Dec 03 Watch In Chicago, Public Schools and Teachers Work Towards a ‘Common Core’ In Chicago, Public Schools and Teachers Work Towards a 'Common Core'… Continue watching
Dec 03 Can Longer School Days Close the Achievement Gap? Graphics courtesy of the Center for Time & Learning. Read the full report here. In an experiment aimed to raise achievement in America's public schools, 11 school districts across five states -- Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and… Continue reading
Nov 30 Latest Release of U.S. High School Graduation Rates Still Preliminary Photo by PBS NewsHour After decades of using different metrics to calculate high school graduation rates, the Department of Education has for the first time released data for most states' graduation rates under one standardized measurement. The… Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch High School Coach Tells Football Team, ‘Don’t Go to Study Hall, You Don’t Play’ High School Coach Tells Football Team, 'Don't Go to Study Hall, You Don't Play'… Continue watching
Nov 20 What Can Children Tell Us About Growing Up Poor? Watch Poor Kids Preview on PBS. See more from… Continue reading
Nov 15 From Homeless to Homecoming and Beyond Football Coach Natalie Randolph is clear: 'If you don't go to study hall, you don't practice. If you don't practice, you don't play.' The nation's first female high school football head coach inspires her team on and off the field. Continue reading
Nov 14 The Football Facts of Life By Kelly Chen Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C. is home to one of the first female head coaches in the nation. But Coach Natalie Randolph is also known for prioritizing academics before football. Her game plan is to show her students that… Continue reading
Nov 13 What Does Poverty Mean to Children? Watch Poor Kids Preview on PBS. See more from… Continue reading
Oct 05 Does U.S. School Reform Need to Be Reformed? The Obama Administration's effort to turn around failing schools under the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program is in need of drastic reform, says a new report by the National Education Policy Center. The report argues that the SIG… Continue reading
Sep 28 Student Journalists Report on Florida’s Home Invasion Problem De'Qonton Davis shows off the camera he received received two years ago from the Journeys in Journalism program in St. Petersburg, Florida De'Qonton Davis hasn't stopped his storytelling since the NewsHour met up with him this spring in… Continue reading