Mar 15 Monday: Health Care Reform; Financial Regulation; ‘No Child Left Behind’ Supporters of a comprehensive health care reform bill are nearing the endgame, as the fate of the legislation may finally be decided this week. President Barack Obama will kick off the final push Monday when he travels to… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Kansas City Plans Massive School Closures as Budget Fix Facing a $50 million deficit, the Kansas City, Mo., school board voted this week to close 29 of the city's 61 public schools. Ray Suarez talks to Superintendent John Covington about the board's decision. Continue watching
Mar 04 Finalists Named in ‘Race to the Top’ Education Program A big story in education news Thursday is that the Department of Education has selected 16 finalists, out of 41 applicants, for the first round of what it's calling "Race to the Top," a competition for $4.35 billion. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Drastic School Reforms Spark Debate on Fixing Education One Rhode Island school district took the drastic step of ousting teachers after they refused to implement mandated reforms to boost poor performance. Judy Woodruff takes a look at the reinvigorated clash between education reform plans and teachers unions. Continue watching
Mar 01 Obama Offers $900 Million for Struggling Schools In a bid to cut the nation's high school drop out rate, President Obama on Monday proposed as much as $900 million in federal aid to states that agree to shake up or even close their worst schools. The… Continue reading
Feb 26 Paul Solman Moderates Debate on Higher Education and the Economy On Friday evening, NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman will moderate a Miller Center Debate on higher education and the economy. The panelists will debate whether the the U.S. workforce needs a dramatic increase in the number of college graduates… Continue reading
Feb 26 Paul Solman Moderates Debate on Higher Education and the Economy Editor’s note: On Friday evening, Paul will moderate a Miller Center Debate on higher education and the economy. The panelists will debate whether the the U.S. workforce needs a dramatic increase in the number of college graduates in order… Continue reading
Feb 22 Khan Academy: How to Calculate the Unemployment Rate By Spencer Michels A 33-year-old math and science whiz kid -- working out of his house in California's Silicon Valley -- may be revolutionizing how people all over the world will learn math. He is Salman Khan, and until a few months… Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Math Wiz Adds Web Tools to Take Education to New Limits From a bedroom in the San Francisco Bay area, Salman Khan is using the Web to teach math and science to millions. Spencer Michels reports on how the non-profit Kahn Academy is providing educational materials through its free YouTube video… Continue watching
Feb 18 After Losing Its Bookstore, Laredo Tries to Write the Next Chapter By Tom LeGro The last bookstore in Laredo, Texas, closed its doors for good one month ago this week. This bilingual and bicultural border town, long challenged by high illiteracy rates, is now adjusting to its new reality. Continue reading