JUDY WOODRUFF: Most of us are spending more time with screens than ever before, from TV and computers, to the smartphones we carry in our pockets. A new report on media use by teens and tweens shows that may be even more true for children. The survey

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GWEN IFILL: Congress is on the verge of finally approving a rewrite of the education law known as No Child Left Behind. The Senate is expected to pass it easily tomorrow. The House did so last week, and the president is expected to sign it. It will g

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JUDY WOODRUFF: But, first, many high school seniors have finished college applications. And now they're waiting to find out whether taking advanced courses, prepping for entrance exams and agonizing over essays will all pay off. A new report from the

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now a NewsHour Essay. This month, many high school seniors have either just learned, or are anxiously waiting to hear, what colleges they might have gotten into. Education advocate Keith Frome has worked with students across the countr

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GWEN IFILL: In the eight years since Apple unveiled its first smartphone, an entire generation of young users has spring up who never knew a world without a device in hand. That's the starting point for the latest addition to the NewsHour Bookshelf,

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GWEN IFILL: But, first, school districts across the country are going high-tech, incorporating educational apps and digital programs into the classroom. But fears about the privacy and security of students' personal information are on the rise. Speci

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JUDY WOODRUFF: It's hard to overstate just how expensive college can be, more than $40,000 a year for a private school, over $34,000 for an out-of-state public school. Many students do qualify for greater financial aid, but a start-up has come up wit

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JUDY WOODRUFF: But, first, this week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Albert Einstein's greatest work, a series of papers laying out the general theory of relativity. Gwen has a look at how it changed our understanding of the cosmos

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: how life after college can be influenced by choices made before students even enroll, and why it can matter for their financial futures. It's part of our weekly education segment, Making the Grade. William Brangham has our convers

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HARI SREENIVASAN: As you have likely heard by now, Malia Obama has decided to take a so-called gap year before she attends Harvard University in 2017. It's an idea that's taking hold among more students, often at elite schools, but not only those. Wi

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next, a pair of education stories, one about too few children around the world going to school, the other on a promising pilot high school in the U.S. Lets start with a major global problem, especially pronounced in developing countrie

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GWEN IFILL: Tens of thousands of parents in New York City will get a chance to send their children this fall to free full-time pre-kindergarten classes, thanks to a new $300 million state program announced jointly by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo an

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JOSH ARONSON: Vianey Calixto lives in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Los Angeles and like many of her friends she was struggling in school. Vianeys interest in learning music prompted her parents to enroll her in a music program in their neighbo

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JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, one woman's story of survival during the Holocaust and her new life in America as a champion of immigrants and citizenship. Judy Woodruff has our conversation. And a warning: It includes some disturbing images. GERD

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Finally tonight, the tie between educating our children and national security. Jeffrey Brown has our conversation. JEFFREY BROWN:It's by now a familiar warning: Our public schools are not adequately educating our children. A new report

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JEFFREY BROWN:And now, a prescription for succeeding in school. It comes from pediatricians making their patients' reading skills a part of regular examinations. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the story. JOHN MER

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JEFFREY BROWN:Tonight, a special PBS broadcast called After Newtown begins a national dialogue about the issues raised by that tragedy. Gwen Ifill will host this evening's collaboration of our national news and science programs. Yesterday, she sat do

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JEFFREY BROWN:And now: the role and future of public universities. The battle over the top leadership at the University of Virginia came to a dramatic and surprising end yesterday. The university's governing board voted to reinstate president Teresa

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GWEN IFILL: Finally tonight, we return to one of another of our periodic essays. There are many hot topics under debate in 2016. Bestselling author Daniel Pink wants us to focus on one issue not making headlines, how the metric system measures up. DA

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JUDY WOODRUFF: It was an openly contentious day, as the fight intensified over a controversial state law in North Carolina, restricting bathroom use to one's gender at birth. Both the state's governor and legislature sued the federal government, reje

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