Oct 13 Watch Sandra Day O’Connor on Judicial Elections, Supreme Court’s New Players Judy Woodruff speaks to former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor about her efforts to improve literacy for students, judicial elections and the new makeup of the court. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Increase in Homeless Pupils Poses Unique Challenge to Public Schools Special correspondent Lee Hochberg reports from Seattle on the rising homelessness for school-age children and the challenges that faces public schools trying to accommodate them. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Program Aims to Increase Number of Minority College Graduates Special correspondent John Tulenko examines some of the challenges minorities face in college and a program that concentrates on helping them complete a degree. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch Tying Students’ Test Scores to Pay: Burden or Opportunity for Teachers? Tennessee is experimenting with giving a bonus to teachers whose students perform well. This comes as the Obama administration presses similar education reform efforts in other states. John Tulenko of Learning Matters Television reports. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch In Washington, D.C., Public School Teachers Put to New Test Teachers in the District of Columbia are being reevaluated. Special correspondent John Merrow looks at a new test for teachers in the Washington, D.C. school district as part of his ongoing reporting on education. Continue watching
Aug 24 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Indianapolis Museum of Art Breaks New Ground Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown goes to Indiana to talk to the curators, artists and patrons involved in the transformation at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Continue reading
Jan 19 Conversation: Students from Haiti’s Only Film School Keep Their Cameras Rolling By Arts Desk When New York filmmaker Annie Nocenti became the first teacher at Cine Institute, Haiti's only film school, two years ago, she was excited to see what her students would capture. Last Tuesday, her students faced their most challenging test when… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch Despite Teacher Pushback, D.C. Continues Schools Reform Gwen Ifill speaks with John Merrow for an update on efforts to reform Washington, D.C.'s troubled public school system. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Financial Woes, Layoffs Plaguing D.C. Schools A second look at John Merrow's series on school reform in Washington, D.C., which has struggled with budgetary constraints and teacher layoffs amid reform efforts. Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Teen’s Rape Leaves California Community Stunned Spencer Michels reports from Richmond, Calif., where a teen girl was gang raped while dozens of people looked on without offering help. Continue watching