Every 26 seconds, someone drops out of school and 50% of New York City 4th graders are functionally illiterate. Itai Dinour, executive director of City Year, and Dr. Robert Balfanz explain how they’re trying to change that. Plus, a new model for understanding the world; obsession with cleanses; and cross cultural dialogue through the arts.
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Confidence Game
Daniel Gross, senior editor at Newsweek, Slate columnist and the author of Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation (Free Press, 2009), talks about AIG, public-private toxic asset purchases, the rebounding Dow, and the elusive pursuit of public confidence.
Student Loans
Michael Dannenberg, Founder of New America's Education Policy Program and the man behind the Higher Ed Watch blog, talks about the new Sallie Mae student loans. Are you entering college? Do you have student loans? Would you prefer to defer your loans or start paying while ...
City Year
Dr. Robert Balfanz, associate research scientist from the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University and Itai Dinour, executive director of the youth oriented community service program City Year, discuss the high school drop out rate and Obama’s plan for national service. Shannon ...
New World Disorder
Josh Ramo, managing director at Kissinger Associates and former assistant managing editor of Time, discusses his new book, The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It .
Spring Cleaning
Lisa Sasson, registered dietitian and NYU Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health faculty member, talks about why popular "cleanses" are misguided. Plus, we talk to Joshua David Stein, freelance journalist who wrote an article on the culture of cleansing for the New York Press.
Yo Miss!
Judith Sloan of the arts group Earsay talks about the project, "Cross-Cultural Dialogue Through The Arts" which takes place at the International High School at LaGuardia Community College in Queens. John Starkey is a former teacher at the school; Madeha Kwaja and Stephanie Saint-Val are students participating ...