Aug 26 How higher ed is trying to improve student performance with data By Taylor Swaak, The Chronicle of Higher Education The use of data to drive decisions is a fairly new shift for many in higher education, and colleges are weighing their ability to know more than ever about their students against the ethical and privacy-related risks that come with… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 6:11 Mary McLeod Bethune becomes first Black American honored in U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall A new statue unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol marks a historic first. Civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is the first Black American to represent a state in Statuary Hall. Florida lawmakers voted to remove a statue representing a… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 5:16 Florida moves to restrict what schools can teach about systemic racism A new law in Florida has instituted restrictions on how schools and businesses can teach race-related concepts. The law, called the Stop Woke Act, limits instruction on critical race theory. It's the latest part of Republican Gov. Ron Desantis’ extensive… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 7:54 Missouri becomes latest state to use COVID relief to support underfunded schools By Gabrielle Hays, Lena I. Jackson Schools across the U.S. are getting some much-needed upgrades from the COVID relief package known as the American Rescue Plan. That's true in Missouri, where the state legislature decided how to allocate the federal money just weeks before it was… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch 4:21 Inspiring words commencement speakers shared with 2022 graduates It is graduation season and that means politicians, actors, athletes and even some of us at NewsHour have been giving commencement speeches, hoping to impart some encouragement and advice to college grads as they head into their next chapter. Continue watching
May 10 Watch 7:51 Colorado college reckons with a troubling legacy of erasing Indigenous culture By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise Over the course of more than 100 years beginning in the 1800s, hundreds of thousands of Native American children in the U.S. were removed from their families, placed in federal boarding schools and forced to abandon their Native languages and… Continue watching
Apr 21 In some states, versions of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills have been around for awhile By Kate Sosin, The 19th At least 20 states have introduced “Don’t Say Gay” laws this year. But in a handful of states, versions of the legislation have existed for decades. Continue reading
Apr 12 WATCH: How student loan debt disproportionately hurts Black borrowers By Casey Kuhn, Nicole Ellis, Hannah Grabenstein Americans, in total, owe nearly $1.75 billion in student loan debt, with more than 44 million people owing, according to a 2020 NAACP report. Continue reading
Mar 10 Tips for helping young people cope with news about Ukraine and Russia By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang As the Russian invasion of Ukraine plays out in real time across news and social media, many parents and teachers are looking for guidance about how to talk to their young people about the crisis in Ukraine and how they… Continue reading
Feb 16 San Francisco recalls 3 city school board members By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press San Francisco residents have recalled three members of the city’s school board for what critics called misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic. Continue reading