Jul 04 Watch Chefs Cook Up Ideas for Healthy School Lunches A pair of chefs has stepped out of their kitchens and into school cafeterias to lend their services in hopes of crafting healthier menus for school lunches. Betty Ann Bowser has this encore report. Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch Grading Schools: How to Determine the 'Good' From the 'Bad'? Students get graded by test scores, but how do we best determine if a school is "good" or "bad"? Education Correspondent John Merrow examines that question. Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Autism Now: Julie Fisher Extended Interview As part of our Autism Now series, below is an extended transcript excerpt, edited for length, relevance and clarity, with Julie Fisher, director of the Charter School for Autism in New York City, on treatment and schooling for children with… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Autism Now: Jessie Mojica Extended Interview As part of our Autism Now series, below is an extended transcript excerpt, edited for length, relevance and clarity, with Jesse Mojica, director of education policy for the Bronx borough president, on treatment and education for children with the disorder. Continue watching
Apr 13 Making Sen$e: The 'Real' Effects of Unemployment By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: Name: George Sacco Question: In these economic reports there never seems to… Continue reading
Apr 07 Discarded Plastic Bottles Put to New Use in Schools By News Desk A project to build a school using empty plastic bottles brought together a community in Guatemala. The idea now is spreading to other sites. Continue reading
Apr 07 Building a Plastic Bottle School By Larisa Epatko When former Peace Corps volunteer Laura Kutner was asked to help find funding to finish constructing two classrooms in the elementary school where she worked in Guatemala, she decided to use -- or rather reuse -- a common piece of… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch Chicago Program Aims to Close Achievement Gap for Youngest Students A Chicago program that targets high-risk, low-income students. Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch In Hypercompetitive South Korea, Pressures Mount on Young Pupils Margaret Warner reports from Seoul, where extraordinary student commitment has helped the nation's 15 year olds rank second in the world in reading and fourth in math, well ahead of their American counterparts. Many students take private lessons in addition… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch Ohio School District Uses Unique Peer Evaluations to Grade Teachers Special correspondent for education John Merrow reports how public schools in Toledo, Ohio, are implementing a unique peer-evaluation program for educators that looks to nurture teachers, but make it easier to remove ineffective ones. Continue watching