Nov 09 Watch Indiana Crafts Dropout Remedy Through Choice of Schools Special correspondent John Tulenko reports from Indiana, where a voucher program allows families to choose religious schools, charter schools and public schools in neighboring districts for their children as part of an effort to provide more options when graduation rates… Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch St. Louis Teachers Voice Struggles Over Dropouts St. Louis Teachers Voices Struggles Over Dropouts… Continue watching
Nov 08 The Education Conversation We're starting a new feature on the Rundown - a look at what's happening in education as seen through Twitter, video and other digital destinations. Continue reading
Oct 31 'Wall of Martyrs' Depicts Egypt's Fallen in Graffiti Art By Extra DA A graffiti wall in Alexandria, Egypt depicts the faces of Egyptians who died in the country's recent revolution, for which many Egyptians consider them martyrs. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan: How Helpful Would it Be? President Obama outlined a plan to speed up help for millions of Americans struggling with the cost of higher education. Gwen Ifill discusses the president's effort to ease the burden of student loans with "Generation Debt" author Anya Kamenetz and… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch Calif. University Introduces First U.S. Multi-Faith School of Theology Claremont Lincoln University, a graduate school in California, is the first in the United States to bring together Christians, Jews and Muslims in the same classrooms to educate the future leaders of churches, synagogues and mosques. Special correspondent Saul Gonzalez… Continue watching
Oct 18 NewsHour Extra: Youth Profiles from Zuccotti Park By Extra DA Youth reporters at People's Production House and Newsmotion.org. ventured into New York City's Zuccotti Park and interviewed young people participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Continue reading
Oct 17 California 'Dream Act' Offers Undocumented Students Path to Higher Education By Saskia de Melker // On October 8 California governor Jerry Brown signed Bill AB131 into law, enabling undocumented students who meet state residency requirements to have access to state public funds for higher education. It is the second half of legislation known as… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch California Dream Act Offers Undocumented Students Path to Higher Education For more on this story, go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Stalling Economy Forces Pennsylvania Schools to Put Dreams on Hold The weak economy is contributing to -- and magnifying the problems -- of some school districts around the United States. John Merrow, the NewsHour's special correspondent for education, reports on the problems one Pennsylvania district is facing. Continue watching