1997
DECEMBER
December 22, 1997
Testing The System
A legal challenge to university affirmative action programs.

December 18, 1997
Shutting The Door
The impact of immigration reform on school children along the U.S.-Mexico border.

OCTOBER
October 10, 1997
Forum: Opening Doors, Opening Minds
The President's race advisory panel on school desegregation.

SEPTEMBER
September 29, 1997
Forum: Double Talk?
Does bilingual education help students?

September 19, 1997
Double Talk?
Are immigrants helped or hurt by bilingual education?

September 19, 1997
Forum: Class Dynamics
Will children benefit from smaller classrooms?

September 18, 1997
Pencils Down...
House Republicans are giving national education standards an "F."

September 8, 1997
Setting The Standard
Are standardized tests the best route to better grades?

AUGUST
August 21, 1997
Overcrowding 101
Enrollment in America's elementary and middle schools will be at an all-time high this fall. How will school officials find room for the Baby Boomers' children?

August 18, 1997
Affirmative Reaction
U.C. Berkeley opens its doors to 270 new law school students this year. Only one of them is African American. Is this proof that California's ban on affirmative action hurts diversity?

August 12, 1997
Higher Learning?
In an effort to increase test scores, the Chicago Public Schools are taking a hard look at the current curriculum.

JULY
July 23, 1997
Forum: Entertaining and Educating Children
Will producers do better for kids' Internet than they did for kids' TV?

JUNE
June 23, 1997
Public Teachers, Private Schools
The Supreme Court decides to allow public school teachers to teach remedial classes at private schools, while still on the taxpayers' clock. This reverses the Court's 1985 decision not to allow the teachers to teach for parochial schools. Why the change?

MAY
May 27, 1997
Special Ed
School officials in San Francisco try to bolster student performance by making teachers and administrators responsible for their students' performances.

May 27, 1997
Forum: Why Go to College?
Are parents and students getting what they're paying for?

May 1, 1997
College Costs
Chelsea's going to Stanford, and it's going to cost the Clintons over $31,000 a year. Will she and the rest of America's college students get their money's worth?

APRIL
April 28, 1997
Forum: Save Our Schools!
The problems in urban schools are basic and immediate. What if you were responsible for our schools?

April 28, 1997
Military Intelligence
Why are many retired military personnel are becoming teachers?

FEBRUARY
February 13, 1997
Pulp Friction
"Goosebumps," a popular children's book series, sets off a controversy over removing books from public school libraries.

February 11, 1997
Setting Standards
President Clinton has announced his intentions to create, "not federal government standards, but national standards" to measure the country's educational system. /span>

February 10, 1997
President's Proposals: Education
We now begin a series examining President Clinton's agenda for his second term. /span>

February 10, 1997
Advertising In Public Schools
A growing number of public school districts around the country are turning to a controversial source of funding to stay afloat: they're accepting commercial advertising. Some think the policy is practical and does no real harm; others are crying foul.

JANUARY
January 23, 1997
English Lesson
Kwame Holman reports on the Ebonics debate, which has moved to the United States Senate. /span>

January 16, 1997
Grading Schools
Margaret Warner and a panel discuss a report which criticize America's public school system. /span>

January 16, 1997
No Passing, No Driving
Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports on a new Illinois law that links driver's licenses to students' performance. /span>

January 9, 1997
Reading Matters
Recently a nationwide debate was ignited when the Oakland, California School Board recognized Ebonics as a language.

January 9, 1997
The Literacy Gap
According to a report recently released by the federal government, the disparity between Caucasian and minority children's literacy rates is on the increase.