Teaching Girls to Code: The mission to close the gender gap in tech
Reshma Saujani began an organization dedicated to teaching girls to code, and hopes to empower a new future of innovation.
Reshma Saujani began an organization dedicated to teaching girls to code, and hopes to empower a new future of innovation.
When choosing which college to attend, we often consider things like the school’s graduation rate or how successful its graduates are at landing jobs. Georgetown University Professor Jacques Berlinerblau says it’s even more important to examine professors -- what their roles are, how they interact with students, and the involvement in their curriculum.
The rules of the English language always seem to have an exception or ten. We explored how the language got so complicated.
Two educators give tips we can all use to identify lies online and keep ourselves informed by only the truth.
We discuss the current status of public schooling for autistic students and how the systems in place can be optimized to help students grow even more.
America is facing a literacy problem. We talk to several experts who suggest that we may simply be teaching the skill incorrectly.
Jonathan Starr talks about his journey from Wall Street money manager to Somaliland school runner and how he and his school and changing lives where it matters most.
Sue Klebold talks about her story and the mental health messages she wants every American to know.
We talk to a librarian and author about where nursery rhymes came from and how they were used before they ended up in Mother Goose books.
We discuss the myths surrounding acceptance to an “elite” college and how high school counselors can better serve diverse and often financially strapped students.
We talk to two experts who say children take to science readily if it’s presented in the right way by tapping into the “ick factor” that seems to fascinate them.
Does working crossword puzzles, Sudoku, and playing other games help prevent Alzheimer’s and dementia?
Our guest offers suggestions to parents, educators and policymakers about how expanding our children’s knowledge base in school will help make them read better.
A new survey shows that many Americans are suffering from “financial anxiety” and it’s affecting their health and happiness.
We talk to a professor who has studied the effect that extremely strict school rules have on the students and the teachers who are made to enforce them.
Our two guests discuss some innovative ideas on how to help kids and adults become better at math.
Internet pioneer Steve Case discusses the third wave of technology that will bring tech from the first wave more fully into our every day lives.
We talk with two legal specialists about why law school grads can't find work, and what law schools and law firms can do to help.
Civics classes in many grade schools and high schools aren’t the same as they were 20 years ago. These days, kids are more likely to discuss and debate some of the most pressing issues of the day. We talk to two educators about how some schools are teaching students how to debate correctly, how discussion of hot topics can foster understanding of diverse …
Character in a person is something we admire, and something we all would like to think that our kids grow up to achieve. But how do you teach them character? What are some of the virtues that go hand-in-hand with character and how can we instill them in our kids? We talk to two people who work with character education efforts to find out how two very …
A great many books and films these days deal with a dark, forbidding world where young people are warring with the villainous adults to save civilization. Teens are drawn to these stories, but why? What is it about dystopian fiction that fascinates young people? We talk to two successful authors of these stories about how kids are working out some of the …
Many stories of child sexual abuse in schools by trusted teachers, coaches and clergy have come to light in the past decade or so. One of the latest is the abuse suffered by some students at the Horace Mann School in New York City. We talk to a former student of the school about how the story of abuse came to light, how teachers and coaches lured children …
Many schools are cutting back or cutting out music education because of funding restraints. Is this a good idea? What do music and the other arts bring to a child’s overall education and development? We talk to two arts experts and some students about the value of music education in a child’s life, and hear from some students about their experiences playing …
In school we learn that the American Revolution began with the battles of Lexington and Concord. But did it? We talk to a historian and author about the events that preceded those battles that effectively threw out British rule in Massachusetts and set the stage for the other colonies to revolt and fight for freedom from England.
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