From vaccination and mask mandates to mental health and curriculum protests, students in America are attempting to reclaim a new normal amid the ongoing chaos created by the pandemic and today's toughest civic debates. So, what do they have to say about it?
In the special, Our New Normal: How Teens are Redefining School Life, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) explores how teens are searching for stability, rethinking their educational experience, and looking to redefine spaces they're traditionally left out of.
Co-hosted by Amna Nawaz, chief national correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, and student journalists Terry Jones, Jr. and Kate Nakamura, the special features teen voices, conversations with educators and leaders, and student-produced stories about the challenges they’re facing in school, including gun violence and trans student rights.
Among the students included in the show are ten Rhode Island journalism students from Lincoln High School, whose participation was made possible through the Rhode Island PBS Education Services Student Reporting Labs cohort.
Our New Normal: How Teens are Redefining School Life airs Monday, April 11 at 9 p.m. on WSBE Rhode Island PBS.
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