Education Sep 27 How much does mandatory extra reading time help students? In order to make sure students are reading at grade level, many states throughout the country have taken steps to provide extra reading time and instruction for underperforming students. But how much does simply adding extra time help? Patte Barth,…
Politics Sep 26 Tea party Senate challenge in Mississippi shows rift in the GOP The intense primary battle between veteran Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and state senator Chris McDaniel in Mississippi shows that the rift between the populist tea party and the establishment wing of the GOP is not yet healed. And the general…
Nation Sep 26 Jeter’s feel-good ending is ‘necessary tonic’ for sports fans At bat for the last time on his home field, Yankees player Derek Jeter made the winning run of the game. That emotional farewell comes at a time when pro sports and athletes have been in the headlines for troubling…
Politics Sep 26 Shields and Brooks on Islamic State as ‘ideal’ villains, retirement for Holder and Jeter
Episode Sep 26 PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 26, 2014 Tonight on the program, we take a look back at Ferguson, Missouri, where new unrest was sparked after the town's police chief released a video apology to the family. Also: Ukraine's prime minister sits down with Margaret Warner, a wave…