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As 'Bully' Opens, the Bullied, Bullies and Bystanders Weigh In
April 13, 2012 | Video editing by Thaisi Da Silva A 12-year-old is harassed on the school bus, a 16-year-old lesbian is ostracized by her community and a young girl brings a gun to school to face her bullies. Two parents speak for their...
End Black History Month? Weigh In With 'More Than a Month' Filmmaker
February 16, 2012 | Filmmaker Shukree Tilghman of the film "More Than a Month." Photo courtesy of Independent Lens on PBS. Updated 11:07 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17. | Join Hari Sreenivasan and African-American filmmaker Shukree Tilghman here on Friday at 3 p.m. ET...
Celebrity Calls Urge Students To Get Up, 'Get Schooled'
December 16, 2011 | Supermodel Tyra Banks poses with students at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School in Los Angeles after surprising them with a pep rally as part of the Get Schooled Foundation's attendance challenge. Photo by Brian To/Getty Images. A teenager punches...
The Education Conversation
December 9, 2011 | We look at what's happening in the world of education as seen on Twitter, video and other digital destinations. View the story "The Education Conversation" on Storify]...
U.S. Charter School Enrollment Hits Milestone, But Questions Remain
December 7, 2011 | Photo courtesy of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. More and more students are attending charter schools in the United States, but performance results from these independent schools are still a mixed bag. Two million of the nation's...
The Education Conversation
November 24, 2011 | This week we look at what's happening in the world of education as seen on Twitter, video and other digital destinations. View the story "Education roundup - Nov. 21, 2011" on Storify]...
The Education Conversation
November 8, 2011 | We're starting a new feature on the Rundown - a look at what's happening in education as seen through Twitter, video and other digital destinations....
As Mississippi Rises, Historian Discusses 'Great Flood' of 1927
May 9, 2011 | A flooded power plant at Oswego, Kansas, on the Neosho River on April 23, 1927 As the Mississippi River continues to rise Monday, threatening Memphis and other cities on its shores, we take a look...
How Will the Nutrition Bill Change School Lunches?
December 13, 2010 | President Obama has signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 into law, a major victory in First Lady Michelle Obama's crusade against child obesity and hunger. The bill increases federal funding for school lunches - by about six cents...
Honor Flight Program Helps Vets Visit WWII Memorial
November 11, 2010 | On a beautiful fall day in Washington, D.C., children from a Virginia elementary school lined the path leading to the World War II Memorial waving flags and chanting "USA! USA!" They were there to welcome World War II veterans who...
'Race to the Top' Education Funds Awarded to 9 States and D.C.
August 24, 2010 | The results are in for the second round of "Race to the Top" education funding, a competition among states for a piece of more than $4 billion set aside by Congress and the Obama administration as part of the $787...
