Feb 17 Watch Shields, Gerson on Rare Bipartisan Deal on Tax Cut, Romney’s Michigan Challenge Shields, Gerson on Rare Bipartisan Deal on Tax Cut, Romney's Michigan Challenge… Continue watching
Feb 10 Schools Look to Holistic Approach to Improve Attendance Photo by Max Wolfe via Creative Commons When it comes to lowering the high school dropout rate, many school leaders have found that something fairly basic works: the ABCs -- Attendance, Behavior and Class. And after President Obama's call-to-action… Continue reading
Feb 08 In California, Some Students Rethink Dropping Out Santa Barbara High School covers 40 acres in tree-lined hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean, a few miles away. The Spanish-style main buildings date from the mid-1920s, and when the doors are closed, you could be forgiven for thinking not much… Continue reading
Feb 03 The Doubleheader: Newt, the NFL and Headbutts By Hari Sreenivasan It might be the first time in the history of the NewsHour that we used that word in a headline, but that's what you may have come to expect from The Doubleheader, where we talk about the sport… Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch Shields, Brooks on Romney’s ‘Silver Earplugs,’ Catholic Anger at Obama Shields, Brooks on Romney's 'Silver Earplugs,' Catholic Anger at Obama… Continue watching
Feb 02 Juvenile Education: Inside a Confined World Photographer and professor Richard Ross has spent the last five years documenting juvenile detention facilities throughout the nation. The NewsHour recently spoke with him in his studio at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Continue reading
Feb 01 One Man’s Journey From Gang Member to Academia Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Today, he's a sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who studies at-risk youth. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch Shields, Brooks on Romney’s Battle Wounds, Gingrich’s Resilience Shields, Brooks on Romney's Wounds, Gingrich's Resilience… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch Shields, Brooks on GOP’s Negative Campaigning, Romney’s Fighting Style Shields, Brooks on GOP's Negative Campaigning, Romney's Fighting Style… Continue watching
Jan 31 Mentoring Focuses on Building Relationships in Addition to Grades EmbedVideo(2574, 482, 304); In Washington, D.C., youth-mentoring organizations convened in the second annual National Mentoring Summit to share best practices on how mentoring a young person can create life-changing results. The goal of many mentoring organizations is… Continue reading