Dec 06 Watch Parlez-Vous? Some Louisiana Pupils Being Immersed in French Instruction Louisiana's French heritage is being embraced in many immersion classrooms in the state. It goes beyond language -- some students are learning math, science and social studies in French. Sue Lincoln of Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Southern Education Desk… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Detroit Tackles Dropout Crisis By Engaging Students, Parents Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit, where four out of 10 children don't graduate from high school, "arguably, the worst school district in the country." Hari Sreenivasan and Detroit Public Television report on how the city's public schools are… Continue watching
Nov 25 Reporter's Notebook: Helping Students Succeed in Detroit The facts that paint a bleak, dark, down-and-out Motor City are not scarce. Whether it is the unemployment, or foreclosures, or crime, Detroit finds itself on lists like Forbes' 20 most miserable cities. But in my travels, it ranks… Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch What's on the Menu in School Cafeterias? Lawmakers recently weighed in on what's in school lunches, a battle that attracted a great deal of attention from the food industry. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Nov 24 The Education Conversation This week we look at what's happening in the world of education as seen on Twitter, video and other digital destinations. View the story "Education roundup - Nov. 21, 2011" on Storify]… Continue reading
Nov 22 Can Tech Startup Schools Teach #TheNextBigThing? Depending on where you live, the word startup has different connotations. For some, it means embarking on an adventure filled with unknown risk and ending in likely peril; for others, like those in our story on Tuesday's NewsHour broadcast, it's… Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch As Poorest U.S. City, Reading Also Struggling With High Dropout Rate One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as part of our American Graduate series. Continue watching
Nov 16 Woodruff: Florida School Aims to Buck Economic Downturn As much as I love living and working in Washington, D.C., I've always believed you can't really know how the country's doing unless you spend time with people who don't live here. Right now, we in the national capital… Continue reading
Nov 14 Why a Lesson in Money Plus Math Equals Financial Stability By Elizabeth Shell // By Elizabeth Shell. Video: Sheila Bair and Paul Solman talk about how simple math and financial education, like the savings lessons in her children's book 'Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock,' might have helped avert the financial crash. Sheila… Continue reading
Nov 14 Why a Lesson in Money Plus Math Equals Financial Stability EmbedVideo(1971, 482, 304); Video: Sheila Bair and Paul Solman talk about how simple math and financial education, like the savings lessons in her children's book 'Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock,' might have helped avert the financial crash. Continue reading