Jan 03 Watch 54:28 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 3, 2017 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Republican-controlled Congress opens the new session with a fight over ethics. Also: A conversation with CIA Director John Brennan, Turkish soldiers seeking safe-haven following a failed coup attempt, the economics and politics behind Ford's investment… Continue watching
Jan 03 Nationwide, state budget cuts disproportionately hit low-income, minority college students By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report States are disproportionately subsidizing schools whose students are wealthier, whiter… Continue reading
Dec 30 Few women run the nation's school districts. Why? By Denisa R. Superville, Education Week Even though K-12 education is largely a female enterprise, men dominate the chief executive's office in numbers that look especially bleak given that the pool of talent is deep with women. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 7:46 This inner city school is a bridge to empowerment for children of color By PBS News Hour In one of the poorest and most violent neighborhoods in Brooklyn, in one of the most segregated school systems in the country, principal Nadia Lopez is trying to help kids defy the odds. Lopez talks to special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 8:42 This West Virginia school is caring for students, when addicted parents can't By PBS News Hour In opioid-stricken West Virginia, this school is taking on the role of parent. Lisa Stark of Education Week visits Cottageville Elementary, where students often lack food, clothes and transportation because of drug-addicted parents. In addition to increasing communication with local… Continue watching
Dec 27 More teachers' union leaders come out against new student-discipline policies By Emmanuel Felton, Education Week Teachers in Fresno, California, and Des Moines, Iowa, have come out against their districts' efforts--following similar announcements in New York and Indianapolis--to reform how students are disciplined. Teachers are arguing that efforts to change student-disciplinary practices—largely in an attempt to… Continue reading
Dec 26 Column: Why you should tell your kids tragic stories this holiday season By Marshall Duke, Emory University In every culture that anthropologists have ever studied, people tell stories. Families most frequently tell stories around the time of vacations, family reunions, (sadly) funerals, Thanksgiving and, of course, the family-oriented winter holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Continue reading
Dec 26 Q&A: Can teaching about religion reduce intolerance? By Vic Pasquantonio While the courts banned schools from preaching about religion decades ago, most school districts in the U.S. require students to learn about the world’s religions, a fact that most Americans don't know. Linda K. Wertheimer traveled across the country to… Continue reading
Dec 21 Bridging the town and gown divide By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report In a time of falling trust, colleges are reaching out to bridge the class and cultural divides that often exist between them and the surrounding neighborhood. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 6:31 After Flint's lead crisis, the 'most important medication' for kids is education By PBS News Hour There is a well-established link between lead exposure and learning disabilities, but early childhood education has been shown to counteract the effects. In Flint, Michigan, where the youngest residents have been the most vulnerable to lead poisoning, the city has… Continue watching