Unholed, theyre going to switch. They dont like being told. Ifill plus, scientists take aim at reducing the salt in food without sacrificing the flavor. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the death rate in the Ebola Outbreak in west africa has
Year ago. Our discussion today will revolve around new book that has generated a fair amount of buzz in india already. The modi effect inside Narendra Modis campaign to transform india. The book is significant the book is insignificant part based on interviews with author lance price had with modi in his Campaign Advisers in the weeks of the election. Lance price was given exclusive access to speak with them. We are very fortunate to have lance price with us today who will talk about the boat in detail. Hes a writer and political commentator on reports and regularly on the cbs show up to the minute. Also a journalist on bbc and also has served as media adviser to former british Prime Minister, tony blair. The format will essentially be a followup. I will post a series of questions and well have a conversation for about 20 or 25 minutes or so. We will give an opportunity for the commentator to offer some brief reactions for any of you who dont know him hes a correspondent for the hindu.
Lance price talks about the election of indian Prime Minister noranda modi and his plans for the country. Mr. Price was given exclusive access to modi and his top advisers for the book next on booktv. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone. My name is Michael Coble man. Good afternoon. Im the senior associate for south asia with the Wilson Centers asia program. Thank you for coming to todays discussion about Narendra Modi and the election that brought him to power. Both the modi effect and lesser selection made branches to debate. The modi effect is an accomplished opiate controversial politician and while he is gotten tremendous attention since becoming Prime Minister last year there is much we dont know about him especially because he has given relatively few interviews. As for the election was the largest and longest in indias history comprising 800 million eligible voters occurring over a fiveweek period that began about one year ago. Our discussion today will revolve ar
I have presented about innovation in education. With the help of technology and other kinds of approaches to Student Centers and i wanted to direct this to kind of book for education with children at about a proposal for the kind of book to talk about projectbased learning and social and Emotional Learning and blended learning. And the proposal just wasnt that convincing the i talked to my agent about why and i said 915 kids go to Public Schools and what i meant is that thats is not a lot of room for innovation in Public Schools these days because our schools are being held accountable for the outcomes of these very weak and limited standardized tests and test scores dont capture what teachers are trying to accomplish with these are the sorts of experiences and models. And so thats what it feels like not break in fencing innovation story here. My agent said youve got to write about that. Youve got to write about the gorilla in the room which is the standardized testing. So i set out br
They dont like being told. Ifill plus, scientists take aim at reducing the salt in food without sacrificing the flavor. Those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the death rate in the Ebola Outbreak in west africa has hit 70 . The World Health Organiz