Dec 28 'Being Elmo': The Man Behind the Muppet Chances are you've heard Kevin Clash many, many times and don't even realize it. He is everywhere. You've heard his voice on TV, and if you have children you've heard it coming from one of their toys, one of the… Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch In Face of Holiday Sales, Colorado Students Begin to Learn Financial Discipline A Colorado law that went into effect this fall requires schools to teach public school students about financial responsibility -- from drawing coins and bills to deducting purchases from their classroom bank accounts. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Students Investigate the Consequences of Dropping Out Students from Fraser High School examine the consequences of dropping out of high school. Continue watching
Dec 23 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
Dec 22 Watch Students Size Up Nevada's High Dropout Rates Students in Las Vegas examine why their state has the highest dropout rates in the nation… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Participation in Sports Keeps Kids in School Students from Las Vegas report on how extracurricular activities help kids stay in school. Continue watching
Dec 16 Celebrity Calls Urge Students To Get Up, 'Get Schooled' Supermodel Tyra Banks poses with students at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School in Los Angeles after surprising them with a pep rally as part of the Get Schooled Foundation's attendance challenge. Photo by Brian To/Getty Images. A teenager punches… Continue reading
Dec 16 Behind the Numbers: Why Dropouts Have it Worse Than Ever Before Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images. A new dropout crisis study reveals staggering statistics on economic gaps between those in Chicago and around state of Illinois with and without high school diplomas. Earlier this week, our friends over at… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch News Literacy Project Trains Young People to Be Skeptical Media Consumers A program called the News Literacy Project is training young people in several major cities how to separate fact from fiction in the news they consume. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Singer Anthony Hamilton Encourages Teens to Stay in School Singer Anthony Hamilton could have been one of these young people. Continue watching