California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is scrambling to avoid $4.8 billion in potential cuts to public school funding. His controversial plans hinge on lawmakers' approval.
Find out more about how Proposition 13 affects school financing today.
How California's 1978 tax revolution affected the schools and what legislators are doing about it.
An introduction to the documentary, First to Worst
Explores the roots of California's current education crisis, tracing it to the anti-tax movement of the 1970's and 80's and to civil rights lawsuits that aimed to equalize school spending but resulted instead in disastrous funding limits on schools.
Is it is possible to create world-class schools that turn a profit? Frontline and Learning Matters join forces with The New York Times to investigate.
Unable to find enough qualified teachers for its worst public schools, New York City set up a crash program--one month of training--for 350 men and women.
Host John Merrow turns private detective in this tongue-in-cheek drama to solve "The Case of an Excellent School."
Several major American cities have accepted the challenge of school reform but none with more energy, commitment, and public attention than Philadelphia, Chicago, and Seattle.
Why do 30% percent of new teachers– 50% in urban areas– leave teaching within five years? Is the problem one of recruitment or retention?
