Aug 23 Watch 1:22 Malala: Children around the world should fight for education By PBS News Hour Continuing her journey as an international education advocate, Malala Yousafzai joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how to inspire children around the world to fight for education. Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Turning parents into teachers to fight the ‘summer slide’ in reading By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 22 Help us ‘Rethink College’ in 3 Twitter chats By Nora Daly Join us, along with an assortment of experts, to discuss several issues currently being debated both in and outside of the education system. Continue reading
Aug 22 Explore the future of higher education with Hari Sreenivasan By Merrill Schwerin PBS NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan traveled the country this year to explore the state of higher education. He will share five of stories he found as part of a week-long look at how America is rethinking the college experience. The series… Continue reading
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Aug 22 Watch Colleges emphasize student ‘stickiness’ to boost graduations By PBS News Hour In Tennessee, a disturbingly high dropout rate at public universities prompted the state to change how they fund schools: the more students graduate, the more a school gets paid. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the rise of performance-based funding and innovations… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Grad rates double after reinvention of Chicago City Colleges By PBS News Hour Just 20 percent of community college students complete a degree in the U.S. Cheryl Hyman, chief of City Colleges of Chicago, is reshaping her school system to not only provide wide access to higher education, but to put students on… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Wisconsin group wants to turn student borrowers into activists By PBS News Hour Through the recession, college tuition skyrocketed at public universities to make up for flagging state funding. Some students who borrowed to keep up with rising costs face crushing debt repayments. Hari Sreenivasan travelled to Wisconsin to report on one group… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch Online university skips class to be more accessible By PBS News Hour College for America, an online degree program, has no classes, professors or credit hours. It's been cited as an innovative way to make college more affordable. But how do its students qualify for a degree? Hari Sreenivasan reports from New… Continue watching
Aug 20 Judge rules Louisiana schools will use Common Core tests as public support for standards wanes By Kyla Calvert Mason A Louisiana state judge has ruled against Gov. Bobby Jindal’s efforts to suspend the state’s contract to use Common Core-aligned tests in public schools next spring. Continue reading