Sep 30 Growing wealth gap may threaten education’s role in social mobility By Kyla Calvert Mason Data show education is just one more arena in American life where gap between the rich and poor is widening. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 27, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Sept. 27, on American Graduate Day, NewsHour Weekend looks at whether an extra hour of reading time can help underperforming students. Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch How much does mandatory extra reading time help students? By PBS News Hour In order to make sure students are reading at grade level, many states throughout the country have taken steps to provide extra reading time and instruction for underperforming students. But how much does simply adding extra time help? Patte Barth,… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch Closing the gap: Low-performing Florida grade schools add extra reading time By Andrew Mach The state of Florida recently mandated the 300 lowest-performing elementary schools add an extra hour of reading instruction each day, the first in the country to do so. But while supporters are convinced the extra time will improve kids' reading,… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch LIVE: American Graduate Day 2014 to highlight efforts to boost graduation rates By Kyla Calvert Mason On Saturday, PBS is dedicating "American Graduate Day" to telling the stories of local leaders, teachers, students and others who are finding those answers in schools across the country everyday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch Wave of child migrants pose challenges for Florida schools By April Brown For the many unaccompanied minors who have crossed into the United States from Central America fleeing violence and poverty, most end up waiting months, or even years, as their cases go through court. While they wait for the backlogged immigration… Continue watching
Sep 26 Backlog of children’s immigration cases challenges judges, lawyers and schools By April Brown The backlog of immigration cases means thousands of children who’ve crossed alone illegally wait months or even years for their cases to be adjudicated. And that means many are in the United States long enough to enroll in school. Continue reading
Sep 26 Twitter Chat: What do today’s high school graduates need to know and how can this be measured? By Nora Daly In conjunction with American Graduate Day, PBS NewsHour will be hosting a Twitter chat exploring the question of what today’s high school graduates need to know and how this knowledge can be measured. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Is there too much testing in the public schools? By PBS News Hour This is the first year that schools will publish student test scores tied to the Common Core initiative. Critics argue that implementing these new standards cause overtesting that rob teachers and students of valuable teaching time. Judy Woodruff gets debate… Continue watching
Sep 23 Fraternity reforms, from inside and out, seek to curb sexual assault By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press; Kyla Calvert WASHINGTON — Eight college fraternities announced Tuesday an effort to work together on new training aimed at combating sexual misconduct, hazing and binge drinking. The focus is on learning to recognize, diagnose and intervene in potentially harmful situations. An estimated… Continue reading