Aug 29 Watch 5:05 Painting a vibrant picture of Brooklyn in the tumultuous 1970s By PBS News Hour “Another Brooklyn,” by Jacqueline Woodson, is not a typical coming-of-age novel. It takes place in Brooklyn in the 1970s, an environment in which drugs were ubiquitous, white flight was on the rise and young girls of color relied on each… Continue watching
Aug 28 Gender inequality is a $95 billion issue in sub-Saharan Africa By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Gender inequality costs sub-Saharan Africa an average of $95 billion each year according to an annual United Nations Development Programme report published Sunday. Continue reading
Aug 26 Mylan may have violated antitrust law in its EpiPen sales to schools By Ike Swetlitz and Ed Silverman, STAT Mylan’s “EpiPen4Schools” program, begun in August 2012, offers free or discounted EpiPens to schools. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 53:25 PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 25, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, the death toll from Italy's Wednesday earthquake rises to 250. Also, a Colombian deal with FARC would end the world's longest-running conflict, how the alt-right is influencing the presidential campaign, Trump’s view of Chinese influence on… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 3:03 A psychologist on 'making disability sexy' By PBS News Hour Dr. Danielle Sheypuk is attempting to derail the stigma around sex and people with physical disabilities. Born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, Sheypuk knows what it’s like to have a disability -- and a sex life. But she worries… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 7:00 100 years later, National Park Service lands still grant us 'breathing space' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 24 Many of this year's high school grads may not be college-ready, test scores suggest By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press The latest scores from the ACT college entrance exam suggest many of this year's high school graduates aren't ready for college-level course work. Continue reading
Aug 24 Column: He, she, they? Why it's time to leave this grammar rule behind By Steve Gardiner As a high school English teacher, I have been crossing out the singular use of the word “they” for many years. It's time to move on. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 3:33 Why we should be thinking of sexual intimacy in terms of pizza By PBS News Hour In her new book “Girls & Sex,” Peggy Orenstein suggests that we re-think sexual intimacy, in both education and our everyday lives. While she acknowledges the importance of the national debate on campus sexual assault, Orenstein also urges us to… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 9:34 Assessing whether corporal punishment helps students, or hurts them By PBS News Hour Corporal punishment is still used in 21 states' public schools. Proponents say the method can motivate children to behave, but research suggests otherwise. Trey Clayton, for instance, was paddled repeatedly in school as a teenager, ultimately suffering a broken jaw… Continue watching