- Pepper-spraying Cop: Campus police at Santa Monica College pepper-sprayed 30 demonstrators during a protest against tuition hikes on Tuesday. A new two-tiered program would increase core courses to five times the current price.
Santa Monica College officials investigate use of pepper spray by campus policeOfficials at Santa Monica College are investigating an incident in which campus police used pepper spray on dozens of students Tuesday ni...
Community Colleges Chancellor asks SMC president to put two-tier plan on holdIn a phone call the morning after Santa Monica College students were pepper sprayed by campus police, California Community Colleges Chanc...- Campus Shooting: Earlier this week, a gunman shot and killed seven students at an Oakland college. Suspect One Goh is believed to have been a former student at Oikios University, a small Christian school with a large Korean community base.
Seven Die in Shooting at an Oakland CollegeUpdate 6:55 p.m. Today's shooting appears to be one of the worst mass killings in recent Northern California history. Some others: Oct. 5...
What Made One Goh, the Oikos University Shooter, Snap?Sitting toward the back of a packed church in Oakland on Tuesday evening, James Mueller hung his head and gently wept. He was one in a cr...- American Graduate Update: While in Las Vegas to host the American Graduate Teacher Town Hall, Ray Suarez also shared a few encouraging words to students at Chaparral High School, one of Clark County's worst-performing schools.
PBS correspondent to Chaparral students: Who wants to choose a life without any choices?Ray Suarez realizes the incredible challenge and opportunity facing him, standing before a group of 75 students gathered in a large Chapa...- The Las Vegas Sun writes: "The eastern valley “turnaround” school has a 33 percent graduation rate, the lowest in the Clark County School District. Three months until graduation, an estimated 100 seniors — about one in five — have yet to pass all of their proficiency exams, a requirement to receive their diploma. Others are still so far behind on their class credits, they may need to come back in the summer or take a fifth year to finish high school."
- Credit Limit: The student-loan debt in the U.S. reached $1 trillion. Has student loan debt affected your life? Answer a few questions at the link below and help inform our reporting.
Has student loan debt affected your life?Your Information We ask for some information about you so we can contact you if we have questions. We will not share your personal inform...- NCLB, Behind the Numbers: Waivers for No Child Left Behind may overlook tracking information on the progress of minority students, says the National Indian Education Association. Some waivers place minorities into a "super-subgroup" instead of disaggregating data, which advocates argue further hides achievement gaps.
Native Student Association Concerned About NCLB WaiversAdvocates for Native American students fear the state No Child Left Behind Act waivers may end up allowing schools and districts to ignor...- Then and Now: The U.S. Census released data from 1940 that shows better access to education produces more college graduates.
- Pinspiration: NewsHourExtra continues to seek contributions to their "Why I Go to School" Pinterest board. Teachers can access the lesson plan below to participate.
NewsHour Extra: Lesson Plan | Why I Go to School: A Student Multimedia Project | PBSBy Thaisi Da Silva and Veronica DeVore, PBS NewsHour Journalism, Art, English, Social Studies Students will brainstorm why they go to sch...
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