Feb 01 One Man’s Journey From Gang Member to Academia Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Today, he's a sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who studies at-risk youth. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch Redistricting: Drawing the Lines How redistricting issues can affect the outcome of state elections and federal policy. Continue watching
Jan 31 Mentoring Focuses on Building Relationships in Addition to Grades EmbedVideo(2574, 482, 304); In Washington, D.C., youth-mentoring organizations convened in the second annual National Mentoring Summit to share best practices on how mentoring a young person can create life-changing results. The goal of many mentoring organizations is… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Mentoring Focus Is on Building Relationships In Washington, D.C., youth mentoring organizations convened in the second annual National Mentoring Summit to share best practices on how mentoring a young person can create life-changing results. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Should Financial Aid Be Linked to a College’s Affordability? President Obama announced Friday at the University of Michigan that he's putting colleges on notice that tuition hikes can't continue year after year. Ray Suarez discusses the proposals with Mark Yudof, president of the University of California, and Richard Vedder… Continue watching
Jan 20 The Education Conversation – South Carolina Edition In this week's Education Conversation, we look at how GOP candidates score on education and why South Carolina's graduation rates are so low. Continue reading
Jan 20 Airman, Actors Seek to Inspire Youth with ‘Red Tails’ "Nothing's difficult. Everything's a challenge. Through adversity to the stars. From the last plane to the last bullet to the last minute to the last man - we fight. WE fight! We FIGHT!" That's the mantra of executive producer George… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch Airman, Actors Seek to Inspire Youth with ‘Red Tails’ "Nothing's difficult. Everything's a challenge" is the mantra for 'Red Tails'… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch In Smaller Voices, ‘I Have a Dream’ Echoes Again Over National Mall For the past seven years on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, children from a Washington, D.C., elementary school have climbed the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to proclaim "I have a dream," just as Dr. King did 48 years ago. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch How Does Alabama’s Immigration Law Impact Student Retention? Alabama students interview peers about the impact of the state's new immigration law. Continue watching