Apr 24 Teacher evaluations without student test scores cost Washington waiver from school sanctions By Kyla Calvert Mason Washington is the first state to lose its waiver from the No Child Left Behind requirement. Washington was among the 43 states and the District of Columbia that the Department of Education freed since 2011 from sanctions placed on schools… Continue reading
Apr 24 What does Common Core implementation look like? Ask a teacher By April Brown The PBS NewsHour asked young journalists in our Student Reporting Labs to interview their teachers about how Common Core is affecting what they teach and how they teach it. Continue reading
Apr 24 Is cursive handwriting slowly dying out in America? By April Brown For centuries, the educated, wealthy and refined could be distinguished by their ability to put quill to parchment to create beautiful, flowing letters. The delicately formed cursive letters of the America’s Declaration of Independence helped form a nation. But that… Continue reading
Apr 24 New York City vs. its charter schools By News Desk In New York City, a conflict is brewing between city government and one of the most successful charter school networks in the city. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch How should colleges ensure diversity? By PBS News Hour The Supreme Court upheld a ban on affirmative action in Michigan; at least seven other states have enacted similar laws. A New York Times study looking at five states found that African-American and Latino enrollment fell immediately at flagship schools. Continue watching
Apr 22 Percentage of Americans with college degrees rises, paying for degrees tops financial challenges By Kyla Calvert Mason Nearly 40 percent of working-aged Americans now hold a college degree, according to a new report from the Lumina Foundation. Continue reading
Apr 21 Student reporters honored as #NextGen public media producers By Thaisi Da Silva What do an eighth grade news anchor from Newark, N.J., a three-time student Emmy winner from Michigan and Montana's Journalist of the Year scholarship winner all have in common? These students, along with eight other youth journalists from across the… Continue reading
Apr 18 Michigan students march to end ‘zero tolerance’ approach to school discipline By Kyla Calvert Mason About 150 Michigan students, parents and educators plan to take the 90-mile trip from Detroit to the state’s capital in Lansing Monday through Wednesday to protest schools’ zero-tolerance discipline policies. That may not seem like much of an undertaking –… Continue reading
Apr 17 Lessons from a successful ‘dropout recruiter’ By Elizabeth Jones A 'dropout recruiter' shares some lessons and success stories of encouraging male dropouts to earn their diploma. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch Las Vegas high school curriculum leader talks about Common Core By April Brown Continue watching