Aug 19 Watch Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes Jeopardize Quality of Higher Education in California Students preparing for college this fall are facing higher tuition rates as their schools face budget cuts in this troubled economy. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the fallout in California's public universities. Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch NYC Schools Labeled as Dropout Factories Fight to Raise Graduation Rates NYC Schools Labeled as Drop-Out Factories Fight to Raise Graduation Rates… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Obama Orders Revamp of ‘No Child Left Behind’ Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Monday that President Obama would sign an executive order to allow schools who are falling short of No Child Left Behind to circumvent the law. Gwen Ifill discusses the policy shift with Justin Snider of… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Atlanta Starts New School Year Under Cloud of Cheating Scandal Students and teachers return to Atlanta classrooms for the start of a new school year Monday, but a major cheating scandal is still raising big questions. Learning Matters Television's John Tulenko reports. Continue watching
Aug 08 How to Not Let Mistakes Define You By Paul Solman // We recently reported on the prison initiative of Bard College, a selective school currently running degree programs in five New York prisons. Skeptics of prison reform should take note of one Anthony Cardenales, a former inmate who… Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch Bloomberg Kicks Off New Effort to Empower Black, Latino Men New York City's Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $127 million, three-year plan to coordinate city agencies and efforts with a goal of reducing disparities between young black and Latino men and the rest of the population. Jeffrey Brown discusses the… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch Students Investigate Oil Spill Containment Methods Students report on the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill. Continue watching
Jul 22 Conversation: Imagination in Education By Tom LeGro This week, the Lincoln Center Institute in New York is holding what it bills as the "first national conference focused on making imagination an integral part of American education."… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Conversation: Imagination in Education Jeffrey Brown talks to Lincoln Center Institute director Scott Noppe-Brandon. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Students Report on Texas Education Cuts Texas students report on education budget cuts in their state. Continue watching