Jun 18 Watch Are Teachers Being Adequately Trained for the Classroom? Study Says No Are Teachers Being Adequately Trained for the Classroom? Study Says No… Continue watching
Jun 14 Are College and Career Skills Really the Same? By Paul Solman The Common Core curriculum standards don't prepare students for the workforce, says Robert Lerman. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: Centrist economist Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute and American University is back on this page with a timely… Continue reading
Jun 14 Are College and Career Skills Really the Same? By Paul Solman The Common Core curriculum standards don't prepare students for the workforce, says Robert Lerman. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: Centrist economist Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute and American University is back on this page with a timely… Continue reading
Jun 06 Obama Calls for High Speed Broadband at Schools Throughout U.S. EmbedVideo(315, 482, 304); President Obama called for expanding broadband access in schools nationwide Thursday, so that teachers can use technology to better educate their students. Learning Matters' John Tulenko reported in 2011 on one North Carolina school district which… Continue reading
Jun 05 Chemistry Teacher Mixes Science and Innovation and Sets It on Fire By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Jamie Munkatchy teaches juniors and seniors how to make ethanol in their South Bronx classroom. A trio of girls start shrieking as their crucible of clear liquid catches fire. This is exactly the result they were hoping for. Continue reading
Jun 04 How Is Student Debt Affecting Your Post-Graduate Life? "How do we make sure that our workers earn the skills and education they need to do [their] jobs?" That's the question President Obama posed during a press conference last Friday, where he stressed the importance of keeping student… Continue reading
May 31 Watch Presidential Push to Stop Sky-High Student Loan Interest Rates Presidential Push to Stop Sky High Student Loan Interest Rates… Continue watching
May 29 Watch Country Music Legend Dolly Parton’s New Role: ‘Book Lady’ Country Music Legend Dolly Parton's New Roll: "Book Lady"… Continue watching
May 15 Headed to Law School? Lower Your Expectations Recent law school grads face a tough job market, daunting student loans and -- if they land a job -- a demanding work environment. Steven Harper's "The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis" serves as a wake up call… Continue reading
May 07 Inspiring Science With Frozen Roadkill and Harvested Whale Bones Spencer Michels interviewed Dan Sudran from San Francisco's Mission Science Workshop, who uses unlikely objects in an unlikely place to inspire kids about science. When San Francisco's newly constructed Exploratorium opened this spring on a pier sticking… Continue reading