2005
DECEMBER
December 28, 2005
Turnaround Specialist II
John Merrow gives the second installment of a report on the difficulties of turning around a troubled inner city school.

December 19, 2005
Back to School in New Orleans
The first two public high schools opened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the entire school system in August.

NOVEMBER
November 9, 2005
Turnaround Specialist
A principal from an affluent suburb switches to an inner-city school in Richmond, Va. on the state's warning list.

November 1, 2005
New Orleans Schools Rebuild after Katrina
An education report focuses on problems New Orleans public schools faced before Hurricane Katrina and the struggles to come as the system rebuilds.

SEPTEMBER
September 28, 2005
NYC School Reform
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

September 8, 2005
Aid and Comfort
Following a report from Houston about how hurricane evacuees are trying to pull their lives together at shelters in Texas, two experts discuss the challenges of relocating students throughout the country.

AUGUST
August 30, 2005
College Prep
As new standardized test scores are revealed, are students prepared for college?

August 24, 2005
School Rules
Connecticut on Monday sued the U.S. government over the No Child Left Behind law, saying the Department of Education has not supplied the necessary funds to implement the programs.

August 5, 2005
Intelligent Design
President Bush recently weighed in on how best to teach the origin of humans by voicing support for teaching intelligent design alongside evolution.

JUNE
June 22, 2005
Academic Squeeze
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
Back to School
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
Women in Science
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 19, 2005
Aging Out of Foster Care
A report examines what happens to young adults in foster care when they age out and turn 18.

May 9, 2005
Hiring Season
Job creation numbers were unexpectedly high in a new report released by the government Sunday.

May 5, 2005
Free Tutoring
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
Breaking the Pattern
Spencer Michels examines efforts to lower Hispanic dropout rates in schools around the country.

April 14, 2005
Utah's No Child Left Behind Act
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
Newsmaker: Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings discusses some forthcoming revisions to the education law No Child Left Behind.

April 4, 2005
Society of Students
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 28, 2005
Creation Conflict
In a continuing debate between scientists and a religious movement that seeks to reinsert creationism in classrooms, biology teachers weigh teaching the theory of evolution, creationism and intelligent design.

March 10, 2005
Revamped SAT
A redesigned Standard Aptitude Test including an essay section will be administered to high school students for the first time this weekend.

JANUARY
January 17, 2005
Back to School in New Orleans
A report on the reopening of several New Orleans colleges and universities for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.