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5:01 pm
Frontline
"Dropout Nation"
What does it take to save a student? Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States quit high school without diplomas -- an epidemic so out of control that nobody knows the exact number. What is clear is that massive dropout rates cripple individual career prospects and cloud the country's future. At Houston's Sharpstown High, once a notorious "dropout factory," a high-stakes experiment is under way to rescue students from the edge. D
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7:02 pm
Is School Enough?
This program examines a new frontier that could reshape education --- the importance of breaking out of the classroom and connecting students into the wider world. This new educational approach encourages young people to make a difference by learning from what they care about most. As one expert puts it, there's a new understanding that school should not just be preparation for life --- but "life itself. D
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8:00 pm
PBS NewsHour
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9:00 pm
Nightly Business Report
Tonight on Nightly Business Report, a tale of two tech stocks. Struggling smartphone maker, Blackberry, finds a buyer on the same day Apple reports record sales of its new iPhones. And, as investors wait on Washington, NBR will tell you where things stand on a possible government shutdown. D
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9:30 pm
Journal
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10:00 pm
Charlie Rose
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11:00 pm
Frontline
"Egypt In Crisis"
It took 80 years to rise to power, but now, after only 12 months, the Muslim Brotherhood has been ousted by its longtime foe - the Egyptian military. Veteran Middle East correspondents Martin Smith and Charles Sennott examine the rise and rapid fall of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.G
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