pbs高端访谈:学生值得为文凭欠下高额债务吗?

JEFFREY BROWN:Now, assessing the value of a college education. It's an old question being debated anew in these difficult economic times. We taped our discussion yesterday and began with some background. It's the time of year for happy graduates and

pbs高端访谈:体育课帮助学生提高成绩

JUDY WOODRUFF:Finally tonight: teacher-driven success stories in the classroom. That's the focus of tonight's edition of the PBS program Need to Know.This excerpt tells the story of an academic transformation that began with a gym teacher. The corres

pbs高端访谈:芝加哥幼儿学前教育计划 让孩子不输在起跑线上

JEFFREY BROWN: Now, how educators in Chicago are working to give lower-income students a leg up in the pre-kindergarten years and boost their prospects for life. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the story. WOMAN: A

PBS高端访谈:英国学费增至三倍 将出现更多示威活动

MARGARET WARNER:The plan to triple college tuition fees is part of a broad budget rebalancing program now being put in place by Britain's Conservative prime minister, David Cameron, and his coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats. The measure passed

PBS高端访谈:学校如何留住好教师?

JEFFREY BROWN:And now to another in our series on the nation's high school dropout crisis, told this time through a different lens. Good teachers can help keep kids in school, but how can schools hold on to their top teachers? Hari is back with a rep

PBS高端访谈:学生对预防枪支暴力事件的看法

RAY SUAREZ:Now a different perspective on guns and public safety from young people who participate in the NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs program. And again to Hari Sreenivasan. HARI SREENIVASAN:We brought together high school students from around

PBS高端访谈:芝加哥教育委员会计划关闭54所学校

JEFFREY BROWN:The debate over the city of Chicago's plan to close dozens of public schools intensified today. Public school officials cited a billion-dollar deficit and under enrollment as the driving factors behind the move. But critics claim it wil

PBS高端访谈:公共资金能用于私立学校吗?

HARI SREENIVASAN:Ahead of last week's ruling, Republican Gov. Mike Pence rallied students and parents at the state legislature in Indianapolis in support of the voucher program. In 2011, education correspondent John Tulenko visited Indiana soon after

PBS高端访谈:学校借莎士比亚戏剧教导学生

GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight, to the latest in our series on high school dropouts, this time through the words of the bard, William Shakespeare. Nearly half of all students experience some sort of bullying. A University of Virginia study last year show

PBS高端访谈:华盛顿州一社区大学开创制葡萄酒专业

JEFFREY BROWN: Now, higher education, jobs, and, yes, fine wine. Leaders in business and politics are increasingly looking to community colleges to help train students and, in some cases, even connect them directly with potential employers. Special c

PBS高端访谈:缅因州学校锻炼学生解决问题的能力

JEFFREY BROWN:Next: how one public school in New England is taking a different approach to teaching, immersing students in an unusually comprehensive science curriculum that emphasizes problem-solving. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning M

PBS高端访谈:肯塔基州的学区注重培养学生学习能力

GWEN IFILL:The cheating scandal in Atlanta is prompting questions again about testing and whether public schools are too focused on teaching to the test. But some places are trying new approaches. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, J

pbs高端访谈:以教育经费为代价投入监狱的预算增多

JUDY WOODRUFF:According toa report out today from the NAACP, states are spending increasingly large sums of money on prisons, at the expense of public education. Its research shows states spend more than $50 billion annually on government-run correct

pbs高端访谈:丹泽尔·华盛顿对美国辍学率的看法

GWEN IFILL: Finally tonight, we launch an 18-month focus on the nation's high school dropout rate. The American Graduate project, a partnership with public radio and television, will examine the breadth of the problem, as well as its consequences. Th

PBS高端访谈:学生贷款利率双倍增长

GWEN IFILL: Beginning today, the interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford loans is doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. For the lower-to-moderate income students who borrow that money, the hike could cost them from $1,000 to as much as $4

PBS高端访谈:大规模龙卷风袭击俄克拉荷马城郊区

JEFFREY BROWN:Disaster struck the Oklahoma City area this afternoon for the second time in two days. An enormous tornado blasted whole neighborhoods in the suburb of Moore and left little but shredded wreckage in its wake. There was no immediate word

PBS高端访谈:总统大力阻止学生贷款利率翻番

JEFFREY BROWN:And we turn to a July 1stdeadline for interest rates on student loans and the economic consequences of growing student debt. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:Now is not the time for us to turn back on young people. JEFFREY BROWN:Flanked by studen

PBS高端访谈:飓风袭击俄克拉荷马城

JEFFREY BROWN:Disaster struck the Oklahoma City area this afternoon for the second time in two days. An enormous tornado blasted whole neighborhoods in the suburb of Moore and left little but shredded wreckage in its wake. There was no immediate word

PBS高端访谈:研究发现新老师指导学生准备不足

JEFFREY BROWN:Next: the training of teachers and a new report that concludes too much of that preparation is not adequate. The study was conducted by the National Council on Teacher Quality, an independent research and advocacy group. The report look

PBS高端访谈:学生贷款利率加倍 该如何偿还学费债务

GWEN IFILL:Beginning today, the interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford loans is doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. For the lower-to-moderate income students who borrow that money, the hike could cost them from $1,000 to as much as $4,