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Podcast: Bob McGrath from Sesame Street | Tweet Sesame Street’s Bob McGrath has been making music with children for over 40 years. Here, Learning Matters producer Cat McGrath talks with her father about music education and his work with Sesame Street, Mitch Miller, and symphony orchestras across the country. This father-daughter interview accompanies a soon to be released PBS NewsHour [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: John Merrow and Placido Domingo | Tweet Learning Matters has a piece coming up on PBS NewsHour — the piece should air during the week of February 20, 2012 — about music education. Producer Cat McGrath and correspondent John Merrow worked with the Harmony Program, which offers free after-school music education to mostly low-income students. The [...] | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Dave Makings, College of Southern Idaho Education Technology Professor | Tweet Dave Makings is a professor of Education Technology at the College of Southern Idaho. Since 1981, he’s been working with aspiring teachers on how best to use cutting-edge technology in their classrooms. It all began for Makings and his class with Bank Street Writer, an early word processing model. Thirty years [...] | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Education thinker/consultant Angela Maiers | Tweet Angela Maiers could probably best be defined as an education consultant, but she can speak to so much more. As the ‘About’ section of her website will tell you, her path has always been about teaching and communication. Small example: her website has 12 ways for someone to get in contact with her. In [...] | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Kate Schrauth of icouldbe.org | Tweet icouldbe.org is an award-winning online mentoring program connecting high school students from diverse communities with mentors from across the country — in the process cultivating meaningful relationships between students and e-mentors, and helping the students to explore their interests and dreams for the future. Since 2000, icouldbe.org has used their research-backed curriculum to [...] | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: John Merrow and Randi Weingarten at JCC in Manhattan | Tweet John and AFT President Randi Weingarten appeared in conversation on December 14, 2011 at the JCC in Manhattan; it was part of the ongoing Learning Matters conversation series. Above, you can listen to the full audio from the event (roughly 1 hour and 14 minutes long); please bear in mind that periodically, [...] | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Natalie Milman | Tweet Natalie B. Milman, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Educational Technology and Coordinator of the Educational Technology Leadership Program in the Department of Educational Leadership at The George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development. She earned her doctorate in Instructional Technology from the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education with [...] | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Doug Lynch | Tweet Welcome to the third edition of the relaunched Learning Matters podcast. In this episode, Learning Matters web producer Ted Bauer speaks with UPenn vice dean and professor Doug Lynch about various issues in education, including his business plan competition. Lynch draws pointed contrasts between corporate education and public education, and is candid [...] | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Allan Collins | Tweet In this, the second episode of the relaunched Learning Matters podcast, web producer Ted Bauer speaks with Allan Collins, a Professor Emeritus of Learning Sciences at Northwestern and a fellow at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, among other notable titles. (For a fuller look at his research and [...] | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: eGFI | Tweet The Learning Matters podcast has been relaunched! In this episode, Rachael Wettenstein speaks to Stacie Harrison, Dennis Cummings and Mary Lord, three of the key voices behind eGFI (Engineering, Go For It!), the nonprofit American Society for Engineering Education’s K-12 outreach program. eGFI is a multi-platform endeavor (magazine, website, newsletters) designed to [...] | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Christian Dallavis, Notre Dame ACE Academies | Tweet Christian Dallavis is the Director of Notre Dame ACE Academies. What’s an ACE Academy? Quoting their website: “The Notre Dame ACE Academies are Catholic schools that provide an excellent Catholic education to the children in the communities they serve. NDAA schools strive to remove the cost barrier for families whenever [...] | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Maria Paredes, WestEd | Tweet Maria Paredes is a Senior Program Associate at WestEd. She specializes in family engagement models, notably working in the Phoenix area on APTTs (Academic Parent-Teacher Teams). It’s all part of the Comprehensive School Assistance Program. In this conversation with Learning Matters web producer Ted Bauer from late 2011, Paredes talks [...] | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Merrow appears on Harvard Graduate School of Education ‘EdCast’ | Our president, John Merrow, appeared on the ‘EdCast’ series created by Matt Weber of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. (Merrow is a 1973 alumnus.) The podcast was in conjunction with an event at the Gutman Library, where John gave a speech last week. Listen above to ‘On The Education Beat,’ where John discusses education [...] | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chicago Preschools Podcast: Dr. Rosemarie Truglio discusses Sesame Street | 42 years ago, when Sesame Street began, about 70 percent of kids stayed home before kindergarten. Today, the statistics are almost reversed -- so how do Big Bird, Snuffy and the rest of the gang work for children now? | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chicago Preschools Podcast: Mothers searching for balance | Tweet In cash-strapped Chicago, schools are facing cuts at every level. This includes programs for Chicago’s littlest students: preschoolers. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) provides free preschool for about 30,000 three and four years olds, but that’s not even half of those who need early education. With too many preschool-aged kids and not enough money, CPS faced [...] | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Large schools going small | What makes a good school? Reporter John Tulenko talks with two young teachers who started in large, under-performing high schools and now teach at Williamsburg Prep - a small high school that graduates 88% of its students on time. Surprisingly, they say that it’s not just the size of a school that matters. This is a [...] | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Are small arts high schools the answer? | High School for Violin and Dance principal Tanya John says “size matters” when it comes to the number of students in a school building. Smaller schools create communities that breed success for students. But it’s not just school size that counts - it’s opportunity. At her school, students are immersed in the arts - they study [...] | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Large schools claim it’s ‘not their fault’ | Reporter John Tulenko talks with a teacher from a large, under-performing school slated to be closed in the upcoming year and a former principal from another such school. These educators do not deny that their schools are under-performing, but they say that many of the problems that keep them down are not of their own [...] | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: The Toledo PAR | When Toledo Teacher’s Union President Dal Lawrence implemented PAR or Peer Assistance and Review in his school district, he was met with skepticism. Teachers evaluating one another? Having the power to recommend the dismissal of a peer? John Merrow brings us the story of the program’s rocky startup and how the union leader persevered to [...] | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: The Toledo Plan’s Problems | The Toledo Plan has been held up as a model for the rest of the country – a successful collaboration between a school district and a teacher’s union. But according to some Toledo parents, the plan only looks good on paper. John Merrow reports. This is a companion podcast to our PBS NewsHour program, Evaluating Teachers: [...] | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: How Haiti education has struggled to rebuild | Most Haitian schools suffered at least some damage in the January earthquake. If they weren’t completely flattened, they’ve since been deemed “structurally unsound” – too unsafe for children to attend. Some schools set up benches outside of their building and hold classes in the open air. But then, space becomes an issue – schools that [...] | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons from Haiti: Podcast - Read, Read, Read | UNESCO estimates that 1 in 5 adults worldwide cannot read or write. In Haiti, that number is even higher. Forty-four percent - nearly half of the population of Haiti – remains illiterate, and since the earthquake in January, schools have collapsed, and many children won’t be going back to school when they reopen this fall. [...] | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons from Haiti: Podcast - Ayiti: Author Edwidge Danticat on Writing, Reading & Haitian Children | Edwidge Danticat is an award-winning Haitian-American author. She has recently come out with a new children’s book called Eight Days, which tells the story of a little boy daydreaming