Sep 27 Watch In N.D., Oil Boom Brings Student Boom and Schools Struggle to Accommodate Williston, N.D. Oil Boom Brings Student Boom and Schools Struggle to Accommodate… Continue watching
Sep 27 Educating a Boom The schools in Williston, N.D., are facing a set of unique challenges. A rapidly expanding oil boom has created widespread prosperity in the region, but it has also given rise to a whole host of problems. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Why Students Who Underperform, Fall Behind or Fail Classes Drop Out of School Why Students Who Underperform, Fall Behind or Fail Classes Drop Out of School… Continue watching
Sep 24 Call is Out to Sabotage the Dropout Crisis American Graduate Day was observed on Sept. 22 with a multi-platform event featuring a live television broadcast, radio playlist and participation from more than 20 national organizations, celebrities and athletes to spotlight solutions to the nation's dropout… Continue reading
Sep 21 Shields and Brooks on Romney’s Clean Bill of Health and MLB Playoffs By Christina Bellantoni Mark Shields and David Brooks were reunited in the NewsHour newsroom for the Doubleheader Friday, chatting in the informal setting for the first time since the conventions. I was filling in for Hari Sreenivasan, who will return… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Shields and Brooks on Romney’s Tax Returns and ’47 Percent’ Remarks Shields and Brooks on Romney's Tax Returns and '47 Percent' Remarks… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch President Obama and Romney Vie for Hispanic Vote in Florida, Talk Immigration At a Spanish-language town hall in Florida, President Obama and Mitt Romney addressed questions and issues of importance to Hispanic voters in the state and across the country, including the DREAM act, immigration reform and deportation concerns. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Sep 19 Young Voters Rank Education and the Economy as Top Priorities With a growing deficit and steady unemployment levels, it's no surprise that young voters (ages 18-29) list the economy as a top issue this election season. Many of these young people will cast their first Presidential vote come… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch Shields and Brooks Wrap on 2012 Democratic National Convention Shields and Brooks Wrap on 2012 Democratic National Convention… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Shields, Brooks on Obama’s Need to Set Realistic Goals, ‘Constituency Coddling’ Shields, Brooks on Obama's Need to Set Realistic Goals, 'Constituency Coddling'… Continue watching