California poised to make major shift towards bilingual education, pending the results of fall election, but lacks enough qualified teachers.
Apr 14

By Arianna Prothero, Education Week
Aside from stability, military parents often cite a dislike of the Common Core State Standards as reasons for choosing home school.
Apr 12

Can New York City dramatically increase graduation rates at its community colleges? That's the goal behind a support program for full-time students, which offers financial help, convenient schedules and the encouragement of an adviser. Hari Sreenivasan reports.
Apr 12

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
When it comes to the goal of increasing the number of people with college degrees to 60 percent by 2025, the U.S. is behind schedule.
Apr 07

By Larry Gordon, The Hechinger Report
While Congress remains deadlocked on a DREAM Act, some states welcome undocumented immigrants to public universities.
Mar 31

By PBS NewsHour
Raise.me, a college scholarship app, rewards high school students for their advanced classes and extracurricular activities with “micro-scholarships” -- guaranteed tuition payments paid by their eventual college -- that range from $25 to $1,000 for each of their academic achievements.
Mar 29

By PBS NewsHour
Only about half of all youth in foster care in the U.S. graduate from high school, and just one in 10 enroll in college. But 19-year-old James Turner, raised in foster care since he was 18 months old and now…
Comic books have had a long history of tackling social issues. Teacher Tim Smyth says comic books and graphic novels are powerful vehicles to engage students in both history and current events.
A Columbia University professor has had enough of what he calls a pervasive narrative in urban education: a savior complex that places mostly white teachers in minority classrooms as heroes who "saving" kids.
Mar 25

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
Taxpayers spend more than $30 billion a year on grants for college students. Now they can see what they’re getting for their money.
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