about his life in Haiti while he is trapped under his house for eight days following the earthquake. Ms. Danticat supports Li Li Li and has [...] | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: Paying For Performance | Since Nashville Schools Superintendent Jesse Register acquired $30.2 million dollars in federal Race to the Top money, one of the items on his agenda has been to decide if some of that money should be used to implement a ‘Pay for Performance’ program for Tennessee teachers. Paying teachers based on their performance doesn’t come without [...] | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: The Rhee-Adrian Fenty dynamic | Michelle Rhee loves Mayor Adrian Fenty. She loves him so much that she’s risked her impartial position as DC schools chancellor to campaign for Fenty’s mayoral reelection, and has threatened (in so many words) to quit if Fenty doesn’t win. Some say she’s crossed the line and violated rules against electioneering. Accusations have even been [...] | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Adrian Fenty on Rhee “still building the foundation” | John Merrow sits down with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty to talk about school reform, Michelle Rhee, and why Fenty thinks he needs a second term. This podcast is a bonus feature for Episode 12 in a 3-year series covering Michelle Rhee’s reform efforts in Washington, DC. Watch episode 12 here. Or follow the full [...] | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: The two takes on Rhee | You might call Michelle Rhee a “decider.” She wants something done? She does it. Some say she’s the best thing to happen to DC; others have a problem with her leadership style. Many teachers say they feel slighted by Rhee’s decision to keep teacher evaluation off the bargaining table during her recent contract negotiation with [...] | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: The IMPACT system, at work | What happens when a 24-year veteran teacher is suddenly rated “ineffective” and loses her job? 75 DCPS teachers were fired this summer under the new teacher evaluation system, IMPACT. Learning Matters producer Amanda Thieroff spoke with Claudette Carson, a former elementary school teacher in the DC public schools about teaching, IMPACT, and what she’s doing now [...] | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: George Parker’s concerns over Rhee | Washington D.C. teachers recently signed a new five-year contract with schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, and both parties are relatively pleased. D.C. Teachers’ Union President George Parker says it’s “good for children, fair to teachers.” It calls for more professional development, provides teachers the opportunity to make almost twice their regular salaries, and requires “mutual consent” [...] | 8/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Generation plagiarism? | The New York Times recently questioned whether today’s students, with easy access to tons of information via the Internet, plagiarize more often than students of the past did. The article also suggested that the rules of the game might be different in the digital age - that info-sharing sites like Wikipedia have confused kids about [...] | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - “A Big Change in My Life”: Learning ESL in NYC | In an ESL class - English as a Second Language - everyone is new to the country. They’re learning a new language, new customs… But what’s it like to learn English in a class where everyone - except you - speaks Spanish? 10th grader Jennifer Addo immigrated to New York from Ghana in 2009, and grew [...] | 8/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: He changed the way, but for how long? | Paul Vallas has changed a lot in New Orleans over the last three years, especially for teachers. He’s given the schools under his jurisdiction more autonomy, letting principals hire and fire their own staff; he’s taken the “wind out of the sails” of the teacher’s union; and he’s hired about 500 Teach for America teachers [...] | 7/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: How Walter L. Cohen High School got back on the right track | Walter L. Cohen H.S. in New Orleans, LA was once called one of the most dangerous schools in America. Students roamed the halls instead of attending class, and the vast majority of its students didn’t graduate. Not anymore - this year, Cohen graduated 93% of its seniors, students serve as “ambassadors” to the school and [...] | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: A history of Michelle Rhee, George Parker, and Teacher Uni | In one of the most closely watched teacher contract negotiations in the country, Washington, DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and union leader George Parker finally agree on deal breaking issues such as tenure, performance pay, and hiring and firing policies. In June, district teachers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the new contract, which offers them [...] | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Devastation in Detroit: Devastation in Detroit Podcast: Robert Bobb’s Agenda For Schools | Detroit Public Schools are in crisis. Students are failing to meet national standards. The system is over $300 million in debt. Allegations of corruption run rampant throughout the system. You might even call it an emergency. Michigan’s governor actually brought in an Emergency Financial Manager to deal with the situation. His name is Robert [...] | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Khalil Osiris and the “Circle of Courage” | At Booker T Washington Middle School in New Orleans’ recovery school district, Khalil Osiris is doing things a little bit differently. In his “Circle of Courage” class, students share their problems, concerns and desires with one another. One common desire? To get out of middle school and move on, at long last, to high school. [...] | 4/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Michael Haggen on the development of new programs | Deputy Superintendent Michael Haggen discusses how new programs are helping students in New Orleans’ alternative schools develop a voice. | 4/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: Dan Cruce on Delaware’s win | Back in December, Delaware’s Deputy Secretary of Education Dan Cruce said his state would be winning the Race to the Top money. Absolutely. Recently, it did - $100 million for Delaware public schools. So, how did he get his team across the finish line? And more importantly, what is Delaware going to do now that [...] | 4/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race to the Top Podcast: Dennis Van Roekel On Judging Teachers | NEA president Dennis Van Roekel talks with John Merrow about teacher evaluation; should we judge teachers based on how they teach or on what their students learn? | 4/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: The Initial Sixteen Finalists | Sixteen finalists left in the Race to the Top. Competition is fierce, and the announcement of who will get the funding is rapidly approaching. How are the competitors feeling as they step into the arena? | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: A Conversation With Randi Weingarten | Should teachers be paid based on what they teach or what their students learn? Hear Randi Weingarten’s answer to this question as well as her thoughts on teacher evaluation and compensation. | 3/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Liberal Arts? In This Job Market? | The American Liberal Arts College is known for its small class sizes, individual attention, and atmosphere meant to inspire intellectual curiosity in its students. But is this appealing enough to today’s students who face an exceptionally tough job market when they get out? Especially now that higher education is getting more and more expensive? W. [...] | 2/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Making American Students “Globally Competent” | American students are notoriously inept when it comes to knowing about the rest of the world. A 2006 study showed that, three years into the Iraq war, nearly two thirds of Americans ages 18-24 couldn’t even find Iraq on a map. The Asia Society is trying to change the reputation of America’s education system. Its created [...] | 2/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Real World of Teach for America: A Conversation with Wendy Kopp - “The Founder” | When Wendy Kopp was a college senior she had an idea: what if, as she believed, some of America’s top college students chose teaching over higher-paying professional jobs? She decided to put her idea into action and at 21 years old, Kopp raised 2.5 million dollars and started Teach for America in 1990. Today, Teach for [...] | 2/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: Pennsylvania And Delaware | Pennsylvania and Delaware are competing to win a share of the 4.35 billion dollar federal education grant, Race to the Top. But one of them may have an advantage. In fact, of the 41 applications that were submitted to the Department of Education on January 19th, 25 were completed with help from the [...] | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: Barbara O’Brien’s Mission In Colorado | With $377 million dollars at stake, Colorado’s Lt. Governor, Barbara O’Brien, had her work cut out for her. Her task? Convince 178 local districts that the state’s Race to the Top plan would work for them. In a state that is 280 miles long, this was no easy task. We joined her in [...] | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Schools in the Recession: Schools In The Recession Podcast: Elizabeth Fagen On Turning Around Tucson, Arizona | Elizabeth Fagen is one of the youngest big city superintendents in the country. At age 36 she’s in her second year overseeing the 57,000 students and 105 schools in Tucson, Arizona, and she’s got her hands full. Arizona is ranked 50th in the nation in per-pupil funding. On top of that the Tucson school district had [...] | 12/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Brain Drain | Poor nations export citizens. The more educated they are, the more likely they are to leave. Nations suffer when it happens en masse. Can it be stopped? The Ford Foundation is trying. 