Jan 28 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Answers Your Questions By Tom LeGro I recently had the chance to talk with new NEA chairman Rocco Landesman for an interview we aired earlier this month, and invited you to send us your questions and comments for him. We compiled them and put them to… Continue reading
Jan 19 Conversation: Students from Haiti’s Only Film School Keep Their Cameras Rolling By Arts Desk When New York filmmaker Annie Nocenti became the first teacher at Cine Institute, Haiti's only film school, two years ago, she was excited to see what her students would capture. Last Tuesday, her students faced their most challenging test when… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch Race for Education Funding Poses a Test for States Billions of dollars are about to come available in new federal education spending, pitting states against one another for a piece of the pie. John Merrow reports. Continue watching
Jan 15 Conversation: Katherine Paterson, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature By Arts Desk Katherine Paterson, the author of many beloved children's novels such as "The Bridge to Terabithia", was last week named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Continue reading
Dec 25 Merrow: School Boards Paying Attention to Pay-for-Performance Idea By Hari Sreenivasan Capping off a week of reports on major changes happening over the past few years in Washington, D.C., schools, education correspondent John Merrow talked to the Rundown about the idea of tying teachers' pay to performance… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch Despite Teacher Pushback, D.C. Continues Schools Reform Gwen Ifill speaks with John Merrow for an update on efforts to reform Washington, D.C.'s troubled public school system. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Financial Woes, Layoffs Plaguing D.C. Schools A second look at John Merrow's series on school reform in Washington, D.C., which has struggled with budgetary constraints and teacher layoffs amid reform efforts. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Beset by Low Expectations, D.C. Schools Chief Looks for New Breed of Educators As part of a series of reports on school reform in the nation's capital, John Merrow checks in with D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee, who has had to make difficult -- and controversial -- decisions regarding school closures and staff… Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Effort to Reform D.C. Schools Stirs Fierce Pushback John Merrow reports on the controversial steps D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee is using to shake up the city's school system, including closing 23 schools by 2010. Continue watching
Dec 21 Education Stories We’ll Be Watching in 2010 All this week the PBS NewsHour is broadcasting chapters of our coverage of the troubled public schools in Washington DC: call it a Michelle Rhee Film Festival. We've been following the efforts of this dynamic young leader since… Continue reading