Dec 05 Helping kids understand their rights when they’re stopped by the police By Amber Joseph How do we help students not lose hope?… Continue reading
Dec 05 Federal watchdog reveals ethics violations in Native American schools contract By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Federal officials appear to have violated ethics rules governing impartiality in awarding a contract to evaluate schools attended by tens of thousands of Native American students, a federal watchdog says. The report comes as President Barack Obama makes… Continue reading
Dec 04 Are China’s ties with U.S. universities healthy? By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press China's authoritarian government is gaining a foothold on American campuses by funding dozens of institutes that project a rose-tinted view of the Asian nation that compromises the academic integrity of U.S. universities, a congressional hearing was told Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 04 Next online experiments in higher ed focus on flexibility By Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed Some of the country’s most rigorous research universities have a new obsession: flexibility. As the institutions contemplate a more modular future, experiments with blended learning may provide an early glimpse at their plans. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Can the U.S. restructure schools to nurture Native American students? By PBS News Hour The high school graduation rate for Native Americans is the lowest of any ethnic or racial group in the United States. How can the government assist reservation schools while respecting autonomy of tribes? Judy Woodruff talks to Secretary of the… Continue watching
Dec 03 ‘C’ is for Cookie, S is for self-regulation By Nora Daly In 2011, PBS NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman paid a visit to Sesame Street, where he taught Grover about Walter Michel’s famous “Marshmallow Test” - a psychological experiment where a child is given a choice between eating one marshmallow… Continue reading
Dec 03 Critics question why Rolling Stone reporter did not contact men accused of UVA gang rape By Kyla Calvert Mason Last month, Rolling Stone magazine published an article detailing the gang rape of a University of Virginia freshman, Jackie, by seven men in one of the campus’ fraternity houses and the university’s failure to investigate once the attack was reported… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 6:31 Can innovative schools be all-inclusive in Philadelphia? By PBS News Hour Can schools that enroll students of all skill levels use the same methods as more academically selective programs? In the second half of our report on Philadelphia’s public schools, special correspondent for education John Merrow reports on the city’s U… Continue watching
Dec 02 Domestic violence as prevalent for college students as sexual assault By Jake New, Inside Higher Ed On Black Friday, Nadia Ezaldein, a University of Chicago student, was working at a Chicago Nordstrom when her ex-boyfriend entered the store, found her in the accessories department, and shot her to death. It was her 22nd birthday. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 6:04 Philadelphia schools aim to innovate to escape crisis By PBS News Hour Continue watching