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QUIZ: English Composer Or Politician? Test Your Musical Or PBS Knowledge
Can you guess which of these are Composers and which are English politicians featured in ‘Victoria’? Good Luck! Continue Reading QUIZ: English Composer Or Politician? Test Your Musical Or PBS Knowledge
What The U.S. Could Learn From Canada About Integrating Immigrant Students
In Canadian public schools, the children of new immigrants do as well as native-born children within three years of arriving. Continue Reading What The U.S. Could Learn From Canada About Integrating Immigrant Students
How A Self-Taught Fossil Hunter Made His Biggest Discovery
In a PBS NewsHour Shares moment of the day, this self-taught paleontologist has been looking for dinosaurs in creek beds and rivers for more than 30 years, and has become something of a legend in the field. Continue Reading How A Self-Taught Fossil Hunter Made His Biggest Discovery
3D Printing Spurs Revolutionary Manufacturing Advances
A young startup called Relativity is pushing space technology forward by pushing 3D printing technology to its limits, building the largest metal 3D printer in the world. Continue Reading 3D Printing Spurs Revolutionary Manufacturing Advances
Why Teachers Need Support To Spur Preschool STEM Education
Everyone knows that 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds ask a lot of questions. But that unrestrained curiosity can unsettle preschool teachers who feel they lack sufficient understanding of STEM education. Continue Reading Why Teachers Need Support To Spur Preschool STEM Education
Puerto Rican Students Flock To U.S. Mainland Following Hurricane Maria
Since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last year, more than 24,000 students have left for the U.S. mainland and more than 400 came to Hartford, Connecticut, where a third of residents identify as Puerto Rican. Continue Reading Puerto Rican Students Flock To U.S. Mainland Following Hurricane Maria
U.S. Forest Service Chief Under Investigation After Complaints Of Sexual Misconduct
The U.S. Forest Service has confirmed that parent agency USDA has “engaged an independent investigator” to look into complaints against Chief Tony Tooke. Continue Reading U.S. Forest Service Chief Under Investigation After Complaints Of Sexual Misconduct
Why Learning To Play Music Helps Kids Learn Everything Else Better
Learning music helps kids learn everything else better
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Aired: 03/01/201803:11Rating: NR
After performing with a world-renowned orchestra, Stanford Thompson returned to Philadelphia to start Play on, Philly!, a free, afterschool music program for young children in under-resourced neighborhoods that helps them go back into the classroom and become better learners. Thompson gives his Brief but Spectacular take on how music can create harmony and opportunity. Continue Reading Why Learning To Play Music Helps Kids Learn Everything Else Better