10 years ago it launched the International Fellowships Program, a 350 million dollar effort to nurture talent in developing countries and keep it there. [...] | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - The State of Community Colleges | Take this quiz. (Answers below.) 1. What percentage of college students attend community college? A) 12% B) 25% C) 35% D) 50% 2. To reform community colleges, President Obama proposes to spend? A) 12 billion B) 3 billion C) 500 million D) 100 million 3. What’s the graduation rate at community colleges? A) 35% B) 22% C) 55% D) 65% If [...] | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: Diane Ravitch Questions The New Role | Historian Diane Ravitch is critical of President Obama’s new education incentive strategy called “The Race to The Top.” The 4.35 billion dollar competition pits state against state to turn around failing public schools. But there’s a catch: in order to compete states must promise to raise standards, track student performance and tie it to teacher [...] | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Race To The Top Podcast: Kati Haycock And Requirement Issues | Kati Haycock is president of the Education Trust, an organization that advocates reform in education. She is a big supporter of President Obama’s new $4.35 billion incentive plan for education called “The Race to the Top,” a competition among states to come up with the best strategy to overhaul schools. But there’s a catch: in order [...] | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: The Reduction in Force | Chancellor Michelle Rhee says that she laid off 229 teachers this fall because of budget cuts. Since Rhee tied the layoffs to budget cuts she was able to circumvent union rules. This has caused a controversy in the District with the teacher’s union leading the way by taking the matter to the courts. In this [...] | 11/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: A devious reason for teacher layoffs? | John Merrow interviewed DC teachers’ union President George Parker about the 266 teachers who lost their jobs earlier this school year. The layoffs were said to be caused by a budget shortfall, but schools chancellor Michelle Rhee had hired 934 new teachers in the between spring and fall. Those hirings set off alarm bells for [...] | 11/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Jason Kamras on IMPACT | This fall, schools chancellor Michelle Rhee rolled out IMPACT, a new system for evaluating Washington, DC public school teachers. Reactions in DC range from fear to excitement. IMPACT is designed to raise the level of instruction and student achievement, but some worry that it could be used to unfairly fire teachers. Podcast producer Selly Thiam interviewed [...] | 11/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Holding the Line: Holding The Line Podcast: The Effects In Rochester, New York | The Obama White House released numbers last week saying that the economic stimulus plan has saved or created over 600,000 jobs so far, with the majority being in education. Podcast producer Selly Thiam spoke with producers Jane Renaud and John Tulenko who just finished reporting on the effects of the stimulus money on the [...] | 11/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Brand New Ballgame: Harlem RBI Podcast: A Season Of Risk | Summer is usually a time for millions of kids to take a break from school and have fun, but that time off can result in unintended consequences. ‘Forgetting’ is a huge problem and it’s particularly acute among disadvantaged kids, who may end up going back to school even further behind their better-off peers. Ron Fairchild is [...] | 9/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Rhee on two years worth of mistakes | Michelle Rhee looks back on her two years in office, and considers mistakes along the way. | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: George Parker wants a decision | George Parker wants to be able to present a decision to teachers before school reopens in the fall. | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Michael Casserly on Rhee’s first two years | John Merrow has interviewed Michael Casserly, Executive Director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a number of times over the past two years for our NewsHour coverage of both Paul Vallas in New Orleans and Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC. In this podcast, Casserly shares his opinion on how Chancellor Rhee has [...] | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Archives: An Interview with Frank McCourt | Frank McCourt was a Pulitzer-prize winning author and a teacher in New York City public schools for 27 years. He passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at the age of 78. In 2000, McCourt talked with John Merrow about teaching–what it was like when he began and how it changed over the years. Listen to [...] | 7/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Vallas’ quick list of accomplishments | New Orleans School Superintendent Paul Vallas is a tough interview. It isn’t because he is reticent—he’s almost too enthusiastic and almost impossible to rein in. We’ve been following him for the past two years, chronicling his efforts to fix New Orleans’ troubled schools by bringing in Teach For America Recruits and modernizing classrooms (just to name [...] | 7/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Stimulus Gap: The Stimulus Gap Podcast: Out From the Bottom | For years at Hartford Public High School only one in three students graduated. With statistics like that, it is no wonder that Hartford decided to try some innovative approaches to fix its public schools. Hartford High was divided into four small, career-themed academies each with its own principal and wing of the building. The change seems [...] | 6/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Stimulus Gap: The Stimulus Gap Podcast: Marc Porter Magee’s System Of Choice | When schools in Hartford, Connecticut started making sweeping changes two years ago, Marc Porter Magee took note. Through ConnCAN, a statewide education advocacy group, Marc has seen a lot of reform efforts in action but Hartford’s strategy, which has already raised test scores, stands out. In this podcast, producer John Tulenko sat down with Marc Porter [...] | 6/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Charter Phenomenon / NOLA Episode 9 | Cheryllyn Branche is Principal of Benjamin Banneker Elementary School, one of the New Orleans’ District run schools. She’s resisted the charter phenomenon sweeping the city and the education reform movement at large. In this podcast, Branche talks about the challenges of running a traditional public school in a charter dominated system. | 5/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - School with a Star / NOLA Episode 9 | Sharon Clark is principal of Sophie B Wright Charter School—a model of successful school turnaround in New Orleans. Since the school became Charter in 2005, its performance has improved considerably. Clark thinks its because she can run the school with more freedom: she is accountable to her own school board rather than the district. In this [...] | 5/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Woody Koppel on the future of the Recovery School District | The Orleans Parish School Board in New Orleans used to control all of the city’s schools before the hurricane. Since then the lowest performing schools have been taken over by Recovery School District Superintendent, Paul Vallas, a big supporter of the Charter movement. Orleans Parish School Board president Woody Koppel is skeptical of Vallas’ plan to [...] | 5/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Does New Orleans trust Vallas? | In New Orleans more than half of students attend charter schools. Paul Vallas, Superintendent of the Recovery School District, is a big fan of charter schools. He’s also an outsider—he’s from Chicago and he’s been on the job for less than two years. In this podcast, Joe Daschbach, a research assistant at the National Center for [...] | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: George Parker and “the culture of fear” | After 17 months of negotiating with Michelle Rhee, DC Teachers’ Union President George Parker talks about the low morale of DC teachers and what he calls a “culture of fear.” | 5/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: The 90 Day Plan | Darrin Slade is a veteran middle school principal in Washington, DC and like most school leaders he’s worried about academic achievement. Principal Slade uses the 90 Day Plan—the last chance for an ineffective teacher to improve and one of the few ways that DC public schools is able to fire an underperforming teacher. Before Michelle [...] | 5/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Rhee speaks about her national media profile | Michelle Rhee discusses the impact of national media coverage on her relationship with DC’s teaching force, and by extension, the contract negotiations. | 5/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: On safety and discipline | In February 2009, 9th grade English Teacher Randy Brown says a student threw a book at him. Randy Brown was diagnosed with a concussion and says he has since suffered from headaches. He stopped