Oct 03 Watch 3:51 'They don't allow you to fail': In custom classrooms, at-risk students thrive By PBS News Hour At a New York City high school, a technique called blended learning replaces a portion of traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning. The computerized curriculum has been shown to help at-risk students learn at the own pace. NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Oct 03 GOP divided over House speaker race By Erica Werner, Associated Press House Republican turmoil is boiling over as leadership elections approach, with dissatisfied lawmakers casting about for new choices and a surprise longshot challenger emerging in the speaker's race. Continue reading
Oct 03 American Graduate Day 2015 celebrates efforts to build student success By Adelyn Baxter Tune in Saturday as PBS celebrates individuals and organizations working to help students reach the goal of high school graduation. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 8:19 Why the U.S. has done almost nothing to stop mass shootings By PBS News Hour The violence in Oregon is one of nearly a thousand mass shootings to have taken place since the Newtown shooting in 2009. For all of the discussion of what can be done to prevent future tragedies, little has changed. What… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 4:17 News Wrap: Hurricane Joaquin batters the Bahamas By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Bahamas suffered heavy flooding, torrents of rain and howling winds from Hurricane Joaquin. There were no reports of casualties, but the U.S. Coast Guard reported a cargo ship missing with 33 people on board. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 5:31 Seeing need, Cleveland program trains steelworkers of tomorrow By PBS News Hour In Cleveland, a special school-to-work program leads community college students to jobs at a local steel plant where hundreds of workers are expected to start retiring. Special correspondent Amy Hansen from WVIZ/PBS Idea Stream reports in a preview of American… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 6:55 Seeking her kitchen's comforts, food writer Ruth Reichl rediscovers the awe of cooking By PBS News Hour Ruth Reichl, one of the country's most prominent food writers, was editor of the nation's oldest food and wine magazine for a decade. Then in 2009, Gourmet was abruptly shut down by the publisher. Out of a job, what did… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 3:32 Police search for answers in Oregon college rampage By PBS News Hour Federal authorities say that the shooter who killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in Oregon had body armor and six guns with him, and seven more guns found at his apartment. Neighbors describe the gunman, who died in a… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 12:06 Brooks and Dionne on mass shooting frustration, Kevin McCarthy's Benghazi comments By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the national reaction to a mass shooting in Oregon, a speaking gaffe by the potential next Speaker of the… Continue watching