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
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