Jun 29 Can Mississippi schools get ahead after a new round of budget cuts? By Marquita Brown, The Hechinger Report Art lessons or larger classes? Years of stagnant funding forces Mississippi educators to make tough choices. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 6:24 Innovative program helps even the playing field for poor students — and boost graduation rates By PBS News Hour For Georgia State’s Tyler Mulvenna, a $900 grant from an innovative retention program let him live on campus, work less and do what he came to do: study. The school, worried about abysmal graduation rates for poor students found, a… Continue watching
Jun 28 The business class where high school students are running the company By Victoria Pasquantonio A 20-year-old entrepreneur credits a high school business class with giving him the skills and drive to start his own company. Continue reading
Jun 28 All-male choir at Detroit school shares a hopeful vision By WTVS, Detroit Public Television The Vision Male Ensemble from Detroit provides training and mentorship for boys at the Detroit School of the Arts. Continue reading
Jun 27 The goal of this kids' story about soccer? To foster a love of poetry By Mary Jo Brooks Nick Hall, the 12-year-old protagonist in Kwame Alexander’s latest novel-in-verse, “Booked,” is a soccer star who dreams of playing in the European Cup. Unfortunately, his days are filled with the more mundane challenges. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 24:48 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 26, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, June 26, Scottish leaders are pushing to exit the UK to preserve Scotland's membership in the EU. Also, immigrants who came to the UK for economic opportunities are worried after the Brexit vote -- what… Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch 10:21 Unexpected medical bills can cost American consumers thousands By PBS News Hour It’s a growing frustration for many Americans: surprisingly high medical bills that they are struggling to pay. In some cases, patients are surprised to learn that they received care from an out-of-network doctor in an in-network hospital, long after an… Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch 7:59 In elementary education, 'doing science' rather than just memorizing it By PBS News Hour The battle over Common Core education standards is playing out across the country, but a new set of requirements for teaching science is creeping into curricula without the same fanfare. Some states are voluntarily adopting the practices, which emphasize more… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 24:52 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 19, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, June 19, Orlando is mourning one week after the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. Later, hear about both sides of the so-called “Brexit” debate on whether the U.K. should leave the European Union. Hari… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 24:50 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 18, 2016 By Michael D. Regan On Saturday's edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend, victims of last week's mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub are laid to rest and fears in Belgium over an imminent terrorist attack leads to charges against three people in the country. Later,… Continue watching