Can Public Education Save America’s Kids?
We look at the complicated relationship between race and poverty, and what America’s public school system needs to do in order to promote racial equity. Pedro Noguera is the author of The Trouble With Black
Beating the Odds
Tommy Watson overcame a childhood of poverty and instability to graduate from college and receive a master’s degree in education. As an elementary school principle, he uses the lessons of his experience to help a
Students Get In Shape And Get Credit For Wii Class
Students at the University of Houston can earn credit for playing Wii Fit for 20 to 30 minutes twice a week. Charles Layne, chairman of the Department of Health and Human Performance, says he sees
NPR: 08-27-2009 Education
In continuation of the program’s focus on education issues, guest host Jennifer Ludden checks in with Kavitha Cardoza, a reporter for NPR member station WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., about enrollment problems at the National Preparatory
Grammar Grater Episode 113: Street Cred
his week on Grammar Grater, we’re looking at a trio of words that share a common root and all have something to do with some aspect of belief, trust or worth. Those words are credible,
