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
Dec 17 NEA President Outlines Union's View of 'Race to the Top' Program By Hari Sreenivasan After Education Secretary Arne Duncan dropped by The Rundown earlier this week to discuss his department's $4.3 billion Race to the Top competitive grant program, we invited National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel to provide the view… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch In Arizona, Schools Fighting Back Against Recession In Arizona, public schools are buckling under the weight of a weak economy. John Merrow examines how two schools are handling the crisis. Continue watching
Dec 15 Secretary Duncan: Finish Line Nears for 'Race to the Top' By Hari Sreenivasan The Rundown landed an interview with Education Secretary Arne Duncan this afternoon following his live Webcast with students from across the country. We spoke to him about the initiative on financial literacy that he and Treasury Secretary Timothy… Continue reading
Dec 10 School Opens Doors with Second Language Learners in Focus By Anna Shoup The New America School in Eagle County, Colo., opened three years ago to educate the area's Latino high school students. Continue reading
Dec 09 Patchwork Nation: Sioux Center Rallies Around High School Football On Fridays in Sioux Center, Iowa, the high school football game is the place to be, and the competition is about more than just moving the ball down the field. Continue reading
Dec 08 Patchwork Nation: Media Landscape Shifts Online in a Wired Town If there is a community well positioned for the demise of a true local daily, it may be the heavily wired, tech-savvy college town of Ann Arbor, Mich. Continue reading
Dec 04 For Singles, Job Losses Hit Twice as Hard When it comes to job losses, the economy's slide has been twice as painful for singles as it has for married adults. Continue reading