May 05 Watch No Child Left Behind Law Effects Free Tutoring Programs John Merrow looks at how the No Child Left Behind law is affecting the growing number of free tutoring programs for students around the country. Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Hispanic Youths More Likely to Drop Out of High School, Studies Show Spencer Michels examines efforts to lower Hispanic dropout rates in schools around the country. Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Utah Proposes Alternative to “No Child Left Behind” Educators in Utah have devised a new plan to improve school performance, one they say overrides the Bush administration's "flawed" No Child Left Behind Act. Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings discusses the forthcoming revisions to the No Child Left Behind law and the controversy over PBS' Postcards from Buster episode. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch California School Program Helps Students Fight Gangs To counteract the negative gang culture in Los Angeles, students from Breed Street Elementary operate in their own gang called Society of Students, or SOS, which instills a culture of learning. Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Teachers, Parents Grapple with Evolution-Creationism Debate Correspondent Jeffrey Brown investigates how some biology teachers are handling the hot button debate over the theory of evolution, creationism and intelligent design. Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch New SAT to Debut for Nation’s High School Students A redesigned Standard Aptitude Test including an essay section will be administered to high school students for the first time this weekend. Correspondent Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago looks at the new exam. Continue watching
Feb 22 Harvard President Summers’ Remarks About Women in Science, Engineering By PBS News Hour Harvard President Lawrence Summers faced intense criticism for remarks he made about the shortage of women in the sciences and engineering at a Jan. 14 closed-door conference. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Changing Number of High School Dropouts Special correspondent on education John Merrow reports from Florida on the changing numbers of high school dropouts. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch U.S. Schools Weigh Abstinence Education Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television looks at the debate over abstinence-only sex education programs in schools. Continue watching