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As part of our American Graduate focus on teachers, testing and accountability, Ray Suarez moderated a discussion with several New York public scho...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 06:16
Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:57
Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Dis...
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- Added: Aug 14, 2012
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A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. States' laws...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 07:20
Part of the American Graduate project addressing the country's high school dropout crisis, Ray Suarez and former Deputy Secretary of Education Dian...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:40
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
Photographer and University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities thro...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 05:46
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
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
Part of the American Graduate project addressing the country's high school dropout crisis, teachers across the nation have weighed in at town halls...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 11:11
In the first installment of an 18-month series on the nation's high school dropout rate, Gwen Ifill sits down with Academy Award-winning actor Denz...
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For the second week of September (9/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer whose musical oddity took him to pop s...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the fourth week of August (8/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who blended conjunto and country to become ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of December (12/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at folk songwriter who became a somewhat reluctant ...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of October (10/30): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who wrote the state’s first known English...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
This week on The EnvironMinute . . . tracking fish for sustainable fisheries, resolving potable water issues, using bats to restore rainforests, an...
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- Added: Jun 27, 2012
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This week on NatureWatch . . . fireflies, chimney swifts, sidewinders, and more.
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- Added: Jun 27, 2012
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This week on Our Ocean World . . . using seals to collect ocean data, different oceans - different songs, sea birds and long-line fishing, and more.
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- Added: Jun 27, 2012
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This week on Sign of Science . . . bacteria in ice, an internship in Antarctica, counting the penguins, and more.
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- Added: Jun 25, 2012
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This week on The EnvironMinute . . . the environmental impact of antibacterial soaps, synthetic chemicals that mimic natural hormones, business and...
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- Added: Jun 22, 2012
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This week on NatureWatch . . . symbol of impending doom, protecting the posterior, bird feet, and more.
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- Added: Jun 22, 2012
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This week on Our Ocean World . . . composite building supplies, sea anemones, blue whales, and more.
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 07:30
This week on Sign of Science . . . stinky mats of bacteria in water, life on Mars, family strains of TB, and more.
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- Added: Jun 22, 2012
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Fish, Aquaculture, and the Industrial Revolution
- Added: Jun 13, 2012
- Length: 20:20
This edition continues to display the best soul music on the planet with musical tributes to the late Donna Summer and Washington DC`s godfather of...
- Added: May 22, 2012
- Length: 01:58:49
