Tavis Smiley Reports -Education Under Arrest: The second in a series of education specials from Tavis Smiley Reports, “Education Under Arrest,” looks at the connection between the juvenile justice system and the dropout rate among American teens and the efforts to end this link.

TED Talks Education, the first TED project produced specifically for television, is a one-hour special focused solely on education that will feature inspiring and forward-looking leaders and thinkers on the topic of learning including Bill Gates, author and educator Sir Ken Robinson, and social activist and educator Geoffrey Canada, with other prominent speakers to be announced. Airdate: Tuesday, May 7 on PBS

The Middle School Moment, the first of twoFRONTLINE reports that focus onsolutions to the dropout epidemic. In The Middle School Moment, FRONTLINE reports on the growing body of evidence that suggests the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually be in middle school. The film explores how educators are using school data to predict and prevent dropouts before they happen.

Dropout Nation -The FRONTLINE documentary follows a group of students in Houston, Texas, to explore the challenges they face as they struggle to stay in school and administrators who are working against the odds to keep them there.  Dropout Nation premiered on September 25 2012.

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Need To Know: For those with only a high school diploma, the unemployment rate is about the national average. Compare that to those with a college degree. Their unemployment rate is about half the national average. And if you never completed high school, the numbers are bleak: 50 percent higher than the national average. So the message here is clear: If you can manage to get a college degree, your chances of getting a job, and keeping it, are better. Easier said than done, though. For a host of reasons — economic, social, personal — America’s high school graduation rate ranks 21st out of 28 of the world’s leading economic powers. Rick Karr reports from Philadelphia on an innovative program designed to bring drop-outs back to school as part of Need To Know’s “Help Wanted” edition.

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Tavis Smiley Reports -Too Important To Fail: Tavis Smiley travels across the country, speaking to education experts as well as to the boys themselves about the challenges they face and how education can be redirected to address their needs.He profiles individuals who are making a difference in the lives of young black males and look at the schools that are best serving them.

Education Under Arrest: The second in a series of education specials from Tavis Smiley Reports, “Education Under Arrest,” looks at the connection between the juvenile justice system and the dropout rate among American teens and the efforts to end this link.  Airdate: Tuesday, March 26.

Tavis Smiley Reports website

IDEAS IN ACTION: As part of CPB's American Graduate initiative, Ideas in Action with Jim Glassman takes an in-depth look at nationwide efforts toward ending America's dropout crisis in a one-hour HD documentary,  A Matter of Leadership. Glassman highlights success stories from schools across the country and focuses on the core components that have proven highly effective in addressing the crisis,middle school intervention and innovative leadership training.

Ideas in Action website

Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is an award-winning public media company with the mission of harnessing technology to bring significant stories to millions of people. The American Graduate playlist from PRX and NCME offers free radio stories, pieces, series and documentaries about the drop out crisis from stations and networks to help spark discussion, debate and and enhance local coverage. The pieces are offered for broadcast and streaming on station sites. Click here to listen to the full American Graduate playlist.

Left Behind, Dropping Out is a one-hour special that illustrates the extent, impact and ways to tackle the high school dropout crisis. The program is hosted by former NPR correspondent Andrea Seabrook and features her one-on-one interview with Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Listeners will hear reports from Chicago, Washington, DC, New England and California. The show is produced by WNPR -Connecticut Pubic Radio and distributed free to stations for broadcast or streaming by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.

In a series of three episodes airing in Fall 2012, State of the Re:Union explores what makes schools across the country work. They tell stories of the game-changing role a good teacher, principal or coach can play in keeping a student in school, and examine education innovators tackling 21st century challenges. Through a storytelling lens, State of the Re:Union paints a portrait of the education system we have now— and the people fighting to change it for the better.

This 18-month Initiative celebrated the work of public school teachers across the country. By recording, sharing, and preserving these stories, StoryCorps called attention to the invaluable contributions teachers have made to this nation, honored those who have embraced the profession as their calling, encouraged teaching as a career choice, and helped to unify the country behind its teachers. The National Teachers Initiative placed special attention on the work of teachers striving to increase the number of students who graduate prepared for college and careers.  As part of the effort, StoryCorps collected more than 500 interviews nationwide.  Ten selected interviews were edited and aired for broadcast on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday from Fall 2011 through June 2012.
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The Ready To Learn partnership between CPB and PBS supported by the U.S. Department of Education creates effective, non-commercial STEM and literacy-based educational programming to help prepare kids for success in school. All content is guided by math and literacy curriculum skill frameworks based on Common Core standards, and is developed and created by the nation's most trusted educational advisors.

PBS LearningMedia is an on-demand media service for educators that provides easy access to classroom- ready, curriculum-targeted, multi-platform resources. With thousands of curriculum and professional development resources from leading educational producers, PBS LearningMedia provides customized solutions to support classroom needs.

NewsHour Student Reporting Labs is an innovative journalism curriculum and online collaborative workspace to help students develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills, while producing news reports with an emphasis on school completion for PBS NewsHour Extra.

The StoryCorpsU College Readiness Curriculum is an interactive, standards-based program that uses StoryCorps content and interviewing techniques to enhance students’ skills in the areas of speaking, listening, writing, and critical thinking, while also fostering their self-awareness and social awareness.