Sep 09 Watch Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome 'Aristocracy' of Higher Ed Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome 'Aristocracy' of Higher Ed… Continue watching
Sep 09 Teachers aren't ready. Students aren't ready. By News Desk "Teachers aren't ready. Students aren't ready. And [it's] before the DOE is ready, obviously, if they don't even have tests out yet [for all classes]." -- High school teacher John Yanno for the Secondary School for Law in… Continue reading
Sep 09 Giving low-income students the dream and guidance to attend top schools At Princeton University, 60 high school seniors came from all over the nation to attend an intensive six-week summer boot camp that encourages top-notch, low-income students to apply to the most selective schools in the country. Its goal is ambitious:… Continue reading
Sep 05 Twitter Chat: Is College Worth the Steep Price? PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us on Twitter @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. Photo By Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images. Summer may not be over for… Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch Author Argues Colleges Focus More on Professional Training Than Transformation Author Argues Colleges Focus More on Professional Training Than Transformation… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Oakland Schools Work to Transform Experience for African-American Boys Oakland Schools Work to Transform School Experience for African-American Boys… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch How to Train and Retain Great Principals in Struggling Urban Schools How to Train and Retain Great Principals in Struggling Urban Schools… Continue watching
Aug 27 The Top Back-to-School Lesson Plans for All Teachers Summer is winding down and teachers and students are heading back into the classroom, so NewsHour Extra, the NewsHour's teacher resource website, has compiled a list of need-to-have lesson plans and classroom tools to help make… Continue reading
Aug 23 The Advice I'd Give My College Freshman Self Student at the Regis University Library. Photo by Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images. Things always look differently in hindsight than in the moment. It's almost as if you should have been able to predict what would happen… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch President Obama Offers Plan to Make Colleges More Affordable and Accountable President Obama Offers Plan to Make Colleges More Affordable and Accountable… Continue watching