Sep 14 President Obama Pushes Accountability in Back-to-School Remarks With most U.S. schools now back in session, President Barack Obama relayed a message to American students Tuesday that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they're willing to dream big, work hard and stay focused on their… Continue reading
Sep 13 Inspiration, Funding Cited as Top Needs for Math and Science Education By the end of a Brookings Institution event on science and technology education, people were referring to superstring theorist Brian Greene as "rabbi." Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, the moderator, took it a step further, calling him "Rabbi Rev. Continue reading
Sep 03 Track Hurricane Earl’s Atlantic Journey Kellie Maier kayaks Friday on water-covered Highway 12 in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Hurricane Earl continued to churn along the East Coast Friday, heading north from North Carolina and expected to reach southeastern Massachusetts… Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch In Washington, D.C., Public School Teachers Put to New Test Teachers in the District of Columbia are being reevaluated. Special correspondent John Merrow looks at a new test for teachers in the Washington, D.C. school district as part of his ongoing reporting on education. Continue watching
Aug 24 ‘Race to the Top’ Education Funds Awarded to 9 States and D.C. The results are in for the second round of "Race to the Top" education funding, a competition among states for a piece of more than $4 billion set aside by Congress and the Obama administration as part of the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Pew Report: U.S. Broadband Adoption Slows, but Blacks Gain Ground The Pew Internet & American Life Project released its Home Broadband 2010 Report Wednesday, revealing a dramatic slowing of broadband adoption by Americans this year, but showing notable growth in use by blacks. Among the findings were statistics… Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch New Orleans Superintendent Leaving Legacy of Charter School Expansion As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, the superintendent brought in to revive New Orleans' troubled public schools is bidding farewell after turning many of the schools into charters. Before his departure, Paul Vallas speaks with John Merrow about… Continue watching
Jul 23 D.C. Schools Chief Rhee Fires 241 Teachers Using New Evaluation System By Veronica DeVore, Imani Cheers Washington, D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced Friday the firing of 241 teachers who did not meet standards set forth by a new district-wide evaluation system. The new system, known as IMPACT, for the first time ties D.C. teachers'… Continue reading
Jul 07 Unlocking More of Mark Twain’s Unpublished Material Mark Twain had a lot to say, and most of it was funny. Reading his novels and essays, it doesn't seem like he pulled his punches; he said what he wanted, and a lot of it was pretty radical for… Continue reading