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Senator Joseph McCarthy and Senator Millard Tydings [R] Maryland, face off on the first day of hearings into McCarthy’s allegations that scores of communists were working in the State Department.

Airs Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Saturday, Jan. 11 at Noon on KPBS 2

Great Books To Inspire English Language Learners

Way too many students who are English language learners are reading below grade level. Here are five culturally relevant books that might spark their curiosity.

Holiday Parties Make You Squirm? Here's How To Conquer Social Anxiety

People with social anxiety disorder fear their "fatal flaws" will be exposed by a wayward comment or other social misstep. If holiday parties send you spiraling, try these tips.

Bilingual Education Returns To California. Now What?

Eighteen years after California voters severely restricted bilingual education, they've voted to bring it back. Proposition 58 passed by a wide margin. But what happens next won't be easy.

One of the more popular features in the magazine is "Hidden Pictures," the visual puzzle that challenges kids to find small pictures inside a larger scene.

'Highlights' Magazine Sticks To Winning Formula Of Mixing Fun With Learning

In the fast-paced ever-changing world of children's entertainment, Highlights magazine, founded in 1946, slows things down with short articles and puzzles.

Lizzo is nominated for eight Grammy prizes, including best new artist.

Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X Lead 2020 Grammy Nominations

Lizzo was nominated across five of the night's top categories, including best new artist. Billie Eilish is also up for that coveted prize along with Lil Nas X and Tank & The Bangas.

Before Alejandra Galindo, 17, was identified as gifted, she was identified as an ELL, or English Language Learner.

Gifted, But Still Learning English, Many Bright Students Get Overlooked

More than 3 million U.S. schoolchildren are classified as gifted. Thousands of others, however, are never identified as gifted and remain underserved because they start school not speaking English.

Moments before a race at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Nov. 8, 2019.

Del Mar Fall Racing Season Kicks Off After Santa Anita Deaths

The fall season is starting off like the summer season ⁠— amid controversy surrounding horse deaths at Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles.

A staff photo taken during the early days of <em>Morning Edition. </em>Co-host Bob Edwards is in the back row, standing seventh from the left among the three men in glasses. His co-host, Barbara Hoctor, sits on the table at right, holding a mug. Hoctor left the show after a few weeks. Edwards was host until 2004, when he went to SiriusXM.

'Morning Edition': The Radio News Show That Almost Wasn't

Morning Edition debuted on Nov. 5, 1979. The newsmagazine show had a rocky beginning, including a total revamp of hosts and leadership, an internal boycott by reporters and resource challenges.

NPR newscasters Jackie Judd (left) and Carl Kasell (right) with Morning Edition host Bob Edwards (center), circa 1979. Judd became a reporter for ABC News and broke the Monica Lewinsky story. Kasell was the show's lead newscaster for 30 years before joining Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! full time in 2008.

'Morning Edition': The Radio News Show That Almost Wasn't

Morning Edition debuted on Nov. 5, 1979. The newsmagazine show had a rocky beginning, including a total revamp of hosts and leadership, an internal boycott by reporters and resource challenges.

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