‘WorldFocus’ Plans to Change Anchors
The New York Times
By ELIZABETH JENSEN
August 16, 2009
“Worldfocus,” the weeknight public television newscast on international topics, is changing anchors. Daljit Dhaliwal, a former CNN International and BBC World anchor who is a contributing correspondent for “Worldfocus,” will replace Martin Savidge beginning Aug. 31. Mr. Savidge, who left NBC News for “Worldfocus” when it went on the air last year, will become a special correspondent, said Kellie Specter, a spokeswoman for WNET.org, the newscast’s producer.
Charter and Private Schools Might Not Make the Grade Either
Los Angeles Times
By DIANE RAVITCH
August 11, 2009
The Los Angeles Times published an opinion piece by 2010 Celebration speaker, Diane Ravitch, on the questionable effectiveness of charter and private schools.
Find out more here.
Electric Company
The Register Herald
By COURTNEY D. CLARK
August 9, 2009
Dozens of excited and inspired children cheered in unison Saturday as “Shock” from “The Electric Company” performed a 25-minute show about the letter “H.”
Electric Company On Tour to Help Young Readers
WVNS-TV
By KATE KRIVANEK
August 8, 2009
West Virginia Public Broadcasting is going mobile, so to speak. Today, members of the Electric Company television show made a stop in Beckley. In fact, they put a 90 minute interactive performance with kids and their families at the Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia.
‘Charlie Rose’ to Appear on Bloomberg Channel
The New York Times
By BRIAN STELTER
August 6, 2009
“Charlie Rose,” the long-running interview program that is synonymous with PBS, is getting a second home: Bloomberg Television. In a deal that is expected to be announced on Thursday, Bloomberg will rebroadcast Charlie Rose’s show in prime time around the world.
Bill Gates Sr. Gets Highest Honor For Legal Work
TG Daily
By WOLFGANG GRUENER
August 4, 2009
Chicago (IL) – Bill Gates watched his father Bill Gates as he received the country’s most prestigious legal award at a ceremony in Chicago yesterday. The American Bar Association (ABA) gave Gates Sr, the award to highlight his “pro bono” work over the course of 48 years.
Grandin: Clean Up, Show Off
FeedStuffs
By ROD SMITH
August 4, 2009
The ways animals are housed, managed and cared for should be acceptable “to your wedding guests,” and if livestock and poultry producers — and plant managers — don’t feel they can take their wedding guests into their feedlots, barns and plants, their animal welfare practices are not acceptable.
That’s the view of an expert in animal welfare: Dr. Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University whose animal welfare designs and practices are in place around the world.
Harlem Program Singled Out as Standard to Improve Children’s Lives
Obama Administration to Replicate Plan in Other Cities to Boost Poor ChildrenThe Washington Post
By ROBIN SHULMAN
August 2, 2009
The Washington Post reports on the success of Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone.
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Southampton Writers Conference 2009Hamptons.com
By DOUGLAS HARRINGTON
July 30, 2009
Alan Alda visits the Southampton Writers Conference 2009 to give a lecture to a packed room of participants.
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The Lure of Learning
STEMming the Tide
The Brooklyn Eagle
By RONALD THORPE, VP and Director of Education, THIRTEEN/WNET.ORG
July 29, 2009
As the anniversary month of the Apollo 11 moon landing is upon us, it’s a good time to remember what it took to achieve such an accomplishment and how much the country gained from it. It also should be a wake-up call for how far our country has slipped internationally in developing the human capacity that fueled that historic flight.
Temple Grandin Interview
GreenMuze
GreenMuze Staff
July 29, 2009
Like a modern day Doctor Dolittle, Dr. Temple Grandin helps people understand animal behaviour. A Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, she travels the world to improve livestock handling facilities and teach large corporations and workers the correct procedures to follow in slaughterhouses and factory farms, greatly improving animal welfare.
Taking a Year Off Before College
San Francisco Chronicle
By LISA GOFF
July 16, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle cites City Year as a program teenagers can participate in before heading off to college.
Eccentric’s Corner: Mathematical Model
Teaching Girls That Math and Beauty Are Compatible
Psychology Today
By MATTHEW HUTSON
July 1, 2009
Danica McKellar’s biggest fans are too young to remember why she’s famous, but you probably know her as Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years, the role she played from age 12 to 18. McKellar has since reinvented herself as a role model to middle-school girls who devour her best-sellers Math Doesn’t Suck and Kiss My Math. In between, she co-authored a mathematical proof and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA—a clear deviation from the formula of child-star to tabloid-fodder.
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