Oct 23 The study that helped this reporter understand student success By Courtney Vinopal What should teachers do to help their students succeed? That was a central question that journalist Paul Tough was trying to answer when he came across an innovative study in 2013. Continue reading
Oct 21 How this reporter learned to love nosy questions By Courtney Vinopal Our October 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Paul Tough's “Helping Children Succeed.”… Continue reading
Oct 08 Discussion questions for ‘Helping Children Succeed’ By Courtney Vinopal Our October 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Paul Tough’s "Helping Children Succeed."… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 4:49 Author Steven Greenhouse answers your questions about ‘Beaten Down, Worked Up’ By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal Steven Greenhouse, author of our September pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”… Continue watching
Sep 30 ‘Helping Children Succeed’ is our October book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Our October 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times, is Paul Tough’s "Helping Children Succeed."… Continue reading
Sep 14 Why this labor reporter is always ‘writing for the reader’ By Courtney Vinopal Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse’s “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”… Continue reading
Sep 11 Discussion questions for ‘Beaten Down, Worked Up’ By Courtney Vinopal Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse’s “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”… Continue reading
Sep 01 ‘Beaten Down, Worked Up’ is our September book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Steven Greenhouse’s “Beaten Down, Worked Up” traces the history of the labor movement in the United States, and considers the factors that led to a significant decline in worker bargaining power in recent decades. Continue reading
Aug 10 How this writer and translator tapped into the ‘language of sports’ for his thriller By Courtney Vinopal In writing that character who would eventually become the protagonist of his debut novel, “Beijing Payback,” author Daniel Nieh said that he imagined someone who "lived within that poetic language of sports."… Continue reading
Aug 10 Discussion questions for ‘Beijing Payback’ By Courtney Vinopal Our August 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Daniel Nieh’s “Beijing Payback.”… Continue reading