Feb 07 Watch To Lower Dropout Rates, Finding Potential Where Support Systems Are Lacking To Lower Dropout Rates, Finding Potential Where Support Systems Are Lacking… Continue watching
Feb 06 Air Pollution Boosts a Child’s Chance of Getting Cockroach-Related Asthma Cockroach allergens are a major contributor to asthma, particularly in urban areas. Photo by Luis Davilla/Cover/Getty Images. In New York City's East Harlem, a startling 19 percent of 5-year-olds have asthma, according to a report from the New York… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch Writer George Saunders Reflects on Engineering Short Fiction George Saunders, a former MacArthur Fellow, talks to Jeffrey Brown about his latest collection of stories, "Tenth of December," and his unique voice and approach to capturing contemporary American culture in a compressed, short form. Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch A Checklist to Keep Good Teachers in the Classroom Good teachers can help students stay in school and keep them from dropping out. But what must schools do to keep top teachers from burning out and leaving the field? Hari Sreenivasan has the story of a Connecticut school that… Continue watching
Feb 01 Contraception Rule Revised by Obama Administration By Jenny Gold After a year of lawsuits and public outcry, the Obama administration proposed Friday a way for women who work at nonprofit religious institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. Instead, institutions… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch Al Gore’s ‘Future’ Tackles Technology, Global Economy, American Democracy Al Gore's 'Future' Tackles Technology, Global Economy, American Democracy… Continue watching
Jan 30 Scientist Seeks Connection Between Fire and Ice in Greenland At this part of the ice sheet in Greenland, where the loss of winter snow during each melt season exposes dirty bare ice, the surface reflectivity drops from 85 percent to 30 percent, Box found in one of… Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch Vice President Biden Finds New Venue to Talk Up Proposed Actions on Gun Violence Vice President Biden Finds New Venue to Talk Up Proposed Actions on Gun Violence… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Is China’s Fast-Growing Economy Headed for a Crash? Will the Chinese economy continue its torrid pace of growth and overtake the U.S.'s top status? Or is it a bubble destined to burst, taking the world economy down with it? Paul Solman interviews a highly-respected China "bull" and a… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch Confirmation Hearings Begin for Secretary of State Nominee Sen. John Kerry Confirmation Hearings Begin for Secretary of State Nominee Sen. John Kerry… Continue watching