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PBS NewsHour full episode October 15, 2015
Thursday on the NewsHour, President Obama announces he will leave additional troops in Afghanistan until 2017. Also: A fresh lead emerges in the Lockerbie bombing case, a pilot program to help stop recidivism in U.S. prisons, why you might not…
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Wisdom from four decades of education reporting
Special correspondent John Merrow has reported on education for more than four decades, and for the PBS NewsHour since the 1980s. Now retiring, he joins Judy Woodruff to talk about what he’s observed over the years.
Longtime NewsHour education correspondent John Merrow retires
I have some news: I am retiring from the PBS NewsHour and Learning Matters. For the past 41 years I have been covering public education mostly here in the USA but also in China, Hong Kong, France and Spain.
Why failure is crucial for a student’s success
Students need to know that adults try and fail and fail and fail -- and keep on trying.
When my wife and I moved recently, the process forced me to dig through piles of stuff and discard what I didn’t care enough about to pack and then unpack. In the process I came across some really good stuff,…
Students get graded by test scores, but how do we best determine if a school is "good" or "bad"? Education Correspondent John Merrow examines that question.
A Chicago program that targets high-risk, low-income students.
