Mar 17 Miller Center Debate: Does the U.S. Need More Grads? Editor’s note: Paul recently moderated a Miller Center debate on whether the United States must dramatically increase its number of college-educated citizens to remain a leading economic power. Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and Michael Lomax, president of… Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch Obama Administration Looks to Overhaul No Child Left Behind The Obama administration rolls out its plan to revamp the No Child Left Behind Act this week, aiming to give schools more flexibility in how they evaluate students. Jeffrey Brown talks to two education policy experts. Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Is a College Education Essential for Americans? A series of debates sponsored by the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs address whether America needs more college graduates to remain competitive on a global level, or whether the emerging job markets favor people without degrees. Paul… Continue watching
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