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	2005 DECEMBER Dec. 28, 2005 Turnaround Specialist The second report in a series by education correspondent John Merrow tracks one principal's efforts to reform a troubled inner-city school in Richmond, Virginia on the state's warning list.

	Dec. 20, 2005 A Defeat for "Intelligent Design" A federal judge in Dover, Pa. ruled Tuesday against teaching "intelligent design" in public schools. He said intelligent design, which credits an unseen creator with human development, has no place in a science curriculum. Following an update from a reporter, two lawyers involved in the case discuss the decision.

	Dec. 19, 2005 Rebuilding New Orleans Schools The first two public high schools opened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the entire school system in August. A report looks at the challenges facing returning students, teachers and administrators as they try to rebuild the schools.

	Dec. 6, 2005 Military Recruitment on Campus The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether colleges can turn away military recruiters in protest of the Pentagon's policy on gays in the military and still receive federal funding.



	NOVEMBER Nov. 25, 2005 Evolution Debate in Dover, Pennsylvania A report from Dover, Pa., where voters recently weighed in on the debate on how to teach evolution.

	Nov. 9, 2005 Principal's Challenges As part of Virginia's "Turn Around Specialist Program," Principal Parker Land took a pay cut and moved from an affluent suburb to an inner-city school on the state's warning list. In this first part of a yearlong series, education correspondent John Merrow follows Land's challenges in the first week of school.

	Nov. 1, 2005 New Orleans Schools Before and After Katrina The New Orleans public school system, which suffered from corruption, internal scandals and structural problems before Hurricane Katrina, took a damaging hit from the storm. School officials say they will rebuild the system starting from scratch and hope to open some repaired schools in November.



	SEPTEMBER Sept. 28, 2005 School Reform in New York City A report on New York City's efforts to improve its public schools, featuring an interview with New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein.



	AUGUST Aug. 30, 2005 Students Not Ready for College Data from the nation's two leading college entrance exams, the SAT and the ACT, show that many high school graduates are not prepared to succeed academically in college. To discuss the test results and the class of 2009 are three presidents of higher education institutions.

	Aug. 24, 2005 Connecticut Sues Over NCLB Connecticut sued the U.S government over funding problems for standardized tests required as part of the No Child Left Behind law. After a background report, a former presidential adviser on the legislation and the commissioner of education from Connecticut discuss the case.

	Aug. 5, 2005 Intelligent Design President Bush said this week that schools should teach both evolution science and intelligent design in schools. Two professors discuss teaching intelligent design alongside evolution in public schools.

	Aug. 3, 2005 Roger Rosenblatt Discusses the Conflict over Evolution Theory Roger Rosenblatt considers the 80th anniversary of the Scopes evolution trial.



	JUNE June 22, 2005 Community Colleges Seek to Accommodate Rise in Attendance Special correspondent for education John Merrow looks at the growth of community colleges and the challenges now facing these in-demand schools.

	June 9, 2005 'Everything Bad is Good for You' Jeffrey Brown sits down with Steven Johnson, author of a new book "Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter," which explains what we do for fun is just as educational in its way as what we study in the classroom.

	June 9, 2005 Some Public Schools Try to Lure Homeschooled Students Correspondent Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Television reports on why some public schools are trying to get homeschooled students back in the classroom.

	June 1, 2005 Schools Work to Close Science Gender Gap Special correspondent for education John Merrow looks at how one Cleveland school is closing the science gender gap one student at a time.



	MAY May 9, 2005 Job Opportunities for College Graduates Expected to Increase Job creation numbers were unexpectedly high in a new report released by the government Sunday. Experts take a look at the employment picture facing new college graduates and young adults.

	May 5, 2005 No Child Left Behind Law Effects Free Tutoring Programs John Merrow looks at how the No Child Left Behind law is affecting the growing number of free tutoring programs for students around the country.



	APRIL April 26, 2005 Hispanic Youths More Likely to Drop Out of High School, Studies Show Spencer Michels examines efforts to lower Hispanic dropout rates in schools around the country.

	April 14, 2005 Utah Proposes Alternative to "No Child Left Behind" Educators in Utah have devised a new plan to improve school performance, one they say overrides the Bush administration's "flawed" No Child Left Behind Act.

	April 7, 2005 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings discusses the forthcoming revisions to the No Child Left Behind law and the controversy over PBS' Postcards from Buster episode.

	April 4, 2005 California School Program Helps Students Fight Gangs To counteract the negative gang culture in Los Angeles, students from Breed Street Elementary operate in their own gang called Society of Students, or SOS, which instills a culture of learning.



	MARCH March 29, 2005 Supreme Court Watch The Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that whistleblowers are protected under Title IX, a law baring gender discrimination in federally funded educational programs.

	March 28, 2005 Teachers, Parents Grapple with Evolution-Creationism Debate Correspondent Jeffrey Brown investigates how some biology teachers are handling the hot button debate over the theory of evolution, creationism and intelligent design.

	March 10, 2005 New SAT to Debut for Nation's High School Students A redesigned Standard Aptitude Test including an essay section will be administered to high school students for the first time this weekend. Correspondent Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago looks at the new exam.



	FEBRUARY Feb. 22, 2005 Women and Science Harvard University President Lawrence Summers continues to feel the heat over controversial remarks he made at a conference last month.

	Feb. 22, 2005 Women and Science Harvard University President Lawrence Summers continues to feel the heat over controversial remarks he made at a conference last month.

	Feb. 22, 2005 Harvard President Summers' Remarks About Women in Science, Engineering Harvard President Lawrence Summers faced intense criticism for remarks he made about the shortage of women in the sciences and engineering at a Jan. 14 closed-door conference.