The Briefing 02-15-13
- Audio
- Carnival
- College
- College Students
- Education
- Health Insurance
- Liberalism
- Reading
- students
- Transgender
- Young Adults
- Youth Culture
Story 1 – For the young, conservative beliefs are ‘not realistic’
Young, Liberal and Open to Big Government, New York Times (Sheryl Gay Stolberg)
Story 2 – Colleges paying for transgender procedure a recruiting advantage
College Health Plans Respond as Transgender Students Gain Visibility, New York Times (Richard Perez-Pena)
Story 3 – Teachers not asking students what they read, but how it made them feel
The “Me” Curriculum at the DOE: Why we need to stop telling students “Narrative writing is all about me.” Atlanta Journal Constitution (Maureen Downey)
Story 4 – The Carnival of humanity
Tow line pulling crippled Carnival cruise ship breaks, Los Angeles Times (Molly Hennessy-Fiske)
Carnival Triumph “Limps” Towards Shore (BBC)