reporting to work after the incident. Bill Pow, a 9th grade math teacher at the same school also claims that a [...] | 5/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When School is Home: When School is Home Podcast: Lessons From Green Bay | Due to the economic and housing crisis, the rate of homelessness is rapidly rising. What may surprise you is that schools are stepping in to fill the gap for students and their families. Learning Matters’ producers traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin where the number of homeless students — 504 — is at an [...] | 4/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When School is Home: When School is Home Podcast: Marion Delray On When Life Changes | As the economy worsens, more families are finding themselves homeless. Despite the numbers of families moving into shelters and other forms of temporary housing, schools now have to provide basic needs while trying to raise academic achievement. Listen to the story of Marion Delray–she’s a mother in Green Bay, Wisconsin who found herself suddenly homeless. [...] | 4/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Profile of Arne Duncan: Profiling Arne Duncan Podcast: Duncan’s Thoughts On Innovation And Impact | Thanks to the federal stimulus package, new Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has a $160 billion budget — and of that, he can spend $5 billion any way he pleases. With over 200 special interest groups and countless superintendents clamoring for his attention, Duncan has a lot of options. Duncan shares his thoughts on best strategies, [...] | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Profile of Arne Duncan: Profiling Arne Duncan Podcast: Randi Weingarten’s Take | Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, believes that reform begins with teachers. But the question now is how to support them. Weingarten offers her opinion on how the new secretary should use his budget and explains why she thinks national standards should be his priority. | 3/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Profile of Arne Duncan: Profiling Arne Duncan Podcast: Four Education Superintendents On The Agenda | Arne Duncan has $5 billion dollars of discretionary money to disburse as he sees fit. Superintendents across the country are debating where they think the money should go. Four of the nation’s best Superintendents discuss their feelings on one issue that is certain to be on Arne’s agenda, national standards. | 3/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Profile of Arne Duncan: Profiling Arne Duncan Podcast: Christopher T. Cross On Duncan | Former Assistant Secretary of Education Christopher T. Cross has seen a lot of education secretaries come and go, but none with as large a budget as Arne Duncan. Mr. Cross details the challenges Duncan will face as he aims to spend his department’s $160 billion budget. With over 200 special interest groups and countless superintendents clamoring [...] | 3/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: The dozen strategies to fix New Orleans schools | Paul Vallas has adopted a dozen strategies to fix New Orleans’ ailing Recovery School District. In this podcast, he talks about his district’s attendance problem, hiring truancy officers to combat the problem and how his strategies are working. | 2/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Economic Recession and Schools: Economic Recession And Education Podcast: Effects On Peekskill, New York | Peekskill, New York is one of the many small cities across the country where the recession is making a huge impact on education. David Wald, Managing Producer at Learning Matters, sat down with correspondent John Tulenko to talk about the stimulus package and the effects of the recession on the Peekskill School District and other [...] | 2/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Darrin Slade on leading urban schools | Darrin Slade is a veteran middle school principal who talks about what it takes to lead an urban school and what it’s like working for Michelle Rhee. | 2/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: The holy grail of teacher unionism | Amid growing attention from the national media, and with Randi Weingarten from a national teachers’ union now at the table, DC Teachers’ Union President George Parker and DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee struggle to reach agreement over sticking points like what Rhee calls the “holy grail of teacher unionism”: teacher tenure. | 1/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Due to Financial Reasons | Alyson Karakouzian, a 32-year-old freshman at UMass-Boston, is juggling home life (a husband and three kids) during her first year of college. This podcast is part of our series on the cost of higher education. | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - The Many Headed Monster | Greg Johnson runs Bottom Line, an organization that helps at-risk youth get into college and graduate. He answers some practical questions about the process of financing a college education. This podcast is part of our series on the cost of higher education. | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - American Debt Culture | Pat Callan, President of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, talks about how fewer families will be able to afford to send their children to college. This podcast is part of our series on the cost of higher education. | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Dis-investing in Higher Education? | George Miller talks about the higher education funding problem and why it is bad for those who are currently getting their education. This podcast is part of our series on the cost of higher education. | 12/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Gay Rights in the Classroom | The campaign both for and against California’s Proposition 8 was heated and costly (only the Presidential campaign cost more). Among other charges, opponents of gay marriage claimed that homosexuality would be taught in schools. What about the schools? What are the rights and responsibilities of gay teachers? Of gay students? What do they think [...] | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: The role of Teach for America and energy | Paul Vallas wants to hire as many bright, young teachers as he can–and he’s bringing in hundreds of teachers through Teach for America and Teach Nola. Vallas talks about the energy and change young teachers are bringing to his district. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Colleston Morgan’s second year of TFA | Colleston Morgan is a 22 year-old Harvard Graduate in his second year of Teach for America. Morgan talks about his hopes for the upcoming school year, some of his challenges and successes and if he thinks Paul Vallas’ new initiatives are working. | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: “The Dance of the Lemons” | Without significant changes in the way DC’s teachers are hired, fired and evaluated, Michelle Rhee argues that the “dance of the lemons” – the movement of ineffective teachers from school to school – will only continue. | 10/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: George Parker and the impasse | DC’s 4,000 teachers are divided over Michelle Rhee’s two-tiered contract proposal, and pressure is mounting on DC Teachers’ Union President George Parker to reach an agreement. Parker discusses his views on performance pay and the very real possibility of an impasse. | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Bob Compton’s Advice for Obama | Bob Compton is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur whose documentary film, 2 Million Minutes, takes a look at how six high school students from United States, China and India spend their high school years (two million minutes in total). We talked with Compton at the Republican National Convention where he was screening his film. Visit [...] | 9/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Deborah Meier has Education Advice for Obama | Deborah Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education. A MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius,” she founded Central Park East Elementary school and, later, Central Park East Secondary School. She is currently on the faculty of NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education as senior scholar and adjunct professor. We spoke with her about the U.S. [...] | 9/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Vallas’ self-assessments | Paul Vallas talks about his successes, challenges and strategies for making change in the New Orleans Recovery School District. | 7/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Michael Casserly gives Vallas high marks | Urban education expert Michael Casserly explains why New Orleans’ Recovery School District Superintendent Paul Vallas deserves an ‘A-’ for his first year on the job. | 7/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Rhee looks back at the first year | DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee reflects on her controversial first year – including staff firings, school closings, and changes mandated by No Child Left Behind. | 7/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: The lack of accountability in the union | DC Teachers’ Union President, George Parker, shares some astonishing confessions about the lack of accountability in the union and how competition between public and charter schools is changing the role of the union in education. | 7/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Speaking with critics of Rhee | Michelle Rhee has the full support of DC Mayor Adrian Fenty in her quest to overhaul the DC Public School System. What do DC parents, community activists and attorneys have