May 16 What Does a First-Grade Journalist Look Like? The journalism classroom at Melrose Elementary. When my colleague Mike Fritz and I headed down to St. Petersburg, Fla., recently, we knew we were going to see young journalists at work. It's not too hard to imagine that middle… Continue reading
May 11 Shields, Brooks on Lugar, NBA vs. NHL By Hari Sreenivasan The Doubleheader is ready for your weekend viewing pleasure. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the surprise results in the Senate race in Indiana this week and the consequences. In our… Continue reading
May 07 Ndegeocello Credits Arts Education With Redefining Path to Success EmbedVideo(3330, 482, 304); With nine studio albums under her belt and a world tour under way, bass player Meshell Ndegeocello was in her hometown of Washington, D.C., last week recalling how arts classes were key to ensuring… Continue reading
May 04 Shields, Brooks on Presidential Books, Mariano Rivera, Kentucky Derby Picks By Hari Sreenivasan The Doubleheader is back with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. Since someone turned on the humidity in the D.C. area this past week, I figured it might be time to get their opinions on… Continue reading
May 04 Watch Shields, Brooks on Bin Laden Politics, Chen Guangcheng, Jobs Report Shields, Brooks on Bin Laden Politics, Chen Guangcheng, Jobs Report… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Shields, Brooks on ‘Mutual Pandering’ Over Student Loans, Immigration Law Shields, Brooks on 'Mutual Pandering' Over Student Loans, Immigration Law… Continue watching
Apr 25 An American Graduate in New Mexico I hope you've been checking in from time to time on the content being created here and for the television version of the NewsHour around the American Graduate project. It's a nationwide examination of the challenge of getting… Continue reading
Apr 25 ‘Dropout Nation’ Turnaround: How Shelbyville Fixed its Dropout Problem Courtesy of Learning Matters In 2006, TIME Magazine featured Shelbyville, Ind.,under the headline "Dropout Nation." With a graduation rate of 75 percent, Shelbyville was the poster child for the dropout crisis in America. Since then, the community of… Continue reading
Apr 20 Shields, Brooks on L.A. Times Soldier Photos, Jamie Moyer, Fenway at 100 By Hari Sreenivasan In this week's Doubleheader, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks tackled whether the Los Angeles Times ought to have published the two-year-old photos of soldiers in Afghanistan posing with the bodies of a suicide… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Shields, Brooks on Voter Volatility, Obama vs. Romney Over ‘Big Visions’ Shields, Brooks on Voter Volatility, Obama vs. Romney Over 'Big Visions'… Continue watching