Mar 14 U.S. to fire monitor overseeing turnaround strategies of for-profit colleges By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Education Department is removing a law firm hired to oversee the turnaround of schools owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit education company whose financial collapse had placed at risk more than $1 billion in federal student… Continue reading
Mar 11 Americans with bachelor degrees lag behind other nations in labor skills By Mikhail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report A new study finds that workers with bachelor’s degrees have job-related skills that others don’t. But Americans still lag behind workers in other nations on tests of these skills. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 53:38 PBS NewsHour full episode March 10, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Sen. Ted Cruz picks up his first senatorial endorsement, from Utah Sen. Mike Lee. Also: Who’s on pace to win Ohio and Florida, the Atlantic examines Obama’s foreign policy legacy, the Federal Reserve considers hiking interest… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 53:50 PBS NewsHour full episode March 9, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Sen. Bernie Sanders triumphs in Michigan just before another Democratic debate while GOP figures clash over Donald Trump. Also: An inside look at the class-action lawsuit against Trump University, how to build a thriving rural hospital,… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 6:26 Former Trump U students describe lofty promises, paltry results By PBS News Hour On the campaign trail, Donald Trump often touts his business record as a presidential qualification. But one of the real estate mogul’s ventures has come under harsh scrutiny recently, as former participants in his Trump University online education company have… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 7:04 As the SAT evolves, so do opinions on its value By PBS News Hour On Saturday, college hopefuls took a brand new SAT, marking the first time in over a decade the test curriculum has undergone major changes. While scores will still be submitted with many an application, there is growing skepticism of their… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 6:14 A chronicle of Afghanistan's modern-day Romeo and Juliet By PBS News Hour Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that description implies. Separated by religion, ethnicity and their own families, the young couple defied them all by eloping. Rod Nordland of the New York Times chronicles… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 6:47 Wi-Fi on wheels leaves no child offline By PBS News Hour The digital divide and lack of reliable Internet access at home can put low-income and rural students at a real disadvantage. So when superintendent Darryl Adams took over one of the poorest school districts in the nation, he made it… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 3:14 Students running small-town market know business By PBS News Hour As a sparsely populated Nebraska town in an equally sparsely populated county, Cody is not where one might expect to find a thriving retail business. But the Circle C Market has been making a (small) profit there for the last… Continue watching
Mar 07 Flint teacher: 'I want answers' By Todd Beard I wanted to believe in the science and social studies that I teach my students -- that Flint's water had been tested by scientists and there is a system of checks and balances that makes our public systems work, right?… Continue reading