Apr 29 Watch 7:18 'World's best teacher' does not believe in tests and quizzes By PBS News Hour For 25 years, Nancie Atwell has run a small, independent K-8 school in Maine, where the goal is not just teaching young students, but also teachers. At the Center for Teaching and Learning, the school day is driven by a… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Creating a New Planet for Math and Science: Super STEM Jerriel Hall transforms his classroom into another planet for his students to learn. Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch Charter Schools, Federal Grants Expand Teacher Evaluations Charter Schools, Federal Grants Expand Teacher Evaluations… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Philippe Falardeau, Director of 'Monsieur Lazhar' Jeffrey Brown talks to Philippe Falardeau, director of "Monsieur Lazhar."… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch New Study Gauges Teachers Impact on Students' Lifetime Earnings Replacing a bad teacher with an average or a good one has measurable economic benefits such as boosting a student's lifetime earnings by hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a new study done in part by Harvard University economist… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Atlanta Starts New School Year Under Cloud of Cheating Scandal Students and teachers return to Atlanta classrooms for the start of a new school year Monday, but a major cheating scandal is still raising big questions. Learning Matters Television's John Tulenko reports. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Remembering the Times and Tunes of Jazz 'Ambassador' Billy Taylor Fans are mourning the passing of longtime jazz pianist, educator and advocate Billy Taylor, who died Tuesday of heart failure. Taylor earned his Ph.D in music education and spread his passion for jazz, lecturing and writing for students and radio… Continue watching
May 06 Watch New Orleans Charter Schools Produce Mixed Results Is a change in management enough to transform some of the worst schools in the country? New Orleans superintendent Paul Vallas seems to think so. But while charters are outperforming other schools in New Orleans, there's evidence they may be… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Media Attention Hinders Rhee's Efforts to Reach Out to D.C. Teachers In just under two years, School Chancellor Michelle Rhee's "take-no-prisoners" approach to school reform attracted much attention from the national press. John Merrow reports on whether her growing media prominence is hindering her pursuit of a revolutionary new teachers' contract. Continue watching