Feb 24 Oklahoma requires students learn personal finance to graduate By Robert Pursell Oklahoma will require all public high school students to show they have a working understanding of 14 areas of personal finance, like banking, loans, taxes, identity theft and investing, before they will be allowed to graduate. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch To curb conflict, a Colorado high school replaces punishment with conversation By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch Study finds high SAT and ACT scores might not spell success at college By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 18 Do ACT and SAT scores really matter? New study says they shouldn’t By Sarah Sheffer Remember fretting about your ACT and SAT scores? A new study argues that it's only a number and not a reliable predictor for college success. Continue reading
Feb 17 From gender equality to world hunger, students take on tough issues By Larisa Epatko While growing up in Avondale, Ariz., Stephanie Arzate dreamed of becoming an architect. But her life changed course after she participated in an after-school program organized by New Global Citizens, which ignited in her a passion for women’s rights. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch Closing the Gap: Sen. Tim Scott on fighting poverty by offering ‘cafeteria plan’ of educational choices By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Rubio: U.S. immigration should be based more on economics, less on family connection By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch N.C. elementary schools promise arts education but access is far from equal By PBS News Hour North Carolina mandates that all elementary school students have equal access to art instruction, but enforcement of the law appears inconsistent across the state. Special correspondent for education John Merrow reports on two elementary schools' different approaches to arts education… Continue watching
Feb 11 Despite cost, survey claims college education pays off By Bridget Bowman According to a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday, college graduates today are in a much better economic position compared to their peers with only a high school degree. Adults of the so-called millennial generation, who are currently between… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Is academia suffering from ‘adjunctivitis’? Low-paid adjunct professors struggle to make ends meet By PBS News Hour Juggling multiple part-time jobs, earning little-to-no benefits, depending on public assistance: This is the financial reality for many adjunct professors across the nation. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks for the origins of this growing employment trend at colleges and universities. Continue watching