Oct 18 Students Explain Science to President They're too young to vote, but they're already designing cancer-fighting therapies, solar-powered cars and robots to combat distracted driving. One team of students cooked and sold tamales to raise enough money to build a better wheelchair for a classmate… Continue reading
Oct 13 Sandra Day O'Connor on Life After the Supreme Court By Judy Woodruff Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to sit on the high court's bench and retired from the court in 2006. Her work since then has taken her many places, including the classroom. Judy Woodruff's has… Continue reading
Oct 13 Michelle Rhee Steps Down as D.C. Schools Chancellor Washington, D.C.'s embattled schools chief Michelle Rhee resigned her post Wednesday. She drew national attention -- and criticism-- for her efforts to reform the city's troubled school system. The NewsHour and correspondent John Merrow have been chronicling the… Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch Melinda Gates Urges Better Job Training as Community Colleges Innovate, Adapt President Obama shone a spotlight on community colleges Tuesday as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it would donate $35 million to help improve graduation rates and job-training programs. Philanthropist Melinda Gates talks to Judy Woodruff about the… Continue watching
Sep 29 New Letters Illuminate Personalities, Story Behind DNA Structure Discovery Updated 2:37 p.m. ET Nine boxes of previously unknown letters, postcards and other correspondence from Francis… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Program Aims to Increase Number of Minority College Graduates Special correspondent John Tulenko examines some of the challenges minorities face in college and a program that concentrates on helping them complete a degree. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch Tying Students' Test Scores to Pay: Burden or Opportunity for Teachers? Tennessee is experimenting with giving a bonus to teachers whose students perform well. This comes as the Obama administration presses similar education reform efforts in other states. John Tulenko of Learning Matters Television reports. Continue watching
Sep 21 Survey: What Distracts You the Most While Driving? A Washington, D.C., police officer hands a warning Tuesday to a driver who was talking on his cell phone. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Government leaders and safety advocates are meeting again Tuesday in Washington to discuss ways… Continue reading
Sep 17 Education Leaders Square Off Over Charters at 'Superman' D.C. Premiere Geoffrey Canada, Arne Duncan and Randi Weingarten. Photo by Tchad J. Moore Three documentaries released this year focus on the troubled American education system. The highest-profile is "Waiting for Superman," directed by Davis Guggenheim, who also directed the… Continue reading
Sep 17 Fidel Castro's Favorite Dolphin Show Jeffrey Goldberg's recent interview with Fidel Castro may have raised questions about Castro's commitment to the Cuban model of socialism, but the Cuban leader was absolutely clear on one thing: he enjoys a good dolphin show: We went… Continue reading