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As part of the NewsHour's American Graduate series, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on Techbridge, an after-school program based in Oakland, ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:42
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In Shelbyville, Ind., Melissa Lakes and the Student Achievement Center provide at-risk students with technology-enhanced hands-on learning. But it ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:56
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How does violence affect students' ability to learn? That's what eighth-grader De'Qonton Davis and his classmates set out to investigate as part of...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:04
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Yes we need quality teachers...but do we really know what that means?

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
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If you’ve lived in San Francisco long enough, you might have noticed that there are fewer yellow school buses crisscrossing the city. State budget ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Sagnicthe Salazar , Credit: Oakland Local/EKAphotography
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Mosquito Net
According to scientists from all over the world approximately 1 million people die of malaria every year. The world community spends billions of d...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Students sort through syllable flashcards at the Washington Literacy Council.
In Washington D.C., more than a third of adults lack basic literacy skills. That's 20% higher than the national average. Emily Friedman sits in on ...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
  • Length: 03:38
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Caption: A poster from the American Veterans Institute
More veterans are going back to school after Congress passed the post 9/11 GI bill last year. It set aside almost $4 billion in scholarship funding...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 04:35
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Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
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Caption: Gowanus Canal, Credit:  brainware3000 on flickr
From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country, working to protect...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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With school back in session, administrators have to deal with the possibility of swine flu in their classrooms.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:39
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A new generation of veterans are joining the ranks of those going to college for free under the new GI Bill.

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:39
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Caption: Watts Health Center, Credit: www.wattshealth.org
President Obama urged Americans to get tested for HIV this weekend. The Watts Health Center in South Los Angeles tried to encourage HIV screening b...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:28