is a California Partnership Academy focusing on careers in radio, television, photography, the Internet, magazines and newspaper journalism.
Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, Washington, DC
The school community of Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School is focused on preparing our students for enduring achievement by providing an academically challenging foundation based on real-world experiences and a curriculum that will directly affect their future endeavors.
Woodlawn High School, Birmingham, AL
Woodlawn High School is a magnet high school serving about 800 students in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama and is part of the Birmingham City Schools system.
Current Reporting Labs
Fraser High School, Fraser, MI
Fraser High School is located outside of Detroit in the Fraser School District. It is a public school that serves more than 1600 students in grades 9-12.
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