A single person in California needs to earn, on average, about $12.30/hour working full time to cover basic living expenses. Add a kid to the mix, and that rate rises sharply to more $25/hour.
What do you think is the best way to measure whether or not students across the country are learning what they need to know to succeed?#DoNowTesting
Gluten-free diets and foods are becoming more popular and available. Do you make a point to eat gluten-free?
Widespread in the bay and impossible to detect outside of a lab, mercury is a potent neurotoxin that builds up in fish and can cause serious illness.
In January, a new state law, signed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown, took effect, limiting full-contact practice for middle and high-school students to twice per week, and requiring any student who suffered a concussion to wait at least a week before returning to play.
In this video we’re going to look at easy ways to use your smartphone device’s built in capabilities to record audio and then share it on SoundCloud.
The wind energy company that received a controversial extension in March to continue operating hundreds of old wind turbines in the Altamont Pass is now planning to shut them down, according to an email KQED has obtained.
Who are some artists you would like to be in dialogue with? Of any famous artist in the world, living or dead, whose work would you want to hang yours next to? #DoNowArtCrew
Join KQED at the 2015 NCSS Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA from November 13-15, 2015. Founded in 1921, the mission of the National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators. Â Social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary […]
Namale, the National Association for Media Literacy Education, is celebrating the 1st Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States.  Help to spread the word and sign up for events being organized all around the country. The list of events varies from webinars to film screenings to classroom projects and will take place from Monday, November […]
Frightgeist, the newest tool produced by Google’s News Lab project, analyzes reams of search data to identify the top 500 costume searches made in the United States since 2006.
The percentage of English Language Learners in American public schools increases each year. What are the best ways to support their academic success? #DoNowELLStories #DoNowELL
This new technology permits astonishingly precise measurements of buildings, roads, waterways, coastlines and even vegetation, right down to individual plants.
![The Taxpayers’ Revolt: How Proposition 13 Changed California [An Illustrated Explainer]](https://swap.stanford.edu/was/20160311035101im_/http://blogs.kqed.org/education/files/2015/10/tax.jpg "The Taxpayers’ Revolt: How Proposition 13 Changed California [An Illustrated Explainer]")
Among the multitude of California ballot measures approved by voters over the years, few have been as impactful, controversial and downright confusing as Proposition 13. Passed in 1978, the measure transformed how state and local governments in California raise and distribute tax revenue, an issue that affects everyone who lives here.
Congressional leaders and the White House reached a tentative budget deal late Monday that, if approved, would set government funding levels and raise the debt ceiling for the next two years.
What would you like to explore, and what skills would you look for in a team of co-explorers?” #DoNowExplore
In tensegrity structures, rigid parts aren’t directly connected to one another with nails or screws, but instead are connected by wires, cables, elastic bands or, in the case of our bodies, soft tissues. The concept of tensegrity is used to build structures in science, engineering, arts and architecture.
Experts say vehicles that drive themselves would not only ease congestion, but also boost safety and allow motorists to work or play as their cars take control of the wheel.
Chad Hasegawa paints portraits of bears and notable artists, and his style is influenced heavily by the Abstract Expressionist movement, and a thrifty approach to materials.
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KQED at the National Council of Social Studies Conference
Join KQED at the 2015 NCSS Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA from November 13-15, 2015. Founded in 1921, the mission of the National Council for the Social Studies is to provide leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators. Â Social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary […]
Namale, the National Association for Media Literacy Education, is celebrating the 1st Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States.  Help to spread the word and sign up for events being organized all around the country. The list of events varies from webinars to film screenings to classroom projects and will take place from Monday, November […]
#EngineerThat: A Student Design Challenge
In the spirit of Lights On Afterschool, KQED welcomes the afterschool community serving middle- and high-school students to join our national EngineerThat! media challenge. From October 22 – January 8, we invite young people to identify engineering problems in their schools, homes, and communities and share their solutions with us via social media. This is a great way for expanded-learning programs across the country to inspire youth to engage with their community, and get involved with real-world problem solving.
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Art School is a video series for people who want to learn about art. See interviews with contemporary artists working in performing, visual and media art, as well as how-to videos that demonstrate new ways to get creative and explain art-making techniques and concepts.
Bring news, civics and current affairs into the classroom with new KQED News Education resource, The Lowdown.
Who Are the Artists You’d Most Like to Hang With?
Who are some artists you would like to be in dialogue with? Of any famous artist in the world, living or dead, whose work would you want to hang yours next to? #DoNowArtCrew
Find Meaning In Your Everyday Environment
How can you find inspiration by paying attention to the environment around you? Take a picture of an everyday moment or juxtaposition of objects that seems meaningful to you in some way. Try not to include any people in your photograph. #DoNowEveryday
#Tweet4Change: Students Using Social Media to Challenge Status Quo
Last weekend at the Teachers 4 Social Justice conference at Mission High in San Francisco, KQED and BAVC partnered to present a workshop called “#Tweet4Change: Students Using Social Media to Challenge the Status Quo.”
Explore the future of learning in all its dimensions — including cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy and more. Visit Mindshift.
Flexible, online professional development for PreK-12 educators. Visit PBS Teacherline.
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