controversy spurred by the success of small, alternative schools in the new york city system. when the city closed a large high school with say, 2,000 students, it was replaced by small schools serving, in most cases, hundreds of students less. and each time that happened, all those left over teenagers had to find somewhere else to go to school. woodruff: with south korea s on-going military exercises in the peninsula, we ll have a report from the international news website global post on how residents of seoul are reacting. warner: and, jeffrey brown talks with cartoonist gary trudeau about his new book chronicling 40 years of the doonesbury comic strip. i m a short-order cook. i m just trying to get through the week. just trying to push the story forward a little bit. and i do that in the most erratic way possible. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: opportunity can start anywhere and go
when the city closed a large high school with say, 2,000 students, it was replaced by small schools serving, in most cases, hundreds of students less. and each time that happened, all those left over teenagers had to find somewhere else to go to school. woodruff: with south korea s on-going military exercises in the peninsula, we ll have a report from the international news website global post on how residents of seoul are reacting. warner: and, jeffrey brown talks with cartoonist gary trudeau about his new book chronicling 40 years of the doonesbury comic strip. i m a short-order cook. i m just trying to get through the week. just trying to push the story forward a little bit. and i do that in the most erratic way possible. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: opportunity can start anywhere and go everywhere. to help revitalize a neighborhood in massachusetts; restore a historic landmark in