Mar 19 Report: Graduation Rates Improve, but Hurdles Remain Track your state's high school graduation rates over the years with this interactive map. Interactive by Justin Myers. A new report reveals progress is being made in the effort to curb the dropout rate among U.S. high school students,… Continue reading
Mar 16 Five Misconceptions About Learning Disabilities Getty illustration by Zigy Kaluzny In the classroom, it starts simply -- sometimes with a struggle to sound out simple words; sometimes with trouble telling time, memorizing the times tables or learning left from right. It often ends… Continue reading
Mar 14 In Different College Basketball Bracket, Study Finds Gap in Graduation Rate Although the Syracuse men's basketball team received a No. 1 seed in this year's championship tournament, the program failed to meet NCAA graduation rate standards. Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images. Ahead of Thursday's tipoff of the NCAA men's basketball… Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Driver’s License Incentives Used in Some States to Keep Teens in School Can Lure of Driver's License Keep Kids in School?… Continue watching
Mar 13 Can Lure of Driver’s License Keep Kids in School? EmbedVideo(2909, 514, 320); Updated 5:09 p.m. | For many teenagers, getting behind the wheel is a rite of passage. It's a step into adulthood that brings new freedoms and responsibilities. For a growing number of state… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch Pregnant Teens Struggle to Stay in School Students profile pregnant teens at their school who struggle to balance responsibilities. Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Can Lure of Driver’s Licenses Keep Kids in School? Can Lure of Driver's Licenses Keep Kids in School?… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Report: Minority Students Face Harsher Discipline Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be suspended than white students, according to a report released Tuesday by the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights. Jeffrey Brown discusses the disparities with Christopher Edley Jr. of the University of… Continue watching
Feb 27 A New Look at Music Therapy A music therapist at the University of California, San Francisco uses a drum circle to connect with pediatric patients. (Photos by Spencer Michels) The interesting thing about music therapy is that nobody I could find understands how it works… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch New York Arts Program Brings ‘Harmony’ to Low-Income Students New York Arts Program Brings 'Harmony' to Low-Income Students… Continue watching