Press reports one good see that what you were writing was that todays meeting with president bill clinton was going to be a disaster. What did you get rid. Of the little stat. Oh now for the first time i can tell you that your disastrous. Two president s laughed and the entire world laughed with them didnt write it it was written the divide of Language Culture and politics laughter brought them closer than anything else. The. Mainstream science long ignored laughter and even today many questions about the origins function and mechanisms of laughter remain unanswered. What is it that triggers laughter in the brains of primates medical science suggests that there is no Single Center in the brain responsible for laughter not activates a number of different regions including the brain stem and some more evolved areas of the brain. Laughter is not simply a reflex its a complex neural activity. Laughter is a mystery that scientists are still working to because. These scientists on mavericks
Technology to detect concussions, and what it means for the nfl. [applause] discussion on a race in america and the postobama era. We will hear from wall street editorial writer jason hannahjones. Le good evening. Resound the nationally nationally renowned speaker that was previously introduced. I am proud to be your moderator for this conversation. Two important caveats to our conversation. One is that our speakers have come to talk about a wide variety of views. You can imagine they may not be the same views. Thats the whole point of the conversation. We are going to host a conversation between our two guests today, and then we would , andq a and the audience there we cards available for you to have time to write down your question. One of the best quotes that i love is the instruction to the audience in rooms like this. He makes a point to say please form your statement in the form of a question. Its brilliant. As using about the question, please be concise and brief to allow for mo
You can imagine they may not be the same views. Thats the whole point of the conversation. We are going to host a conversation between our two guests today, and then we would do a q a and the audience, and there we cards available for you to have time to write down your question. One of the best quotes that i love is the instruction to the audience in rooms like this. He makes a point to say please form your statement in the form of a question. Its brilliant. As using about the question, please be concise and brief to allow for more dialogue. This is a room of friends, so i know the conversations will be soft and polite as we go through this very important conversation. We have two important guests, both new yorkers who have come to visit us. Nikole hannahjones is a awardwinning journalist for the new york times, or she has investigated racial segregation in housing and schools. Is maintained through official action as well as policy. She has won several national in wards National Awar
Host booktv is on the campus of Duke University in durham North Carolina where we are talking with professors and scholars about some of their books and now joining us here is Deborah Hicks. Her book the road out a teachers odyssey in poor america. Deborah hicks what you do at duke first of all . Guest i have a couple of things that i do. I am part of their research into called social Science Research and that is a unit that is composed of people whore doing research in the social sciences and different disciplines. I do a lot of a lot of research and then im also a social entrepreneur so i direct a nonprofit the North Carolina mountains called page, partnership for appalachian Girls Education in their work with appalachian girls in middle school and help them get Educational Opportunity and access. So i have a couple of different hats that i wear at Duke University and researcher and now social entrepreneur. Host social entrepreneur. Is that a new term . Guest atinguas point coined by
When it resumes shortly, as i said, about ten minutes from now. While we wait, more on education now as the new school year is just getting underway for many School Systems around the nation. We look at challenges facing Public Schools in a discussion on this mornings washington journal. Host guest at our desk is the director of the National School Boards Association. As we dive into the topic of local School Boards and todays education debates, first, tell us about your group and its mission. Guest well, the National School Boards Association really represents our state associations of School Boards, and theyre the ones that have the membership of the local School Boards. Local School Boards are comprised typically of folks out of the community who have an in Public Education. So while theyre usually elected, some are appointed. Typically elected, most frequently not paid, so they do this as a civic duty. And because they have a concern about good Public Schools in their communities.