What happens to students’ learning when the school year ends and the summer months roll around? This episode of WQED’s program about parenting in the digital age will showcase the innovations, techniques and activities that viewers can use to cultivate continued learning and growth throughout the summer. Host Darieth Chisolm welcomes Christine Cray, Annisha Jeffries, Emily Kirkpatrick, and Larry Smith as guests on “Summer Slide,” premiering Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. on WQED-TV to kick off the third season ofiQ: smartparent.

Though statistics and attitudes may show a slight narrowing of America’s racial divide, the highly-charged racial incidents in Missouri, New York and South Carolina tell another story. In the culmination of our three-year initiative, we talk not only with community and law enforcement leaders, but with the generation of young men whose lives are most affected – examining accomplishments and objectives that remain.