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PBS News Hour's current events site for teachers & students, gr 6-12. See https://t.co/q3N5VJfZXG & @ https://t.co/bGvxoSUbVU
Arlington, VA
Joined December 2008
PBS @NewsHour Classroom Lesson Plan: What the United Nations means today It's #UnitedNationsDay today! Use this lesson w/ your students to choose one of the Sustainable Development Goals to learn about. #sschat #whapchat #TeachSDGs #SDGs #UN
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Explore what the United Nation's means to your students today by examining the U.N.'s 17 Global Goals
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For 80 years, the @UN has been a forum for peace and cooperation. Its agencies and leaders have received the #NobelPeacePrize over a dozen times – for refugee protection, peacekeeping, disarmament, food security, and more. #UnitedNationsDay
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"Let me be blunt: Teachers who choose to leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) effectively and openly can enhance their practice—especially when providing written feedback. However, encouraging students to rely on it unsupervised is a big, big mistake."
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A high school teacher shares how he explains to students that using AI will hinder their ability to build strong writing skills.
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We hope you'll join us! These zooms are teacher/librarian-driven (@awakenlibrarian 📚;-) #DigCitWeek
TEACHERS: Do you have **concerns** about AI in your students' learning? Join this PBS @NewsHour Classroom to share those concerns & hear from other educators on AI's role in school. Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET RSVP: https://t.co/Cksh9nCXYi
#DigCitWeek
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NEW PBS @NewsHour Classroom Daily News Lesson — The Trump administration tore down the East Wing of the White House this week. But what is its history, and what is the history of remaking the executive mansion? #sschat
https://t.co/BplWpDwuor
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Learn of the White House exemption to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
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TEACHERS: Do you have **concerns** about AI in your students' learning? Join this PBS @NewsHour Classroom to share those concerns & hear from other educators on AI's role in school. Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET RSVP: https://t.co/Cksh9nCXYi
#DigCitWeek
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What is 'AI slop' and how does it impact users? — PBS @NewsHour Classroom Daily News Lesson Ask students: How has "AI slop" changed your experience online? How can you tell if something online has been created by AI? https://t.co/fErHUy8gFF
#edtech #sschat #medialiteracy
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Learn about ways AI content supercharges confusion and spreads misleading information
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Teachers/librarians/admin: Come join us for a chance to be heard & listen to real stories about concerns over AI and school. #sschat #engchat @ALALibrary
EDUCATORS: Join this PBS NewsHour Classroom zoom to share **your concerns** about AI in a supportive, caring space. We will not be recording this mtg. Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @PBSTeachers @medialiteracyed Free RSVP: https://t.co/Cksh9nCXYi
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EDUCATORS: Join this PBS NewsHour Classroom zoom to share **your concerns** about AI in a supportive, caring space. We will not be recording this mtg. Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 7-8pm ET | #MediaLiteracyWeek @PBSTeachers @medialiteracyed Free RSVP: https://t.co/Cksh9nCXYi
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NEW PBS @NewsHour Classroom Daily News Lesson — Hear how one student invented a camera to help track wildlife in salt marshes, an important but threatened ecosystem. #sschat #invented
https://t.co/dA7P3WAgZp
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Soren Goldsmith, a 20-year-old photographer, uses an underwater amphibious camera trap to study the salt marshes
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Several colleges and universities are pushing back on pressure from the Trump administration.
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Several colleges and universities are pushing back on pressure from the Trump administration. The president offered nine schools priority access to federal funding if they signed an agreement to meet...
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EDUCATORS: Join this discussion to share **your concerns** about AI related to privacy, cheating, racial and gender bias, copyright, chatbots, jobs, the environment -- and what your say is as a teacher. #sschat #apush #apgov #MediaLiteracyWeek RSVP: https://t.co/Cksh9nCXYi
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PBS @NewsHour Classroom Lesson: How this non-profit attracts both liberals & conservatives, bucking trend w/ @JudyWoodruff's America at a Crossroads Includes @AmRevMuseum's People of the Revolution lesson exploring different groups in America ca. 1776 🌟 https://t.co/w2z7qh6MKi
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Learn about the challenges that "bridging groups" face as they grow across the U.S.
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When Vic recommends something...you should do it. See you then.
If you're an educator who has concerns around AI, this zoom is for you. Join us for a PBS @NewsHourExtra Educator Chat during #MediaLiteracyWeek w @jason_koebler @spinedu & Anne Lutz Fernandez and YOU, our educator experts. #sschat #edchat @nationalJEA Sign up ⤵️
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@spinedu thank you for writing this @NewsHourExtra piece on concerns around AI. You've made room in the discussion, which is always a good thing.
Educator Voice: Generative AI has no place in my classroom via PBS @NewsHour Classroom "Not every student will cheat, but it’s naïve to think more won’t." by David Cutler @spinedu, high school teacher, Mass. https://t.co/VVEUS21Bq0
#sschat #edtech #medialiteracy #newsliteracy
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Educator Voice: Generative AI has no place in my classroom via PBS @NewsHour Classroom "Not every student will cheat, but it’s naïve to think more won’t." by David Cutler @spinedu, high school teacher, Mass. https://t.co/VVEUS21Bq0
#sschat #edtech #medialiteracy #newsliteracy
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"I’m done assigning large take-home papers. The tech is too advanced, too easy to use and too aggressively marketed."
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Teachers: Here's our PBS @NewsHour Classroom lesson on News Hour's MacNeil and Lehrer covering Watergate in 1973! via our sister site #JournalismInAction #apush #historyteacher
https://t.co/MmQTRgL67A
The PBS News Hour has had five different names and six official anchors since it first aired in 1975. Through it all, we've stayed true to our mission of delivering fair, accurate and in-depth reporting. To celebrate 50 years of bringing news and context to viewers like you,
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Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful and trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it and guided by the
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#MediaLiteracyWeek is coming up! EDUCATORS: Join this PBS @NewsHour Classroom discussion to share your concerns/questions about AI in a supportive, welcoming space. Thurs. Oct. 30, 2025 @ 7-8pm ET RSVP: https://t.co/Cksh9nCXYi
#ela #engchat #elachat #medialiteracy
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The show you now know as the PBS News Hour went on the air 50 years ago. In the past five decades, our team has covered the biggest stories and interviewed leaders around the world. Here’s a major moment from every year we’ve been on air.
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