Oct 17 WATCH: Obama addresses record high school graduation rates By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation's high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal data released Monday. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch 7:17 What one assistant principal learned from shadowing a student for a day By PBS News Hour Karen Ritter, an assistant principal at a high school just outside of Chicago, wanted to see her school through a student’s eyes. So she decided to follow 9th grader Alan Garcia, who came to her asking to be switched out… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 8:11 Alabama lawyer seeks to remind school-based police that students are still children By PBS News Hour Last September, a federal court in Alabama ruled that the disciplinary practices used by the Birmingham Police Department toward high school students were unconstitutional. The police department’s appeal will be heard next month. Ebony Howard, the lawyer who filed the… Continue watching
Jun 28 The business class where high school students are running the company By Vic Pasquantonio A 20-year-old entrepreneur credits a high school business class with giving him the skills and drive to start his own company. Continue reading
Apr 27 Math scores slip, reading flat for nation’s 12th-graders By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation's high school seniors are slipping in math and failing to make progress in reading, with just one-third of the 12th graders ready for the academic challenges of college. Continue reading
Apr 01 Should students be paid for their academic achievements? By Sandy Petrykowski A new app called Raise.me is designed to help colleges offer financial incentives to high school students for academic accomplishments in the form of "micro-scholarships."… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 4:19 What can motivate low-income high school kids to apply to college? By PBS News Hour This month, many prospective college students are anticipating an admissions decision from their dream school. Keith Frome, author of “How’s My Kid Doing?” has worked with high school students across the country and believes he has found the key to… Continue watching
Jan 31 States move to issue high school diplomas retroactively By Catherine Gewertz, Education Week New laws are giving students who never passed their state's required high school exit exams another chance to graduate. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 2:15 Female cadet commands respect at her high school By PBS News Hour Shantell Gonzalez of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High in Miami refuses to let gender stereotypes get in the way of service to her country: she is the only female CO in her school’s Junior ROTC unit. Our Student Reporting… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch 3:51 ‘They don’t allow you to fail’: In custom classrooms, at-risk students thrive By PBS News Hour At a New York City high school, a technique called blended learning replaces a portion of traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning. The computerized curriculum has been shown to help at-risk students learn at the own pace. NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching