American students are notoriously inept when it comes to knowing about the rest of the world. But the Asia Society is trying to change that.
Poor nations export citizens. The more educated they are, the more likely they are to leave. Can the brain drain be stopped?
Bob Compton's documentary film, 2 Million Minutes, takes a look at how six high school students from three countries spend their high school years.
We traveled to Northern Ireland to talk with Michael Wardlow, CEO of the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education. He talks about integrated education.
UCLA psychologist James Stigler thinks he has at least a partial explanation for the learning gap: he says there's a teaching gap.
In a recent international study of student performance (the TIMSS-R), American 8th graders ranked only 19th in the world in mathematics and 18th in science. David Berliner discusses the issue.
Baraka is Swahili for "blessing" - and that's just what the school turned out to be for many of its students. Chris Doherty speaks about this remarkable school.
Former New York Times Editor Ted Fiske and Public Policy expert Helen Ladd tell us what America has to learn from New Zealand's experiment with school choice.
