Oct 16 Watch Literary festival celebrates African writers as Kenya marks an anxious anniversary By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 25 Twitter chat: How important is early childhood reading? By Nora Daly Reading aloud gives young children a head start. Experts weighed-in on how pediatricians, policy makers, and child advocates can help. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch I is for infant: Reading aloud to young children benefits brain development By PBS News Hour A new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that reading daily to young children, starting in infancy, can help with language acquisition and literacy skills. But, the report says, many children are missing out. Jeffrey Brown takes a… Continue watching
Jul 23 Literacy Bridge Uses Talking Books to Spread the Word in Ghana By Cat Wise Students in Ghana listen to a Talking Book. All photos courtesy of Literacy Bridge. On a warm spring evening in 2006, software consultant Cliff Schmidt decided to take a walk near the hotel where he was staying for a… Continue reading
May 14 Watch In India, Organization of Learning Centers Seeks to Spark Enthusiasm for School In India, Organization of Learning Centers Seeks to Spark Enthusiasm for School… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch News Literacy Project Trains Young People to Be Skeptical Media Consumers A program called the News Literacy Project is training young people in several major cities how to separate fact from fiction in the news they consume. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Nov 14 Why a Lesson in Money Plus Math Equals Financial Stability By Elizabeth Shell // By Elizabeth Shell. Video: Sheila Bair and Paul Solman talk about how simple math and financial education, like the savings lessons in her children's book 'Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock,' might have helped avert the financial crash. Sheila… Continue reading
Jun 20 Making Sense: Not-So-Simple Solman By April Brown Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Monday's query considers whether Paul's audience understands what he's talking about. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch Self-Controlled Kids Prosper as Adults: “Fatalistically Depressing”? The full interview of Sesame Street's true blue monster, Grover, by Paul Solman. Continue watching