NWT Full Show, Dec. 09, 2011

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    Carolyn Beeler reports on a new round of budget cuts for the Philadelphia school district that will eliminate 69 school nurse positions. Gallup Poll Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport joins us on What Are We Thinking?. Peter Crimmins takes us into the classroom where University of Pennsylvania students became philanthropists for a semester.  Dave Heller speaks with a young man who used his knowledge of solar panels to help a local food bank. 1812 Productions gives us a glimpse at their style of comedy with a skit called “The Truth Consultant.”

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