In this episode, you'll see how your brain manages stress and how stress also manages you. From traffic jams to screaming babies, angry bosses to bill payments, you're surrounded by stress every day. But stress has a purpose, and you'll discover why it's a good thing in many situations, even though it can overwhelm you. But don't let that stress you out! Through a series of interactive games and experiments, you'll discover how stress works ' and...

How does a teacher develop the skill, courage, and stamina to teach disadvantaged youth-the children given up on by virtually everyone else? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel delivers three more reports on Lesley-Diann Jones and her class, covering January to graduation day in June. In addition to her concerns over chronic absenteeism and the future prospects of her students, Ms. Jones was forced to deal with one student who made a death...

Extremely gifted children are the envy of many parents-but no childhood, least of all that of the young prodigy, is without stress and frustration. This program visits several such children in the midst of lightning-quick development and progress toward puberty. Peter, at 11, is a chess champion. Adam, now eight and a half, is heading off to a prestigious boarding school, while math wonder Mikhail, still in elementary school, is now a spelling star....

Outlines ten key characteristics that leaders must have in order to have a productive group of employees. The program defines what a leader is - a person who shows the way - as opposed to a coach - someone who accompanies, guides, and suggests individual improvements. In that regard, the program explains that what organizations really need is an amalgam of both roles - a leader-coach, someone who helps each employee to improve professionally and,...

When leaving no child behind amounts to holding many children back, parents and politicians raise their eyebrows. This ABC News program seeks to understand the ramifications of high-stakes advancement and exit exams-tests that are being used to measure schools' effectiveness, to allocate funding, and to shape the future of the nation's children. The dilemma of how to cope with students displaced and emotionally stigmatized by failing these tests is...

As the digital revolution sweeps across America, many young people are experiencing what has come to be known as the digital divide. The first hour of this program examines the push to wire America's schools, addressing crucial issues such as integration of technology into curriculums, budget trade-offs that leave low-tech subjects starving for scarce funds, and the need for ongoing hardware and software support. In the second hour, more experts,...

To be able to integrate as many of the multiple intelligences as possible into a single codified approach is extremely powerful and beneficial, says media theoretician Lou Fournier Marzeles. In this video, he and other recognized experts review the history of educational media and then clearly state the case for media as a powerful-and highly effective-classroom tool. "By using a lot of images in the classroom, are we really going to raise our test...

Discover the ancient myths that surround our oceans and the modern science behind them.

There are startling and credible predictions that more than five million Australian jobs will simply disappear in the next 15 years, as a result of technology. Many of the jobs our kids will do haven't been invented yet. In this film, we meet the kids giving up their weekends to learn the computer coding skills they say they're not being taught at school, and explore the schools who believe they're unlocking the future with innovative teaching methods...

Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, talksto Reason managing editor Katherine Mangu-Ward about online learning. He says that learning online is not only the future of education but one of the ways to make it more effective. He admits that most students will still learn in the classroom, but online tools will be blended into their education, making the educational experience specific to their needs. A Reason TV production.