Jan 12 Watch Language Programs Provide Key Support to New Students Florida report on the positive impact ESOL programs have on student retention. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Fighting Chance? Students Investigate Middle School Violence Florida teens report on the fights that have affected their middle school. Continue watching
Jan 11 How Are Tax-Rate Adjustments, Government Revenues Related? Image by Jon Boyes/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Elke from Roswell, N.M. asks: If tax rate adjustments… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch New Study Gauges Teachers Impact on Students’ Lifetime Earnings Replacing a bad teacher with an average or a good one has measurable economic benefits such as boosting a student's lifetime earnings by hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a new study done in part by Harvard University economist… Continue watching
Jan 06 The Education Conversation We look at what's happening in the world of education as seen on Twitter, video and other digital destinations. [View the story "The Education Conversation" on Storify]… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch What are the Consequences of Dropping Out in Michigan? Detroit-area high school students look at the consequences associated with dropping out. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch Academic Rigor Keeps Chicago Students on Track Chicago teens report on how a rigorous curriculum keeps their peers on track to graduate. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Oakland Program Aims to Pique Girls’ Interest in Science, Tech Careers Oakland Program Aims to Pique Girls' Interest in Science, Tech Careers… Continue watching
Dec 29 In San Francisco Bay Area, New Ideas on Innovating Out of Dropout Crisis One of the toughest jobs in modern America has got to be running an urban school district. Superintendents of schools in big cities like Washington, D.C, Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., don't have very good job security because if… Continue reading