Sep 28 Watch 1:50 Students Speak Out on the Biggest Issues in Education By PBS News Hour On American Graduate Day, community organizations, celebrities and educators acknowledge their commitment to keeping at-risk students in school. PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs participated by asking students around the country about their most pressing issues in education. Continue watching
Sep 28 College officials respond to calls for tuition equity .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Sunday's broadcast piece on… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch Historic School Strives to Reclaim Glory Days and Graduation Rates Historic School Strives to Reclaim Glory Days and Graduation Rates… Continue watching
Sep 27 Nation’s first black public high school aims to recapture glory EmbedVideo(7548, 514, 320); WASHINGTON -- In 1870, on the heels of civil war and the end of slavery, the nation's first African-American public high school opened its doors just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Today, with a brand… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch Historic School Strives to Reclaim Glory Days and Graduation Rates Nation's First Black High School Aims to Recapture Glory… Continue watching
Sep 27 Should undocumented students be allowed to pay in-state tuition? Cynthia Cruz is an undocumented immigrant. She's a Mexican citizen living in the United States. According to Cruz, New Jersey is home, because it's where her parents brought her from Mexico when she was a baby. .embed-container { position:… Continue reading
Sep 25 Dept. of Ed awards green ribbons to environmentally friendly schools Photo by Justin Scuiletti/PBS NewsHour. Director of the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Andrea Suarez Falken (third from left) experiences the forest park at Yu Ying Charter School in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Sep 24 The high school experience, across country lines Now a junior at a Chicago university, Eric spent a year between high school and college studying in South Korea. Not all high schools are created equal, especially when comparing them across the globe. In a new book "… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Searching for Lessons on Education at Schools Around the Globe Searching for Lessons on Education at Schools Around the Globe… Continue watching
Sep 23 Activist Malala Yousafzai tweets for education By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK -- Even though Malala Yousafzai, the young education activist who was shot by a member of the Taliban, started out as a blogger for the BBC, she normally doesn't tweet. But Monday afternoon, she typed her first 140-character… Continue reading