Apr 05 Watch Chicago Program Aims to Close Achievement Gap for Youngest Students A Chicago program that targets high-risk, low-income students. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Students Report on School Co-Location Reporting Labs students report on the issue of school co-location in New York City… Continue watching
Mar 14 President Obama to Push for Reforms to ‘No Child Left Behind’ President Obama will take on education reform Monday. Photo by Pete Souza/White House.gov. President Obama plans to take the stage Monday morning at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Va., and say: "We need to make sure we're graduating… Continue reading
Mar 14 Obama Pushes Overhaul of No Child Left Behind Law, but Testing Will Remain Central When it comes to his domestic agenda, President Obama frequently gets criticism from conservatives for what they see as overreaching on issues that he didn't define during his campaign. At the same time, he's often criticized from the left… Continue reading
Mar 04 In War Zones, Education Takes a Backseat to Other Needs By Larisa Epatko Education is often another casualty in countries wracked by violence, a recent U.N. report found, as more immediate needs such as food and shelter take priority. But some aid groups say education should be viewed with more urgency as a… Continue reading
Feb 17 Duncan Holds Labor Summit Amid Increasing Teacher Tensions Even as Education Secretary Arne Duncan opened what he called an "historic" summit in Denver this week between union leaders and education administrators, relations between those two groups have perhaps never been more strained. A host of Republican-sponsored… Continue reading
Feb 15 Live Chat | Teaching Egypt: Lessons in Democracy, Culture, Technology By News Desk As PBS NewsHour continues to cover the latest events in Egypt and beyond, our site for students and teachers, PBS NewsHour Extra, partnered with Independent Television Service (ITVS) to pull together some unique perspectives on the situation… Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Chicagoland Students See Success Hitting the Gym, Then Hitting the Books PBS's Need to Know examines a school in a Chicago suburb transforming academics by emphasizing physical education immediately before some of students' toughest classes. Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch In Hypercompetitive South Korea, Pressures Mount on Young Pupils Margaret Warner reports from Seoul, where extraordinary student commitment has helped the nation's 15 year olds rank second in the world in reading and fourth in math, well ahead of their American counterparts. Many students take private lessons in addition… Continue watching
Jan 03 Happy New Year? Job Market Looking Up for College Grads? By Elizabeth Shell Not surprisingly, a poor economy does not bode well for college grads trying to enter the job market. "The last couple of years have been a very, very tough time to be coming out of college," said Richard… Continue reading