Jan 20 Obama: Community college should be 'as free and universal in America as high school' By Kyla Calvert Mason As expected, President Obama outlined his proposal to offer two years of free community college tuition for students, first detailed two weeks ago in Tennessee. Or as he put it in the speech, "to lower the cost of community college… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 8:21 Connecting the classroom to promising health careers By PBS News Hour Students at Oakland’s Life Academy are getting a head start on health science careers by integrating academics with career-based training and a workplace environment. The high school, which serves low-income and minority students, also has the city’s second highest rate… Continue watching
Jan 20 The reality of life and death intersect for students at two Oakland schools By April Brown, Mike Fritz Sometimes, the realities of life and death intersect at Life Academy, a health sciences-focused public school in Oakland, California. Continue reading
Jan 19 Separating fact from fiction: the problems of teaching North Korea By Christopher Mazura Editor's note: The film "The Interview" and the decision by Sony Pictures to cancel its release in theaters brought debates about free expression and racial representation in film. Here, high school teacher Christopher Mazura addresses the challenges of discussing the… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 4:13 With more U.S. students living in poverty, education system faces strain By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 17 Do students take too many tests? Congress to weigh question By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press On Wednesday, the Senate's education committee is set to take up the issue of whether federally mandated annual testing should remain a requirement under the No Child Left Behind law. Continue reading
Jan 16 New report shows majority of U.S. students are low-income By Corinne Segal The report measured poverty among students by the number of those that qualified for free and reduced lunch. Continue reading
Jan 15 With lunch after recess, fruits and veggies consumption increases by 54 percent By Justin Scuiletti According to a new study, schools that put recess before lunch saw a 54 percent increase of fruit and vegetable consumption in children. Continue reading
Jan 15 Struggling small, private college is new challenge for Ex-White House Chief of Staff By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH For nearly six years, Andrew Card had a desk just outside the Oval Office. Today, the man who served as chief of staff under President George W. Bush is going back to college, taking the helm as the fifth president… Continue reading
Jan 12 Students in Pakistan return to school a month after Taliban massacre By Ariel Min Students in Pakistan returned to school today for the first time since Taliban militants stormed into classrooms and killed 134 children at Army Public School in Peshawar last month. Continue reading