to say about her tactics? | 7/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: The lack of traditional training | Are alternatively certified teachers changing the face of teaching in the New Orleans’ Recovery School District? It seems like it: nearly 30 percent of the teachers in Paul Vallas’ Recovery School District have not been trained in traditional programs, which can last as long as four years. We talk with one such teacher who [...] | 7/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Step Back in DC Schools Reform / DC Episode 5 | William Lockridge served as an elected official on the DC school board for over 9 years. Now through mayoral control, the school board has been dissolved leaving Mr. Lockridge and other community members with little say in what is happening in DC schools. | 6/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Democracy at Risk: George Miller | “Democracy at Risk” is a new report that documents where we are with education today, and it’s not good news. Last week we attended an event at the National Press Club that highlighted the release of this new publication. This podcast features George Miller’s talk at that event. | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Rhee’s candid self-assessment | Last month the Education Writers Association (EWA) held its 61st national seminar in Chicago. We went and had the chance to interview D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee in front of national press. In this podcast, Rhee addresses some tough questions and speaks candidly about her work and the recent controversy that her proposals have [...] | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Democracy at Risk: John Deasy | “Democracy at Risk” is a new report that documents where we are with education today, and it’s not good news. Last week we attended an event at the National Press Club that highlighted the release of this new publication. This podcast features John Deasy’s talk at that symposium. | 5/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Democracy at Risk: Patrick McWalters | “Democracy at Risk” is a new report that documents where we are with education today, and it’s not good news. Last week we attended an event at the National Press Club that highlighted the release of this new publication. In this podcast, Rhode Island Superintendent Patrick McWalters highlights the contribution and drawbacks of federal [...] | 4/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Democracy at Risk: Linda Darling Hammond | “Democracy at Risk” is a new report that documents where we are with education today, and it’s not good news. Last week we attended an event at the National Press Club that highlighted the release of this new publication. This podcast features Linda Darling-Hammond’s talk at that symposium. | 4/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Democracy at Risk: Dr. Milton Goldberg | “Democracy at Risk” is a new report that documents where we are with education today, and it’s not good news. Last week we attended an event at the National Press Club that highlighted the release of this new publication. This podcast features Dr. Milton Goldberg’s talk at that symposium. | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - On the Altar of Our Beliefs | In Northern Ireland–a country that has experienced decades of religious conflict–only 6% of Catholic and Protestant students are taught together. Proponents of ‘integrated education’ are having to work hard to convince parents and teachers that it’s critical to the country’s peace process. We traveled to Northern Ireland to talk with Michael Wardlow, CEO of the Northern [...] | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Desperate times call for desperate measures | Superintendent Paul Vallas has the monumental task of turning around his state-run district comprised of New Orleans’ failing schools. Desperate times call for drastic measures, and Vallas has several in mind. | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Principal’s Perspective | Principal L. Nelson Burton must raise test scores at Washington, DC’s troubled Coolidge Senior High School – but he says that half of his teachers are not effective. | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: The effects on single mothers | Helen Miller is a single mother in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. She works full time to provide for her family of five. Despite Superintendent Paul Vallas’ recent initiatives to keep children in school and out of the street, Ms Miller still struggles. She doesn’t want her 16 year-old son, Antoine, to become another one [...] | 2/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Adrian Fenty’s take | Mayor Adrian Fenty and Chancellor Rhee are moving quickly to make big changes in DC’s failing schools. But their controversial proposal to fire central office employees and close 23 schools has left some feeling that that they are moving too fast. In this podcast, Mayor Fenty gives Chancellor Rhee an A+ on [...] | 2/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shortchanging Our Veterans: Shortchanging Our Veterans Podcast: A Cost Of War | How do we reward our veterans for putting their lives on the line? Most soldiers say they want an education, but the current benefits offered through the GI BIll are inadequate to say the least. According to Virginia Senator Jim Webb, a former marine and Vietnam vet, it’s a problematic cost of [...] | 2/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Paul Pastorek evaluates Vallas | New Orleans’ new Superintendent of Schools, Paul Vallas, has received national attention for his sweeping initiatives – free laptop computers for every high school student, an extended school day, a special school for overage underachievers. So how does his boss, the State Superintendent of Schools, Paul Pastorek, judge Vallas’ progress? We caught up [...] | 2/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: Can reform take place without community input? | Parent advocate Margot Berkey is thrilled about the prospect of lasting school reform in Washington, DC. But can such reform take place without community input? In this podcast, Berkey discusses the ramifications of what she sees as a lack of transparency on the part of DC schools leaders. | 2/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Push Them to a Cliff | How do the best superintendents of the nation deal with the everyday challenges of running school districts? How do they negotiate the obstacles and develop innovative solutions to ensure that education remains a priority? Last September Rudy Crew, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City Board of [...] | 1/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Everybody’s Doing It | College sports conjure up conflicting images from academics to athletics scandals. Our documentary, Big Time Losers, examines the contradictions of this multi-million dollar industry. In this podcast, Lute Olson–interviewed in the film–talks about the educational aspects of college sports and why basketball and football in particular are critical to the university and all other college sports. | 1/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: On changing how students learn | If you were put in charge of one of the worst school districts in the country would you give high school students free laptops? Well, that’s exactly what Paul Vallas has done. Now several months into his superintendency of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, Vallas is betting on some bold initiatives to turn [...] | 12/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: George Parker on the hot seat | George Parker, the president of the teachers’ union in Washington D.C., is now negotiating a new contract with School Chancellor Michelle Rhee. Rhee wants to make it easier to fire ineffective teachers, but Parker says she already has enough power. In this audio podcast, hear how Parker balances the need for educational reform with [...] | 11/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: How does NCLB affect principals? | The Federal law known as No Child Left Behind has generated a massive amount of testing data. But is the data useful in the classroom? Jay McClain, principal at Bailey’s Elementary School in Fairfax County, VA, discuss how NCLB impacts his job. | 11/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: A fifth grade snapshot of NCLB | 5th grade teacher Betsy Walter sees her students making progress – but often, tests required by the federal law known as No Child Left Behind tell a different story. Walter, who once worked for Senator Kennedy, a sponsor of the law, discusses how NCLB evaluates her students. | 11/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Teachers on NCLB’s issues | Every Spring, the state teachers of the year travel to Washington to meet the President. But this year, they planned an event of their own – 50 of the state teachers of the year held a press conference calling for 10 major changes to the Federal law known as No Child Left Behind. Hear Maddie [...] | 10/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Lynn Riggs on right answers vs. right questions | The Federal Law known as No Child Left Behind tests reading and math each year in grades three through eight. But is the testing helping kids learn how to apply knowledge in the real world? Lynn Riggs, a science teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, worries that students are learning how to give the right answers [...] | 10/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Honoring the Reality | Anthony Cody is a National Board Certified Teacher with 18 years of classroom experience under his belt. But Anthony Cody is no longer teaching–he left the profession