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Commentator Daniel Ferri on a teacher's nightmare -- he dreams he is unprepared for class -- unprepared and uncertain until he begins to draw a problem on the board. Long division helps ground him safely back in reality.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the slow progress in the Senate over President Bush's education proposals.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that financial officials from around the world are gathering in Washington for meetings this weekend of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The semi-annual meetings will also draw hundreds of anti-globalization protesters. Many of these protesters want the Bank and the Fund to forgive the debts of the world's poorest nations, but the institutions say it would be unwise to speed up the debt relief they are providing.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about his latest poll concerning the public's opinion of President Bush's job during his first 100 days. The data show that the president is doing as well as his predecessors.

In his first 100 days in office, President Bush has pursued the tax cut and education plans he campaigned for last year. He has generated controversy over the environment and come to grips with his first foreign crisis. He has also shown a strong devotion to the country beyond the confines of Congress and the national's capital city. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Larry Elmore, a retired airplane pilot who is planning to jump from an airplane 60 times Tuesday. Elmore was forced retire from Trans World Airlines at the age of 60. He's decided to prove that he's still in top shape.

The planet Mars could be the place human space explorers head next. But the danger -- not to mention the expense -- leads many researchers to question how much humans can do when they get there that a well trained robot couldn't. David Kestenbaum reports on the dream and the downside of human space exploration.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Simon Ingram of the BBC about the mass protests in the Philippines. Citizens in Manila are protesting the arrest of former leader Joseph Estrada, and the U.S. says the country is in a state of rebellion.

NPR's Rick Karr reports on a case before a New York Appeals Court today that questions a section of the copyright laws. It is illegal to provide anyone with devices to break into digital lock boxes -- such as the scrambling system built into DVDs. But opponents of the law say it limits consumer rights.

NPR's Susan Stamberg begins a series of conversations about privacy with one man who is a "privacy activist." His name is Robert Ellis Smith and he's been called the "Ralph Nader" of privacy.