Apr 10 Watch Gordon Brown talks guaranteeing education for refugee children By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 Six years for high school? Why two extra years is catching on By Mike Fritz At the heart of the model’s design is giving low-income students the chance to earn an Associate’s degree, essentially acquiring two years of free college tuition. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch How should colleges address conflicts between academics, athletics and money? By PBS News Hour Players and fans celebrated the March Madness victory by the University of Connecticut, but the game against the University of Kentucky also highlighted one of the major debates facing NCAA basketball. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from Patrick Harker, president of… Continue watching
Apr 08 American Graduate lesson from St. Louis: the power of public-private partnerships By Kyla Calvert Mason When educators, parents and other community members joined in St. Louis’s Nine Network of Public Media town hall on improving the city’s schools, they talked about how to help more students graduate from high school with the skills they’ll need… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch For newly accepted students, demystifying the ins and outs of college expenses and aid By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 03 College-bound students face financial aid maze By Kyla Calvert Mason College-bound students are learning which schools will offer them admission; now they just have to figure out which schools they can afford. Hari Sreenivasan takes a look at the maze of college financial aid and what students and parents need… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch Avoiding common mistakes and misunderstandings in the financial aid process By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch States looking to expand preschool confront debate over results, funding By PBS News Hour Around the country, 30 governors are proposing the expansion of preschool programs in their states. But what makes a pre-K program sufficiently educational? And how will the U.S. pay for these programs? Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters examines… Continue watching