several years after the No Child Left Behind was passed. In this podcast, hear Cody explain why left, why it’s difficult for teachers to criticize [...] | 10/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Rhee in Washington, DC: Michelle Rhee in DC Series Podcast: At 37, young and in charge | First-time superintendent Michelle Rhee lays out her plans for reforming Washington, DC’s public schools. Rhee’s focus on what she calls “human capital” – hiring, supporting and retaining high quality principals and teachers, while firing ineffective ones – will shape much of her strategy over the next two years. | 10/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Vallas in New Orleans: Paul Vallas Series Podcast: Rabouin High School teachers debate Vallas’ impact | Amanda Sias, Kady Amundson and Jason Denlinger—three teachers at Rabouin High School, one of New Orleans’ lowest performing schools designated to the Recovery School District—debate whether their new, optimistic Superintendent, Paul Vallas, can turn around a district plagued by historical failure and poverty. | 10/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Michelle Evans needed something radical | Michelle Evans was appalled by the conditions at her son’s middle school – and so she changed them. Using a provision of No Child Left Behind, Evans lead the fight to convert Gompers Middle School to a charter school. Hear Evans, who many call a hero, describe the struggle and success of the [...] | 9/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Alan Bersin’s lessons from San Diego | During Alan Bersin’s 7-year tenure as San Diego’s Superintendent of Schools he often found himself at the center of the controversy. Hear this nationally-known educational reformer share some of the lessons he learned fighting to improve failing schools. | 9/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Radical Reform in San Diego | San Diego’s Keiller Middle School re-invented itself as a charter school, and for the first time in ears, students are meeting the requirements of No Child Left Behind. So why, asks Executive Director Patricia Ladd, is the local school system treating it like an adversary? | 9/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Margaret Spellings on loopholes | Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings responds to John Merrow’s questions about loopholes in the federal law known as No Child Left Behind. Is the law truly holding states accountable for educating all children? | 9/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Chester Finn on loopholes | Though the federal law known as No Child Left Behind requires annual testing in reading and math, states develop their own tests and decide where to set the bar. Conservative education guru Chester Finn discusses these and other loopholes in No Child Left Behind and tells us why it’s politically impossible to suggest a [...] | 8/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: A Look Back at No Child Left Behind | As the opportunity to reauthorize No Child Left Behind draws near, criticism of the law is mounting. But when President Bush signed the law early in his first term, it enjoyed overwhelming bipartisan support. In 2001, John Merrow spoke with the President’s Domestic Policy Advisor Margaret La Montagne and former President Clinton’s Education [...] | 7/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Violence in the Media | Does watching a violent movie increase the likelihood that a child will herself become violent? Does a focus on violent media distract from other crucial factors that turn kids violent? John Merrow asks Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of “Why They Kill,” about how our culture creates violent criminals. | 6/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Censorship of Children’s Literature | What is acceptable content in children’s literature? Should librarians and parents be able to decide what books are appropriate not just for their children, but for all children? John Merrow spoke with Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, another Newbery winner, whose “Alice” books were among the most banned books of 1999 (second only to Harry Potter). | 6/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - We Know What Works | Nancy Shulock doesn’t think community colleges should get more money — that is, without also implementing some major policy changes. She argues that we already know how to improve transfer and completion rates at community colleges but sometimes lack the political will to do so. In this podcast, Professor Shulock, Executive Director of [...] | 5/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Second Class | Most students at Los Angeles Trade and Tech aren’t seeking to transfer to a four-year school. Instead, they enroll to gain critical job training. Vice President of Academic Affairs Marcy Drummond discusses the challenges of running Trade Tech, and why she believes her institution is a “second class citizen.” | 5/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Right to Fail? Pt. 2 | Should a remedial teacher know why her student has been unsuccessful in the past? Joliet Junior College Professors Edy Alderson and Kathleen Perryman, who telephone their students at home and even offer rewards like chocolate bars, say yes. | 5/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Right to Fail? Pt. 1 | Community college professor Steve Zuro is doing all he can to help his remedial math students, but only half pass the class. What’s going wrong? | 4/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons of War: Lessons of War Podcast: Leading the Smallest Soldiers | Retired military officer Tim Howle finds a new way to serve his country as principal of McNair Elementary on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | 3/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons of War: Lessons of War Podcast: Spelling Iraq | Almost all of Nancy Welsh’s kindergarten students have a parent in Iraq or Afghanistan. Can she comfort all of them when they need comforting and still keep them focused on academics? | 3/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons of War Podcast: After He’s Gone | 27-year-old Scarlette Keeling struggles to raise her three children after her husband, Corey, leaves to serve as a medic in Afghanistan. | 3/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lessons of War: Lessons of War Podcast: The Classroom Veteran | Third grade teacher and army veteran Gary Wieland has seven students who have parents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. How does a veteran teacher juggle academics and a student’s need for affection and reassurance? | 3/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - All things to all people? | We expect a lot from our 1200 community colleges, and most of them bend over backwards trying to provide it-job training, a jumpstart on a 4-year degree, remedial education, even classes in motorcycle repair and ballroom dancing! But is being all things to all people possible, or even desirable? | 3/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Teaching Entrepreneurship: Teaching Entrepreneurship Podcast: Profit and Loss | Can learning entreprenuership skills be the key to success for some students? Steve Mariotti thinks so. John Merrow talks with him about creating a global movement around entrepreneurship education. | 3/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Dumb Jocks? | A college football championship special. Sociologist and civil rights activist Dr. Harry Edwards on the problematic college sports system that deserves to be saved. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast: Measuring Learning with Bill Sanders | Bill Sanders is one of the country’s top education researchers. He discusses the federal law known as No Child Left Behind at a meeting of Phi Delta Kappa in Washington, D.C. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Turnaround Specialist Podcast: A Roundtable On Fixing Schools | What does it take to turn around a failing school? John Merrow talked to three so-called turnaround specialists hired by the state of Virginia to save its underperforming schools. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Eyes on the Prize | John Merrow moderates a symposium with the finalists for the Broad Prize for Urban Education. Which district will come out on top? The envelope, please . . . | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - The Weighted Student Formula Debate | The current system of public school funding is plagued by inequity. Is the weighted student formula education’s silver bullet or a smoke screen? John Merrow moderates a debate about a controversial new proposal. Cynthia G. Brown, Director of Education Policy, Center for American Progress provides an overview. The panelists were Arlene Ackerman, former superintendent, [...] | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 148 | VideoHigh School Soldiers: Podcast - Military Recruiting in High Schools | The US Army’s struggles to meet its recruiting quotas are well known. Less publicized is the Army’s efficient recruiting machine that visits high schools. Two years ago the US Army granted us complete access to its high school recruitment process, and we followed the team to a large San Diego high school. