JUDY WOODRUFF: Hari Sreenivasan looks at the promise and perils of Silicon's Valley push into a realm once dominated by government contractors. HARI SREENIVASAN: The race for the next big thing is already under way in the private sector. Companies li...
JUDY WOODRUFF: The Obama administration made a big move today on the question of school discipline policies around the country. It issued new guidelines to urge school administrators to ensure they are not being overly zealous with strict punishments...
Malala Yousafzai, thank you for joining us. Tell us what inspired you, at such a young age, to start speaking out for girls' education in really such a dangerous environment. MALALA YOUSAFZAI: First of all, my father inspired me, because he's a great...
MONA ISKANDER: Every year, thousands of young people around the country celebrate this important rite ofpassage: college graduation. For generations it's been the traditional route to adulthood and success. So how did 21-year-old Sebastian Stant, a c...
JUDY WOODRUFF: A student walked into a high school in suburban Denver today armed with a shotgun and shot two other students before apparently killing himself. Authorities in Arapahoe County have not identified the gunman yet, but did say he was look...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: how the American education system stacks up in global rankings and the questions surrounding that assessment. Jeffrey Brown has the story. WOMAN: You got it. You got it. Good. Good. Good. Good. JEFFREY BROWN: It's considered by m...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Schools nationwide are implementing new shared standards in math and reading, but whatabout for the arts? Are those required to be taught as well? The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has this report. JOHN M...
HARI SREENIVASAN: We turn now to one of the more vexing economic issues for many U.S. households: the rising cost of college. A new report from the College Board, the group that owns the SAT test, finds costs at four-year public schools posted the sm...
GWEN IFILL: The summer has long been a time of the year when many teens can find temporary work. But those traditions have been upended of late, as NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman reports in the second of two stories on this portion of t...
JEFFREY BROWN: A major experiment is under way in American public education, one that could change what and how schools teach. The NewsHours special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the first of a two-part report on a new set of standard...
