Jul 22 Watch 7:33 Today’s newest teachers face tough job odds, high turnover By PBS News Hour Is it a good time to become a teacher? Salaries haven't kept up with inflation, tenure is under attack and standardized test scores are being used to fire teachers. And that's if you get a job. Special correspondent for education… Continue watching
Jul 21 More children are in poverty today than before the Great Recession By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger Today, 22 percent of children live in poverty, up from 18 percent in 2008. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Free dance lessons teach NYC students to think on their feet By PBS News Hour The National Dance Institute has been sending dance instructors into New York City schools for nearly 40 years, teaching kids who would otherwise have little access to arts education. Jeffrey Brown reports on how founder Jacques d’Amboise grew the institute… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 2:39 Running and leaping through life at full speed By PBS News Hour In this video produced by young journalists in the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs program, Justin Frevert, a parkour artist, explains how the sport has helped him overcome obstacles and embrace life’s challenges. Continue watching
Jul 17 5 things to know about Congress’ rewrites of No Child Left Behind By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — No one thinks it'll be easy, but the House and Senate are embarking on negotiations to merge two differing education bills that would rewrite the nation's much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 5:59 Kindergarteners with good social skills turn into successful adults, study finds By PBS News Hour In a report released today, researchers found that kindergarteners’ social skills, like cooperation, listening to others and helping classmates, provided strong predictors of how those children would fare two decades later. Judy Woodruff speaks to Damon Jones of Pennsylvania State… Continue watching
Jul 16 Senate vote moves No Child Left Behind education law closer to overhaul By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senate passes overhaul of No Child Left Behind education law; compromise needed with House. Continue reading
Jul 12 Malala Yousafzai celebrates birthday opening school for Syrian refugees By Kenzi Abou-Sabe The school will serve around 200 Syrian girls living in refugee camps in the Bekaa Valley region along the Lebanese border. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 7:48 What should replace No Child Left Behind? By PBS News Hour No Child Left Behind, an educational reform law with a controversial legacy, expired eight years ago and has yet to be replaced. This week, the Senate took up the first bipartisan effort to replace the law. Hari Sreenivasan talks to… Continue watching
Jul 09 Why I founded #CharlestonSyllabus after the Charleston shooting By Dr. Chad Williams Soon, other educators and I will begin to prepare our syllabi and lesson plans for the start of classes in the fall. How will we talk about the Charleston shooting and its aftermath?… Continue reading