Feb 07 Watch To Lower Dropout Rates, Finding Potential Where Support Systems Are Lacking To Lower Dropout Rates, Finding Potential Where Support Systems Are Lacking… Continue watching
Feb 07 Enrichment Programs Fill Opportunity Gap for Students Saymirah Cornelius-McClam, an 8th grader at Rainier Scholars, hopes to one day become a forensic scientist. She told NewsHour, "Without this help that I'm getting now, I probably would be totally confused in a couple of years." Photo by… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch A Checklist to Keep Good Teachers in the Classroom Good teachers can help students stay in school and keep them from dropping out. But what must schools do to keep top teachers from burning out and leaving the field? Hari Sreenivasan has the story of a Connecticut school that… Continue watching
Feb 04 Weigh in: What Makes a Good Teacher? Our American Graduate team's recent report on the complexity of teacher evaluations has us going back to the basics. Behind all the rubrics, the terms, the union fights and funding issues -- what makes a good teacher? We want… Continue reading
Feb 04 Improving Achievement With Focus on Scholarly Expectations EmbedVideo(5621, 514, 320); BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- It is oddly quiet at the Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Middle School, or AFBA for short. During class changes. During class. Even during lunchtime the din isn't at all what you might… Continue reading
Feb 04 Federal Grants, Rise of Charter Schools Expand Teacher Evaluations EmbedVideo(5622, 482, 304); A version of this report on Achievement First charter schools will air on PBS NewsHour Monday. Determining exactly how and how often teachers should be evaluated on their job performance, a long-standing contentious issue, re-emerged… Continue reading
Feb 04 A Brief Overview of Teacher Evaluation Controversies While teacher evaluations remain a controversial topic in education reform, the Achievement First charter school in Bridgeport, Conn. uses a model of consistent evaluation, feedback and other incentives to help improve teacher performance. Photo by Mike Fritz / PBS… Continue reading
Jan 23 Education Is Top Priority for Inauguration-Goers Debbie Suer came to Washington, D.C., from California to attend the 57th Inauguration. At the age of 58, she decided to go back to college. Photo by Lukas Udstuen. On a brisk morning, Debbie Suer sits bundled in a… Continue reading
Jan 15 Former Incarcerated Staff Serves Up Lunch, With a Story on the Side Garrett Gordon at the Haley House Bakery Café in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. Photos by Mike Fritz/PBS NewsHour. BOSTON -- Traveling around the country exploring stories about America's dropout problem and shooting for hours on end, my colleague Mike… Continue reading
Jan 08 Live Chat: Can STEM Education Close the Achievement Gap? WATCH: How One STEM School Aims to Lower the Achievement Gap On Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET, NewsHour is hosting a live chat on how STEM education can close the achievement gap. We'll be examining the unmet… Continue reading