Content From KERA

• American Graduate broadcast project

  

  Five years ago, KERA reporters met a group of eighth-graders from different schools with different lives. Now you can read their current stories in “What’s Next for the Class of ’17,” a new series in the ongoing American Graduate national broadcast project.

  
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• Art&Seek

  

  Art&Seek is your source for arts news, stories and events in North Texas. Check out Artist Spotlight, a collection of profiles of North Texas artists, with media clips, Q&As and much more.

  
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• Art&Seek Jr

  

  Art&Seek Jr is a weekly column with tips for family-friendly events and adventures in the area. It's great for planning weekend activities or special events.  

  
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• Be My Neighbor Day

  

  Join Daniel Tiger and friends for a day of community-focused kindness. Families can help with service projects, watch Daniel Tiger videos and take photos with Daniel and Katerina Kittycat. Admission is FREE--donations are accepted. Click for more details!

  
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• Full STEAM Ahead E-newsletter

  

  Click  to see the latest issue of KERA’s e-newsletter for families of younger children. It features fun activities in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). Subscribe to get your own weekly copy inside!

  
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• KERA American Graduate

  

  As part of the American Graduate national public broadcasting project, KERA is exploring how kids navigate from childhood to graduation, through news stories and community outreach. Click to see the spring 2017 series "Race, Poverty and the Changing Face of Schools.”

  
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• KERA Education News & Happenings E-newsletter

  

  Click to see the latest issue of KERA's e-newsletter for educators. It features enrichment materials, teaching tools, articles on timely topics and much more. Subscribe to get your own bi-weekly copy inside!

  
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• KERA News

  

  KERA journalists cover the most interesting stories across North Texas every day objectively and in depth. Click here to read the latest stories and projects from our prize-winning newsroom.  

  
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• KERA News/Education

  

  Find compelling stories about teachers and students across North Texas. Follow KERA's news, features and special projects to learn about challenges and triumphs as educators deal with issues ranging from changing demographics to new technologies to evolving community needs.

  
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• KERA's Maya Angelou Essay Contest

  

  Click to see the winners in the Maya Angelou Essay Contest. High school students were challenged to interpret a poem by Angelou and describe how it contributes to understanding of race relations in the U.S. Learn more and read the winning essays inside.

  
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• Making of Stagger Lee

  

  KERA’s Art&Seek provides a rare backstage look at how a professional musical is born. The Dallas Theater Center built Stagger Lee entirely from scratch, from the story to the set. Art&Seek has tracked the progress of the show since an early workshop in 2013. Meet the creators of the story and music, watch the show change, learn more about the real-life Stagger Lee, and listen to the way musicians have mythologized him for almost a century.

  
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• Matisse & Picasso

  

  Henri Matisse was Pablo Picasso's senior by twelve years, and the two men could not have been more different. Reserved and dignified, Matisse was the image of respectability. Aggressive and egotistical, Picasso considered himself superior to every person he ever met - except for one.

  
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• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's 50th Anniversary

  

  Fred Rogers changed children's television forever on February 19, 1968, when he went on national public TV, removed his jacket and dress shoes and changed into sweater and sneakers to talk to children on their level. Through this year, KERA and the Fred Rogers Company will commemorate 50 years of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood with events, special shows, reminiscing and caring for our neighbors.

  
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• One Crisis Away

  

  One Crisis Away focuses on North Texans living on the financial edge. The most recent installment, "After the Flood," tells stories of people who evacuated to North Texas after Hurricane Harvey. Follow the series as KERA adds new chapters.

  
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• Race in America Film Series

  

  KERA is presenting three film screening and conversation events to facilitate a deeper understanding of American minority experiences. Please join us for these free events! And click to find film descriptions and screening dates as well as resources for using the first film, I Am Not Your Negro, in class or as the focus for group discussions.

  
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• Secrets of the Meyerson

  

  The interactive Secrets of the Meyerson was created to mark the 25th anniversary of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in 2014. Its virtual tour takes you behind the scenes to explore areas of the building that the public rarely sees and shares secrets such as which features create the hall's unique sound.

  
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• The Broken Hip

  

  The Broken Hip  explores the stories of North Texans and their families who have experienced the life-changing repercussions of a broken hip, as well as the stories of new research being done in Dallas-Fort Worth that focuses on preventing falls and recovering from fractured hips faster. The stories are part the KERA News Breakthroughs series.

  
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• The Race to Save Failing Schools KERA journalism project

  

  This reporting series tells the stories of five North Texas schools that have carried the lowest state ratings at least four years over the last decade to explore the effort required to bring a school up to standard and the consequences of failing to do so.  Photo credit: Lara Solt

  
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• Think

  

  Every Monday through Thursday, Krys Boyd discusses current issues with writers, politicians, scientists, artists, community leaders and others  from Texas and across the country. The Think site has live streaming, podcasts and archives of these conversations, which are guaranteed to make you think, as well as a list of stations that air the program.  

  
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