Sep 28 Watch 8:09 Striving for girls’ education in the birthplace of Voodoo By PBS News Hour Around the world, 59 million children are out of school and 250 million are not learning the basics. The WNET series "Time for School" travels to Benin, where nearly half of girls have had no formal schooling and often marry… Continue watching
Sep 28 80 colleges plan admissions revamp to reach more disadvantaged students By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed Eighty leading colleges and universities are announcing today a plan to reverse a decades-long process by which colleges -- largely through the Common Application -- have made their applications increasingly similar. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 9:10 On the journey to meet the high standards of education in Japan By PBS News Hour Since 2003, PBS has followed children from different countries as part of the documentary series "Time for School." In this fourth installment, hear the story of Ken Higashiguchi from Nara, Japan, where the school hours are long and the expectations… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 7:57 Struggling Catholic schools seek ways to set themselves apart By PBS News Hour Today only about 2 million American students attend Catholic school, down from 5 million in the 1960s, due to a variety of social and economic reasons. Thousands of schools have closed as church leaders and educators struggled to make the… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 4:03 High-flying flips is the trick to keeping away bad feelings By PBS News Hour In a report from the NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs' teacher boot camp, meet a young man who fights his demons with meditation and high-flying acrobatics called tricking. Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 8:47 Why it’s hard for girls in rural India to stay in school By PBS News Hour Fifteen years ago, the UN set a goal that by 2015 there would be universal free primary education. Although the number of children out of school has been cut almost in half, getting them to stay in school has proved… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 9:31 Shadowed by fear and violence: One student’s story from a Rio slum By PBS News Hour Since 2003, PBS has followed children from different countries as part of the documentary series "Time for School." In this second installment, hear the story of Jefferson Narciso from Rocinha, one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest and violent neighborhoods. Shy… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 9:15 ‘Now it’s me as their elder’: After a mother’s death, a struggle to finish school in Kenya By PBS News Hour In 2000, the UN set a goal that by 2015, every child in every nation should be able to obtain free basic education. At the time, 100 million children of primary school age worldwide had never set foot in a school. Today,… Continue watching
Sep 17 I’m a teacher. I’m tired of fear driving everything in education By Janelle Bence When students are being interrogated without representation, when authorities are not believing what their students are telling them without any cause to be suspicious, when students are finally excited to share one of their creations only to be arrested as… Continue reading
Sep 15 For first time, Alabama schools required to teach climate change, evolution By Michelle Harven For the first time, Alabama students will be required to learn about evolution and climate change after the State Board of Education unanimously voted to update the science standard for 2016. The last time the science standards was updated was… Continue reading