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Walk to school in a 'kill zone'
CNN | October 20, 2010 CNN’s T.J. Holmes takes a dangerous, 2-mile walk to school with a student in one of Chicago’s toughest areas.
Are Schools Embracing Technology?
NBC Education Nation | September 29, 2010 Shayne Evans, director of Chicago Charter School’s Woodlawn Campus, and Shmuel Meitar, founder and principal of “Time to Know” join Tamron Hall on MSNBC.
Obama: Money without reform won't fix schools
Today Show | September 27, 2010 President Obama sits down for a one-on-one exclusive interview with TODAY’s Matt Lauer to discuss the state of education in our country and responds to questions from educators from across the nation.
School Wages War on Ignorance
CNN | September 16, 2010 Florida educators try to illustrate the importance of “the war on ignorance” by wearing military flair and fatigues.
Obama Welcomes America's Youth Back to School
WhiteHouse.gov | September 14, 2010 The President gives his second annual Back-to-School Speech in Pennsylvania, encouraging students to take responsibility for their educations. Watch the full speech or read highlights.
Education: The SEED School
60 Minutes | September 5, 2010 There’s a school that’s giving kids from an inner-city neighborhood that only graduates 33 percent of its high school students a shot at college they never had before. Byron Pitts reports on the SEED School. (Read more)
Seed School Helps At-Risk Youth Grow
NBC – Today Show | June 24, 2010 TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager takes a look at a new public school program that is helping underprivileged high school kids have brighter futures.
President Obama Gives Commencement Address at Kalamazoo Central High School
WhiteHouse.gov | June 07, 2010 The President speaks about the importance of personal responsibility and giving back to the community as he delivers the commencement address at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, MI. The school was the winner of the 2010 Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
Banks in schools allow teens to cash in on financial literacy
The Grio | June 4, 2010 According to some studies, fewer than half of all high school seniors can pass a basic financial literacy course. That number drops to below 30 percent when those students have parents that make less than $80,000 a year. Numbers like that make many hope that programs like the bank […]
9 Nashville Middle Schools Suspend 50% of Black Boys
NBC News via Black Voices | June 3, 2010
A Little Positivity: School in South Side Chicago Sends All Graduates to 4-Year Colleges
ABC News | May 18, 2010
Better Communities Equal Better Schools?
Morning Joe – MSNBC