Some parents and school administrators believe the New York State Regents exam has caused such a dramatic decline in New York’s high school graduation rate that the test should be abolished. We’ll hear from one education expert who wants to save the exam, and another who thinks school officials should find alternatives to the Regents. Plus, a report from Brazil on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s big UN moment: an impassioned plea for help in the fight against global hunger.
Will Regents Test Continue to Pass
Monty Neill, Ed.D, Executive Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, founder and cochair of the National Forum on Assessment questioning the Regents Exam and advocating a detailed review of New York's graduation testing policies And Will Regents Test Continue to Pass Pola Rosen, Ed. ...
Every Cloud has Da Silva Lining
Kenneth Rapoza freelance reporter based in Brazil. He writes for the Boston Globe and has been covering the recent elections for The World Press Review on Brazilian president Lula da Silva's address to the UN General Assembly
Is Stopping Spam Possible?
John Palfrey Executive Director of the Berkman Center discussing efforts to control the explosion of spam swamping email inboxes around the world.
Six Degrees of Serendipity
James Burke, Host and Creator of multiple history-of-science series for TV - "The Day the Universe Changed," the three "Connections" series, and author, Twin Tracks: The Unexpected Origins of the Modern World (Simon and Schuster, 2003) looks at some of the amazing, elucidating, and little-known history-of-science connections that have changed ...