Nov 09 Watch Indiana Crafts Dropout Remedy Through Choice of Schools Special correspondent John Tulenko reports from Indiana, where a voucher program allows families to choose religious schools, charter schools and public schools in neighboring districts for their children as part of an effort to provide more options when graduation rates… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Stalling Economy Forces Pennsylvania Schools to Put Dreams on Hold The weak economy is contributing to -- and magnifying the problems -- of some school districts around the United States. John Merrow, the NewsHour's special correspondent for education, reports on the problems one Pennsylvania district is facing. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Replay a Live Chat About New Documentary 'The Learning' For more on this story go to: http://to.pbs.org/pyHG9B… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch NYC Schools Labeled as Dropout Factories Fight to Raise Graduation Rates NYC Schools Labeled as Drop-Out Factories Fight to Raise Graduation Rates… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Obama Orders Revamp of 'No Child Left Behind' Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Monday that President Obama would sign an executive order to allow schools who are falling short of No Child Left Behind to circumvent the law. Gwen Ifill discusses the policy shift with Justin Snider of… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Conversation: Imagination in Education Jeffrey Brown talks to Lincoln Center Institute director Scott Noppe-Brandon. Continue watching
Jun 15 KaBOOM! Celebrates 15 Years of Promoting Play By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization KaBOOM! is working to put play back on society's priority list. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Autism Now: Rima Ritholtz Extended Interview As part of our Autism Now series of reports, below is an extended transcript excerpt, edited for length, relevance and clarity, with Rima Ritholtz, principal of Bronx autism charter school PS 176, on the schooling and treatment options for those… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Autism Now: Dr. David Amaral Extended Interview Below is an extended transcript excerpt from the Autism Now series, edited for length, relevance and clarity, with Dr. David Amaral, research director at the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis, on the causes of autism. Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch Are California's Schools Ready for the Next Big Earthquake? Hundreds of California's schools do not meet the construction codes for earthquake safety. Continue watching