Jun 11 Watch D.C. Weighs Record of Charter Schools Washington, D.C., with a struggling inner city school system, has seen nearly a decade-long experiment in charter schools -- publicly funded schools that are given more autonomy than their peers -- result in a mixed record of student performance. Continue watching
May 22 Panel Tours Virginia Tech Buildings, Seeks Records on Cho By PBS News Hour The gubernatorial panel investigating the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech University visited the buildings where 33 people died and sought access to private records on the gunman Seung-Hui Cho. Continue reading
Apr 17 Professor Saw Suspected Shooter as 'Troubled' By PBS News Hour Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old South Korean student from the western suburbs of Washington, D.C., has been identified as the gunman in the April 16 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Continue reading
Apr 17 Virginia Tech Shooter Identified as 23-year-old Student By PBS News Hour The Virginia Tech Police Department on Tuesday identified the gunman responsible for shooting 32 people on campus before taking his own life the previous day as a student at the university. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch Shooting at Virginia Tech Deadliest in U.S. History At least 32 people were killed Monday during a shooting rampage in a residence hall and academic building at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Two reporters give the latest on the situation. Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch Financial Aid Officers Benefit from Student Loans, Probe Reveals Financial aid officers at several high-profile colleges were put on leave after a probe revealed that they were receiving stock options, kickbacks and all-expense-paid trips from a preferred student loan lender. The NewsHour talks to an author who covers student… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch Students Encounter Lessons of War at Fort Bragg School For students attending schools at hundreds of military installations, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are a constant topic for discussion, even at the youngest of ages. Special correspondent John Merrow reports from one school in Fort Bragg, N.C. Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch Effectiveness of No Child Left Behind Debated President Bush's No Child Left Behind education law, passed in 2002 to help close the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students, is set to expire this year. Two education administrators discuss the law and give their views on its effectiveness. Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch New Orleans Struggles to Revamp Public Education Hurricane Katrina damaged more than 100 of New Orleans' 128 public schools and led to a state takeover of the district. As a result, schools, teachers and students have had to start from the beginning to improve the state of… Continue watching