Apr 25 ‘Dropout Nation’ Turnaround: How Shelbyville Fixed its Dropout Problem Courtesy of Learning Matters In 2006, TIME Magazine featured Shelbyville, Ind.,under the headline "Dropout Nation." With a graduation rate of 75 percent, Shelbyville was the poster child for the dropout crisis in America. Since then, the community of… Continue reading
Apr 17 Hoping to Change Odds, Las Vegas Gambles on Once-Failing School Las Vegas welcome sign. Photo by Mike Fritz/PBS NewsHour Fist bumps and high-fives -- it's how principal David Wilson interacts with students as he walks down the halls of Chaparral High School in Las Vegas. The unconventional style is… Continue reading
Apr 17 In Sin City, Out-of-Work Adults Double Down on Education Photo by John Gurzinski/AFP/Getty Images. The recession hit many Las Vegans very hard. The burst of the housing bubble meant construction and landscaping jobs requiring little education dried up. And fewer tourists in Sin City meant casinos shed even… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch ‘Reclaim Your Future’: Vegas Aims to Change Odds for High School Dropouts Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on doors in search of dropouts. Ray Suarez reports on an offbeat approach starting to show some… Continue watching
Apr 13 As ‘Bully’ Opens, the Bullied, Bullies and Bystanders Weigh In Video editing by Thaisi Da Silva A 12-year-old is harassed on the school bus, a 16-year-old lesbian is ostracized by her community and a young girl brings a gun to school to face her bullies. Two parents speak for their… Continue reading
Apr 06 Need to Know: Philadelphia’s ‘Project U-Turn’ Aims to ‘Recapture’ Dropouts EmbedVideo(3105, 514, 320); On Friday's "Need to Know," our public media colleagues tell the story of Justin Rudd, a high school dropout who lived on the streets of Philadelphia -- a city where roughly 40 percent of… Continue reading
Apr 05 The Education Conversation In this week's Education Conversation, we take a look at campus tragedies, increasing student loan debt and more. What education news are you following? Stay tuned for more on what's happening in the world of education as seen on Twitter,… Continue reading
Mar 26 Recap: Live Chat on Learning Differences The NewsHour Health team recently looked at the challenges students with learning differences face as part of our ongoing American Graduate series. EmbedVideo(2982, 482, 304); Join us for a live chat Friday, March 30, at 2… Continue reading
Mar 22 Learning Differences and the Arts It's minutes before the curtain is set to rise for this year's production of the Black History Month play at Henderson Inclusion Elementary School on a late February morning. Students are excitedly tending to last-minute costume fixes and teachers… Continue reading
Mar 21 6 Tips for Parents of Students With Learning Differences Daniel Paris on the campus of Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. Here, he points to the address where he sent his application materials. After dropping out of high school, Daniel Paris was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and… Continue reading