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Provost’s Balancing Act | A glimpse into the life of a college provost, the chief academic officer on campus. Dr. Barbara Burch of Western Kentucky University has to struggle to balance the needs of 19,000 students, the demands of faculty, economic pressures, and pressures from interest groups (like sports fans!). | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Reunion: A Personal Essay | John Merrow attended the 40th reunion of the class of 1966 at Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington, NY where he was an English teacher fresh out of college. The reunion was an opportunity to discover what interesting, complex and valuable humans these young people have become, as well as a reminder [...] | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Change in Chattanooga: Change in Chattanooga Podcast: The Enthusiastic Eight | Eight remarkable teachers from some of the poorest schools in Chattanooga show no fear of speaking openly about teaching in the inner city. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 152 | VideoChange in Chattanooga: Change in Chattanooga Podcast: The Process | When a list of the worst elementary schools in Tennessee came out in 2000, Chattanooga was stunned to find that nine of its schools were in the bottom 20. Embarrassed, the community decided it had to act. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - First Generation Freshman | College freshman Matt Morris is making the move from a small country town to a large state university. Matt Morris tells us how appearing to be a hillbilly appeals to coeds, how he balances his party life with his schoolwork, and other secrets. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Title IX, A Gold Medal Winner | Olympic gold medalist Donna de Varona on the continuing struggle for gender equality in sports and what she sees as a coming train wreck in college sports. It’s the anniversary of Title IX. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Best and the Brightest: Podcast - Expecting More and Getting It | This week’s podcast is a conversation with a college professor who challenges his students and expects them to challenge each other…and him. An interview with Austin Sarat, professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst college for over 30 years. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Juggling Act | While other full time college students are studying, partying or sleeping, Ceylon Hollis is processing hundreds of car parts until the sun comes up. How long can she keep this up? | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - Expecting Less and Getting It | A conversation with a college professor who seems to accept student mediocrity as inevitable. Paulette Kurzer, a professor of political science at the University of Arizona and teacher of over 20 years, discusses how she deals with students who don’t pay attention or do the work. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Chasing Tenure | A young adjunct professor would like nothing more than a full time teaching position that would put him on the long road towards tenure, but most of his requests for job interviews go unanswered. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 159 | VideoPodcast - College Life | Inside college residence hall life. A Resident Assistant at a large public university reveals how students deal with sudden freedom from parental supervision, drinking, dating and becoming an adult. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - A Degree or an Education? | Former college president Richard Hersh discusses the difference between a college degree and a college education. From the documentary Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 161 | VideoPodcast - Putting the Pieces Back Together | A profile of three individuals who work in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi–a town ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Principal Ricky Reed, Teacher Angela Gill and Superintendent Kim Stasny share their stories of trying to build up in the midst of destruction. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 162 | VideoPodcast - College Rankings | College presidents, critics and advocates debate the value of the US News and World Report college rankings. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - Public Universities | University of Arizona President Peter Likins responds to criticism about education at a large public university. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - College Sports | A March madness special. Sociologist Harry Edwards on the business of college athletics. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - High Stakes Testing | George Madaus, testing analyst of over 30 years, gives his insights into the defects of testing practices and how they play out in the classroom. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 166 | VideoAchievement Gap: Podcast - Achievement Gap | A profile of an urban elementary school in Mount Vernon, NY that has been successful at avoiding the achievement gap. VIDEO | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Albert Shanker’s Legacy | A tribute to the late educator and teacher union leader. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gifted Education: Podcast - Gifted Education | Gifted education specialist Penny Choice deflates the myths about cream always rising to the top. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - Slipping Behind | Pat Callan, President of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Pat discusses what’s wrong with American higher education. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Vital Testing | How excellent schools produce tangible results according to E.D. Hirsch, Jr. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Progressive Schools | Progressive schools advocate Alfie Kohn argues that competition undermines learning. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - What Makes an Excellent School? | Noise, cliques, uncertainty and arguments may not be so bad for high school students. Veteran educator Ted Sizer provides insights that go against conventional wisdom and explains why most American high schools are barely good enough. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - The War of Amenities | Lara Couturier is Director of Research on The Futures Project: Policy for Higher Education in a Changing World. She talks on competition amongst colleges. She thinks that, “What worries us is what happens when we look back 10 years from now. Will the higher education system have moved so far as to be something we [...] | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Small Schools | What makes a good school? Deborah Meier, the architect of many school reforms, reflects on the changes she’s seen over the years. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - US News Rankings | The number one college rankings guide. A conversation with Ben Wildavsky, education editor of U.S. News & World Report, on his magazine’s college ranking system. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - Liberal Education | A conversation about higher education and private universities with Amherst College President Tony Marx. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - Student Engagement | A conversation with George Kuh, Director of the National Survey of Student Engagement. He talks about a different kind of college ranking. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - California Schools | A conversation with former California State librarian Dr. Kevin Starr. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Rebuilding New Orleans | A conversation with Sajan George and Bill Roberti from crisis management firm Alvarez & Marsal. They talk about the process of rebuilding New Orleans’ public school system. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - The Arms Race | A conversation with Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell about higher education and transforming a university. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Best and the Brightest: Podcast - College Admissions | Interview with Tom Parker, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Amherst College. Tom Parker discusses the admissions process at Amherst College. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - College Teaching | Interview with Lee Shulman, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. John talks with Lee about teaching and learning in higher education. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Declining by Degrees: Podcast - Community Colleges | Interview with Kay McClenney, community college expert. She speaks on the importance of community colleges, where 45% of all college students are enrolled. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast - Big Time Sports | A conversation with Frank Deford on the role of college sports in higher education. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School Reform in New York City: Podcast - Reforming New York City Schools | Three key players in the NYC education political sphere–Arthur Levine, President of Teacher’s College at Columbia University, Eric Gioia, New York City Councilman, and Randi Weingarten, President of the New York City Teachers Union–talk with John Merrow. