Jan 19 Watch 7:07 How home visits for vulnerable moms boost kids' brainpower By PBS News Hour A rapidly expanding medical program for low-income first-time mothers combines social services with the latest in brain science. The Nurse-Family Partnership provides in-home advice on health and parenting, which can lead to improved cognitive development and language skills for their… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch 7:25 Can China use the slowdown to change its economy? By PBS News Hour China's economy grew last year at the slowest pace since 1990, at a lower-than-expected rate of 6.9 percent. Jeffrey Brown talks to Ken Lieberthal of the Brookings Institute and Cornell economist Eswar Prasad about what that means for China and… Continue watching
Jan 14 Detroit teacher: 'How can you teach or learn in conditions like these?' By Lakia Wilson More than 60 schools in Detroit closed earlier this week after teachers called in sick in protest of rodent and mold problems. Continue reading
Jan 12 Obama: 'We have to make college affordable for every American' By Adelyn Baxter Calling December's bipartisan reform of No Child Left Behind an "important step" in better preparing American students for the workforce, President Barack Obama said he will push for more college affordability in his final year in office. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 7:51 Individual coaching demystifies college for first-generation applicants By PBS News Hour Final deadlines for college applications are looming this week, and students who are first in their families to attend college are far less likely to have help navigating the application system. The College Advising Corps aims to change that by… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 4:06 Short and shallow reading on the Internet? Not so fast By PBS News Hour We hear a lot about how the Internet, social media and our addiction to handheld devices have reduced our attention spans. Nicholas Thompson of The New Yorker asks you to look more closely at the long, in-depth stories being shared… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 7:50 How do we solve stubborn segregation in schools? By PBS News Hour Despite a historic Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregated schools, today huge numbers of students remain in separate and unequal schools, most in inner cities. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with Pedro Noguera of the University of California, Los Angeles, about… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 6:57 For children with disabilities, making the world a custom fit out of cardboard By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch 6:11 A day of pride for Afghan girl grads amid growing threats By PBS News Hour It was a very special day for the Zabuli Education Center, located about 100 miles north of Kabul. For the first time, girls in that village graduated from high school. Special correspondent Beth Murphy of the Ground Truth Project reports… Continue watching
Dec 25 In tough times, colleges turn to unconventional leaders By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report When tiny Paul Quinn College faced its darkest hour, it turned not to a physicist or an historian or a political scientist to lead it forward. It named a corporate securities lawyer and crisis manager as its president. The historically… Continue reading