Education May 20 Why aren’t high school students graduating? New report sheds light [caption id="attachment_103650" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Twenty percent of students leave high school without graduating according to a report released today from GradNation, a campaign of America’s Promise Alliance. But why? Photo by Flickr user Milken Community Schools[/caption] While a report…
Education May 06 How cursive can help students with dyslexia connect the dots Students with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read because their brains associate sounds and letter combinations inefficiently. But cursive can help them with the decoding process because it integrates hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and other brain and memory functions.
Education Apr 17 Lessons from a successful ‘dropout recruiter’ A 'dropout recruiter' shares some lessons and success stories of encouraging male dropouts to earn their diploma.
Nation Mar 03 Quiz: How well do you know notable women? To commemorate the contributions of women both past and present, the PBS NewsHour has created a quiz to test your knowledge about notable women.
Nation Jan 16 Obama pushes new measures to get poor students into college Now in college with a full-ride scholarship, Troy Simon admitted to an audience at the White House that he couldn’t have made the jump from being unable to read at age 14 to pursuing higher education without help. That…
Nation Dec 19 ‘Flipped’ classroom story sparks debate on teaching style Watch NewsHour's feature on "flipped" classroom instruction. The segment will also air on the show Wednesday. PBS NewsHour's American Graduate team recently visited Clintondale High School in suburban Detroit for a story on the concept of "flipped"…
Nation Nov 10 Being a military kid is ‘really hard,’ but it’s also full of opportunity .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Video shot by Jack Higbee…