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How ‘The Wire’ is inspiring new classroom curricula

Clip: 4/10/2016 | 3m 42s

How ‘The Wire’ is inspiring new classroom curricula

Columbia University this week held a conference on how lessons from ‘The Wire’ -- the critically acclaimed TV series on Baltimore’s inner-workings of gangs, media and government -- cut across academic disciplines. The show has become a popular talking point in many classrooms across the country. NewsHour’s Hari Sreenivasan reports.

04/10/2016 | Rating NR

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