NorCal created an educational partnership with the Santa Rosa Junior College media class in the winter/spring semester early in 2020. The original idea was for the class to produce a general video on NorCal Public Media and our services. COVID-19 changed everything as businesses closed and students...
NorCal provides at home learning resources for classroom and home instruction in partnership with PBS and California's Public Television Stations. For more information: https://norcalpublicmedia.org/education/education
(Full length TV program - episode 105) KRCB explores how children who receive quality early childhood education are more likely to graduate from high school and attend college. They have higher earning potential over a lifetime and experience better health. These kids grow up to contribute to the ec...
In this Health Connections Special, we explore the Adverse Childhood Experience Study, or ACE Study. The ACE Study found that the more adversity and trauma someone experienced as a child, the higher their risk of negative health outcomes as an adult—like diabetes, heart disease, or depression. We’ll...
KRCB North Bay Public Media and First 5 Sonoma County explore the dynamic between access to high quality early childhood education and a lifetime of better economic stability and health outcomes.
NOVA: Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius | Getting an Education Learn about the education of chemist Percy Julian. Julian's early educational years paralleled an educational movement that prepared African Americans for industrial jobs, the growing white supremacist movement, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. Julian would eventually move north, and finally to Europe to earn his Ph.D. Explore more about this topic, from the NOVA program Percy Julian: Forgotten Genius. This video is available in both…
CONFRONTING ANTI-BLACK RACISM Use these materials with middle and high school students to help them understand the long history of anti-Black racism in the United States, and think about ways to address it in their own families and communities. Resources include news coverage of recent protests,…
By Ricardo Cano and James Bikales, CalMatters November 2, 2020 Updated: November 4, 2020 Lea este artículo en español. As more California public schools get set to reopen their campuses to students and teachers with a rhythm unseen in previous months, the pool of schools that have reopened so far…