Aug 14 Watch Can a Computerized Test Measure Complex ‘Common Core’ Skills? Can a Computerized Test Measure Complex 'Common Core' Skills?… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch In Defining What Public School Students Should Know, Teachers Wonder ‘How?’ By PBS News Hour In Defining What Public School Students Should Know, Teachers Wonder 'How?'… Continue watching
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Jul 24 Science ‘Classroom Without Walls’ Replete with Snapping Turtles, Snakes EmbedVideo(7015, 482, 304); Eighth grade teacher Darrell Walker routinely teaches his science class in the wetlands behind their North Carolina middle school. Video by Rebecca Jacobson "Snake! Snake!" an eighth-grade student shouts from the boardwalk as she crosses… Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch Language Wars: Should Spanish-Speaking Students Be Taught in English Only? Language Wars: Should Spanish-Speaking Students Be Taught in English Only?… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Mentorship for New Educators Helps Combat Teacher Burnout, Improve Retention Mentorship for New Educators Helps Combat Teacher Burnout, Improve Retention… Continue watching
Jul 01 Time’s Up: Student Loan Interest Rates Set to Double In addition to record-high tuition costs, college students will be squeezed by the government when interest rates double on new student loans. Photo by Getty Images Monday marks the deadline for a hike in student loan interest rates, an increase… Continue reading
Jun 27 Service Organizations Give Grads Fulfillment, and a Job out of College A City Year volunteer works with students in Seattle. Photo By City Year Graduating from college can be an exciting and frightening experience, and a time full of opportunities and big decisions. But for some students this year, college… Continue reading
Jun 24 Supreme Court Decisions: Affirmative Action Reaction Live By Meena Ganesan The Supreme Court has sent a Texas case on race-based college admissions back to a lower court for another look. The court's 7-1 decision Monday leaves unsettled many of the basic questions about the continued use of race as a… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Report Argues U.S. Is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the Humanities A new report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel warns that the U.S. could lose its competitive edge in the liberal arts and social sciences. Jeffrey Brown talks with two members of the panel: actor and writer… Continue watching