GWEN IFILL: The cost and affordability of good child care is the focus of the next installment in our series Parenting Now. It's a major concern for families throughout the country. And in different ways, it cuts across lines of class and income. The
GWEN IFILL: Now: becoming a professional computer programmer in just weeks. Economics correspondent Paul Solman has the story. It's part of our ongoing reporting Making Sense, which airs every Thursday on the NewsHour. PAUL SOLMAN: What's making this
JUDY WOODRUFF: And finally tonight: to languages around the world at risk of being lost. That's the subject of a new documentary premiering on some PBS stations this week and now streaming online. Jeffrey Brown has our look. NARRATOR: You are listeni
HARI SREENIVASAN: A newly released report by the Southern Education Foundation says a majority of all public school students across the United States come from low-income families. Experts say that could have important implications for the nation. Fo
HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS ANCHOR: Student debt is something millions of Americans live with for years even decades after they graduate college. Now, two of the nation's largest private student lenders are rolling out options that will allow borrowers to
MEGAN THOMPSON: Sisters Beatriz and Elizabeth Vergara attend public high school in a low-income, mostly Hispanic section of northern Los Angeles. The girls are aiming for college, and would be the first in the family with higher degrees. But the Verg
JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally, a new call to parents and others today about the need for routine reading to the youngest of children, and its potential effect on literacy, language and well-being. Jeff is back with that. WOMAN: Where's the duck? JEFFREY BRO
KATIE CAMPBELL: When you think of a school, you might imagine something that looks like this. But many students actually spend a lot of time in buildings that look like this, this, and this. STUDENT: Portables are definitely a problem. I have been in
GWEN IFILL: Next, we turn to the latest in our series Parenting Now. Last night, we focused on concerns about raising girls and the ways our culture shapes their identity. Tonight, we turn to questions about that challenge of raising boys. In the cla
GWEN IFILL: Now we return to our weeklong series on the challenges of bringing up baby. We call it Parenting Now. Tonight, we look at how we raise girls in what has become a princess culture. CHILD: I found it. Mommy, I found it. GWEN IFILL: For pare
GWEN IFILL: Now we turn to our new series on the joys and challenges of Parenting Now. Mothers, fathers and other caregivers have long tried to successfully navigate this tricky terrain, full of age-old dilemmas, as well as new questions. As parents'
JUDY WOODRUFF: Some good news to report today from the world of public education: For the first time in recent years, American high schools have cracked a milestone on graduation rates, reaching 80 percent. Jeffrey Brown has the story, as part of our
JUDY WOODRUFF: This month, Oklahoma became the latest state to take a big step toward repealing the Common Core education standards. The Oklahoma State Senate passed a bill just last week to do so, this as more than a dozen other states are consideri
GWEN IFILL: Now a unique look at school safety issues through the eyes of young people. Today, we're launching a new feature from our network of Student Reporting Labs, middle and high school journalism programs around the country. It explores how th
GWEN IFILL: Now to surprising new findings about our changing religious landscape, and how and if we believe. Jeffrey Brown has our conversation. JEFFREY BROWN: The U.S. remains an overwhelmingly Christian country. That hasn't changed, but a new surv
JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: neuroscience and education. Thousands of teachers around the country are learning about an alternative teaching program that aims to use scientific discoveries about the brain to improve the way children learn in the classroom. S
GWEN IFILL: It's likely that everyone watching has spent time in a classroom, either as a student or a teacher. At 3.1 million, school teachers make up one of the largest portions of the American work force. And because teacher turnover is very high,
GWEN IFILL: Now: giving girls access to a more level playing field in an area formerly dominated by boys, making video games. Special correspondent Sandra Hughes has the story. SANDRA HUGHES: It's no secret that video gaming is aimed at a male audien
GWEN IFILL: They have spent $35 billion so far tackling malaria and AIDS and Ebola abroad. But here at home, their laser focus has been on education reform, which has catapulted them into the middle of a 2016 political debate. I sat down today in Sea
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: President Obama and the federal Department of Education are calling on states to cut back on standardized tests in schools. U.S. school kids from pre-K through 12th grade, on average, take eight standardized tests every year. That's
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