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Stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn. From APM Reports.
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Employers Want More From College Grads
15/03/2013 Duration: 07minAccording to a new survey of employers, American colleges don’t produce enough qualified graduates for today’s workforce. Among the complaints: […]
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Education Sequestration
08/03/2013 Duration: 09minAs the nation braces for cuts to federal programs under sequestration, a top education reporter describes how this new era […]
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Financial Ed and the Common Core
01/03/2013 Duration: 08minIf students learn about personal finance in grade school, they’ll be more responsible spenders as adults. So goes the thinking […]
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Project-Based Learning
22/02/2013 Duration: 09minA high school English teacher in Michigan says making videos of Shakespeare plays is better for students than memorizing facts […]
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Beating the Odds
15/02/2013 Duration: 09minWe met Tracy Edwards last year during our reporting at the YES Prep charter school network in Houston, Texas. Unlike […]
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Need-Based Aid
08/02/2013 Duration: 07minMost private schools give out aid packages based on merit, often trying to compete for students from wealthy families who […]
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Mississippi Charter Debate
01/02/2013 Duration: 11minMississippi legislators recently passed legislation that would allow charter schools in the state for the first time. In the Mississippi […]
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The Decline of Catholic Education
25/01/2013 Duration: 11minFor much of the 20th century, a Catholic education was often a relatively inexpensive, higher-quality alternative to inner-city public schools. […]
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Testing Teachers Reprise
18/01/2013 Duration: 53minTeacher quality was in the news again last week with a PBS documentary about former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle Rhee […]
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Merit Badges for Veterans
11/01/2013 Duration: 11minVeterans who enter the workforce often have a tough time translating their military experience to “resume-ready” skills. But a new […]
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Pre-K in OK
04/01/2013 Duration: 13minOklahoma is one of the most politically conservative states in the nation and it’s also home to one of the […]
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eBay for Professors
28/12/2012 Duration: 12minEver heard of the self-employed college professor? Thanks to the efforts of the for-profit education company Straighter Line, some professors […]
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School Safety
21/12/2012 Duration: 11minAccording to the U.S. Department of Education, schools are actually safer than they’ve been in decades – which makes the […]
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Popularity
14/12/2012 Duration: 08minIt turns out being popular in high school could actually be important later in life. New research from the University […]
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Diverse Schools
07/12/2012 Duration: 21minIn the 1960s “white flight” sent many middle-class families from the cities to suburbs out of fear that the quality […]
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Goodbye to Cursive
30/11/2012 Duration: 12minSince handwriting is becoming less important in modern life, teaching cursive is going out of style in American schools. But […]
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The Real Digital Divide
23/11/2012 Duration: 12minFor a long time it was assumed that a “digital divide” existed between rich kids and poor kids. But emerging […]
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Tuition by Major
16/11/2012 Duration: 09minFlorida governor Rick Scott is proposing a tiered pricing plan for the state’s colleges and universities that would cut tuition […]
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The Military and the GED
09/11/2012 Duration: 10minThe GED test was created to help returning World War Two veterans who hadn’t graduated from high school have an […]