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
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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
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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
Apr 01 Mixed messages on whether U.S. students will be well-prepared for the workforce By Kyla Calvert Mason Two reports out Tuesday offer some perspective on whether American students will be well prepared for the working world when they get there. According to the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, American students performed just above average on… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch Can a lawsuit by nine students topple teacher tenure? By PBS News Hour Arguments ended this week in a landmark California lawsuit in which nine public school students sued to overturn the state's teacher tenure laws. Will the outcome spell the end of some prized teacher rights? Experts say the case could impact… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Secretary Arne Duncan defends against growing criticism from left and right By PBS News Hour Continue watching