Jul 11 Watch Students Discuss Winning Projects Student winners talk about their social entrepreneurship projects. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Philadelphia Teens Report on How Local Charity Helps Families Philadelphia students report on the work being done by a charity in their area. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Schoolhouse Shock: Report Finds Widespread Cheating by Atlanta Educators A new report found that nearly 200 Atlanta school administrators, principals and teachers cheated to raise student test scores for as long as a decade. Gwen Ifill discusses the report's findings, and the problem that has surfaced in school districts… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Westboro Baptist Church Members Protest at Utah High School A student covers a protest held by Westboro Baptist Church members at his high school. Continue watching
Jul 04 One Can Still ‘Rock’ Out to ‘Fireworks,’ 35 Years Later Fireworks have become synonymous with Fourth of July celebrations, from large explosions of colors that light up the night sky over your town to small sparklers that can be enjoyed from your own yard. Songwriter Lynn Ahrens discovered in 1976… Continue reading
Jun 23 Is China’s Economic Progress in Trouble? By Elizabeth Shell Stephen Roach, of Morgan Stanley and now Yale and author of the book "The Next Asia," has long been among the most astute and independent of economic forecasters. He has also spent much of the past decade in the… Continue reading
Jun 22 Students in ‘Dropout Factory’ Schools Explore Why Kids Quit By Leah Clapman Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma, according to data compiled by Education Week. For Hispanic and African American students, the proportion drops to about 50 percent. And there are currently more than… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Examining ‘Dropout Factories’ in New York City Students look at what's behind schools in their area labeled 'Dropout Factories."… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch N.Y. Teacher Takes Students on a Virtual Trip to Learn Realities of Refugee Life A high school teacher in New York City decided to set aside the usual curriculum and take her students on a virtual five week journey to the Middle East to learn about the millions who have fled the war in… Continue watching
Jun 20 Making Sense: Not-So-Simple Solman By April Brown Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Monday's query considers whether Paul's audience understands what he's talking about. Continue reading