May 21 Broadway Bound student-dancers perform ‘Fabulous Feet’ By Kathleen McCleery The National Dance Institute of New Mexico helps students make big strides in and out of the classroom. The program makes the case that exposure to dance, music and other artistic expressions can improve student achievement. Watch a performance of… Continue reading
May 06 Watch Why some schools still insist on lessons in elegant cursive By PBS News Hour Starting in the 1970s, and under the recent implementation of the Common Core, a former pillar of elementary education has been largely forgotten. But there’s a feeling that learning cursive still has value, even in the age of typing and… Continue watching
May 06 How cursive can help students with dyslexia connect the dots By Elizabeth Jones, April Brown Students with dyslexia have difficulty learning to read because their brains associate sounds and letter combinations inefficiently. But cursive can help them with the decoding process because it integrates hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and other brain and memory functions. Continue reading
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Apr 28 Watch What’s driving gains in high school graduation rates? By PBS News Hour The graduation rates for American high schools have reached 80 percent, according to a report based on statistics from the Department of Education. Jeffrey Brown discusses the milestone and the work that lies ahead with John Bridgeland of Civic Enterprises,… Continue watching
Apr 28 U.S. public high schools reach milestone graduation rate By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press The growth has been spurred by such factors as a greater awareness of the dropout problem and efforts by districts, states and the federal government to include graduation rates in accountability measures. Among the initiatives are closing "dropout factory"… Continue reading
Apr 24 What does Common Core implementation look like? Ask a teacher By April Brown The PBS NewsHour asked young journalists in our Student Reporting Labs to interview their teachers about how Common Core is affecting what they teach and how they teach it. Continue reading
Apr 17 Lessons from a successful ‘dropout recruiter’ By Elizabeth Jones A 'dropout recruiter' shares some lessons and success stories of encouraging male dropouts to earn their diploma. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Students stick around for two years of college at innovative Brooklyn high school By PBS News Hour Continue watching