Education

STEAM Ahead: Merging Arts and Science Education

PBS NewsHour

Akua Kouyate, Wolf Trap's senior director of education During tough economic times, arts and music programs are often some of the first programs cut in schools. Continue

Teaching Innovation Is About More Than iPads in Schools

MediaShift

Schools across the country are mass-ordering iPads for their pupils in an effort to innovate in classrooms. Thing is, innovation goes beyond merely buying the tools. Continue

Middle School Moment

FRONTLINE

Johns Hopkins researcher Dr. Robert Balfanz has uncovered a series of indicators that he says can predict how likely a student is to drop out of high school: attendance, behavior and course performance, which he describes as the "ABCs." Here, he explains how analyzing certain data can help schools target interventions for at risk students. Continue

What is Project-Based Learning?

FRONTLINE

Do students learn better by taking tests? Or by solving real-world problems? Background on the alternative approach to education featured in Fast Times at West Philly High. Continue

Middle School Moment

FRONTLINE

Nationwide, 7,000 students drop out every school day, but new evidence suggests that the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually occur in middle school. FRONTLINE examines one Bronx school's unique approach. Continue

Tonight's FRONTLINE Will Make You "Tearful and Smitten"

FRONTLINE

So writes the Philadelphia Daily news about "Fast Times at West Philly High," the story of inner-city high school students who compete against the world's best to make a super-hybrid car. Continue

Up Heartbreak Hill: Graduation at Navajo Pine High School

POV

Tamara and Thomas, two students living on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico, graduate ready to go on to college. Continue

Up Heartbreak Hill: Living in Navajo, NM

POV

Thomas introduces us to Navajo, New Mexico, the reservation he lives on. He describes the challenges that accompany living on a reservation, but emphasizes the sense of home and the legacy that ties him to the land. Continue

Up Heartbreak Hill

POV

Thomas and Tamara are track stars at their rural New Mexico high school. Like many teenagers, they are torn between the lure of brighter futures elsewhere and the ties that bind them to home. For these teens, however, home is an impoverished town on the Navajo reservation, and leaving means separating from family, tradition and the land that has been theirs for generations. Continue

Preventing Dropouts With College Courses

PBS NewsHour

Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college coursework. Special correspondent John Merrow reports as part of our American Graduate series. Continue

Senate Committee Comes Down on For-Profit Colleges

FRONTLINE

Here are the key findings from the committee's damning report, including loan default rates, executive compensation and the amount of money spent on marketing compared to instruction. Continue

Up Heartbreak Hill: Gabby's Story

POV

Gabby lives on the Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico. She dreams of going to college and becoming a photographer, but faces many challenges as many Native American youth do in following their dreams. Continue

The Automotive X Prize: A Primer

FRONTLINE

More on the history of the competition, and the organization that sponsored it and other prizes that push the boundaries of innovation. Continue

Catching Up With West Philly's X Prize Team

FRONTLINE

An education reform advocate. A budding rapper. A history buff. What three of the students are doing today. Continue

In Middle School, Can Data Prevent Dropouts?

PBS NewsHour

Seven thousand students dropout of school every day in the U.S. And some researchers have dubbed middle school as the essential "make-or-break" years in determining a child's success. Continue

NCAA president Mark Emmert

Tavis Smiley

Tavis talks sports with the NCAA president, including a discussion on the potential fallout from the investigation into the Penn State scandal. Continue

Up Heartbreak Hill: Meet Tamara

POV

Tamara, a bright and hard-working student at Navajo Pine High School in Navajo, NM, dreams of going to college and furthering her education. Continue

July 13, 2012

To The Contrary

The shocking video of an Afghan woman's execution by the Taliban. Then, a first for women and the Olympics? And, Behind the Headlines: BPA. A plastic by-product that's everywhere and rasing health concerns. Continue

Taste of College Encourages Students to Continue

PBS NewsHour

In his second report from South Texas, special correspondent John Merrow explores from the students' perspective how early college programs are encouraging youth to stay in high school. Continue

A Challenge to Communicate Science to Kids

PBS NewsHour

Clarity, specificity and humor are among the best tools for making kids grasp even simple questions like "What is a flame?" Science correspondent Miles O'Brien talks to actor Alan Alda and scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson about the need to explain science concepts to the public. Continue

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