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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School Reform in New York City: Podcast - Joel Klein | Disappearing Dropouts; NYC Chancellor Joel Klein. A report on just how far educators will go to avoid being held accountable and a candid interview with NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein as he begins his fourth year leading the nation’s largest school system. | 1/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - No More SATs? | Scholar Michael Kirst discusses the future of standardized testing in the college admissions process. | 3/7/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Teaching Gap: Do Other Countries Do it Better? | UCLA psychologist James Stigler thinks he has at least a partial explanation for the learning gap: he says there’s a teaching gap. | 3/5/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - The Assault on Parents | According to a recent survey, half of Americans believe “irresponsible parents” – not social and economic pressures on families – are the main reason children fail to thrive in our society. Author Sylvia Ann Hewitt discusses this issue. | 2/26/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Our Schools vs Theirs: An International Comparison | In a recent international study of student performance (the TIMSS-R), American 8th graders ranked only 19th in the world in mathematics and 18th in science. David Berliner discusses the issue. | 2/26/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind Podcast: Marian Wright Edelman on Childhood Poverty | Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, talks about what America needs to do to ensure that no child is left behind. | 2/15/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Learning Differences Among the “Learning Disabled” | Dr. Mel Levine of the All Kinds of Minds Institute re-examines our assumptions about learning disabilities. | 2/15/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Venture Philantrophy: Silicon Valley Invests in Education | Kim Smith, of the New School Venture Fund, talks about making smart investments in education. | 2/14/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Algebra and Civil Rights | Renowned civil rights leader Robert Moses makes the argument that math literacy is as important to becoming a full American citizen as voting. | 2/14/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Teaching Mark Twain | Chadwick describes the program she has developed to help teachers understand how they can use Twain’s racially charged material as a productive tool in understanding American history. | 2/9/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Bush’s Education Agenda | Former Clinton education advisor, Andy Rotherham, and Margaret La Montagne, Domestic Policy Advisor to President Bush, discuss how Bush’s reforms would change American schools. | 2/8/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Plight of the PTA | Tom Toch from The Brookings Institution, takes a look at why parents are turning away from the country’s largest and most influential parents’ organization. | 2/8/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce | Author and psychiatrist Julia Lewis talks about the unexpected long term effect of divorce on young people’s lives, and what parents and schools can do to help kids through the experience. | 1/31/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - A Lifetime of Teaching | The author of more than 40 books, including 36 Children and The Discipline of Hope, Kohl shares the major lessons he’s learned from a lifetime in the classroom. | 1/31/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Online-U | Will the internet transform higher education? Some educators and entrepreneurs are predicting that the internet will revolutionize the university experience. James Traub is one of them. | 1/28/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Religion in the Classroom | Father Richard John Neuhaus, President of The Institute on Religion and Public Life and Editor-in-Chief of First Things and Marc Stern, Legal Counsel for the American Jewish Congress, debate what should be the role of religion in public schools. | 1/23/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - A Few Good Teachers | School districts across the country are facing a critical shortage of teachers. What does it take to prepare a teacher for the classroom? Art Levine has some ideas. | 1/23/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Affirmative Action on the Line | Nicolas Lemann, Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, gives an update on affirmative action. | 1/17/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - All Day, All-Year School | Century Foundation fellow Ruy Teixeira is proposing that it’s time to extend the school day and the school year. | 1/16/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Quality Counts 2001 | Lynn Olson discusses how the growing emphasis on standards and testing affects the way teachers teach and students learn. | 1/16/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - What’s So Great About Harry Potter? | Scholar Jack Zipes makes the case that the Harry Potter “phenomenon” is actually a negative development, born from the conventional nature of J.K. Rowling’s books. | 1/16/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Who Pays? Battling Over School Finance | Allen Odden of the University of Wisconsin and Steve Block, of the Education Law Center, clarify the issues of equity and school finance. | 1/11/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Principals Needed! | There’s been plenty of talk about the “teacher shortage” in American public schools, but less is said about the severe shortage of school principals. Rudy Crew weighs in on this issue. | 1/11/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - The Homework Blues | Author and educator Etta Kralovec makes a provocative argument for the end of homework as we now know it. | 1/9/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Troubled Years of Early Adolescence | Washington Post correspondent Laura Sessions Stepp shares the insights she gained from two years of following 18 adolescents and their families. | 1/9/01 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - What the Military Can Teach Us | Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League, argues that America needs to take advantage of the specialized knowledge that the military has to offer. | 12/19/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - How Advertising Changes the Way We Think | Jean Kilbourne, author of Can’t Buy My Love, explores how advertising affects young people- especially girls- by offering false promises of rebellion, connection and control. | 12/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Pay for Performance | Policy Analyst Andy Rotherham suggests there’s promise in pay for performance. | 12/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Universal Pre-K | Dr. Augusta Kappner, President of the Bank Street College of Education, discusses the benefits of early learning and the obstacles states face in implementing a public pre-kindergarten system. | 12/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - The Schoolyard Battlefield | Author Suellen Fried discusses the psychology behind bullying and what parents and teachers can do to create safer school environments. | 12/11/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Women’s Studies Under Attack | Former director of Women’s Studies at Colgate University Dr. Joan Mandle talks about the controversial politics that plague Women’s Studies Programs around the country. | 12/7/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Cross-Racial Friendships: A Mirror on American Culture | Anthropologist and former Spelman College President, Johnetta Cole, addresses self-segregation and the importance of cross-racial friendships. | 12/5/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - The Re-Segregration of American Schools | Gary Orfield, of Harvard’s Civil Rights Project, reflects on the end of busing and the status of desegregation. | 12/5/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - A High Tech Alternative to College | Cliff Adelman of the U.S. Department of Education talks about I.T. Certification, the new, parallel post-secondary universe. | 11/29/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Lessons in Courtship and Marriage | Schools across the country are implementing “marriage skills curricula”- designed to teach high school students how to navigate marriage and relationships. Leon Kass discusses this issue. | 11/29/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Homework…In Kindergarten? | Once an idyll of graham crackers and finger painting, kindergarten has become increasingly academic, teaching skills like addition and reading that once were reserved for 1st grade. Kay Hymowitz elaborates on the issue. | 11/28/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Can Philanthrophy Save Our Schools? | An appraisal of the successes and failures of the Annenberg Challenge in Chicago and New York. Also… a discussion of future philanthropic school reform initiatives. Alexander Russo and Ray Dominico are featured guests. | 11/28/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Toddlers and Computers: Too Much Too Soon? | Author Jane Healy and software developer Tony Fernandes battle over the benefits of computers in early learning. | 11/22/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Inside College Admissions | What goes on behind the closed doors of a college admissions office? Who gets in, who doesn’t and why? Rachel Toor, a former admissions officer at Duke University, provides some answers. | 11/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - The Millennial Generation | Historian Neil Howe says that the generation born since 1982 - what he calls the millennial generation - is poised for greatness on a global scale. | 11/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - How to ‘Behave’ | In his 25 years working with “behavior-disordered” children, Sal Severe has found the most effective way to improve children’s behavior is to work on their parents’ bad habits. | 11/11/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Censorship and Children’s Literature | Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, whose Alice books were the second most-banned books of 1999, discusses sex, censorship and children’s lit. | 11/2/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - A School in Kenya | Baraka is Swahili for “blessing” - and that’s just what the school turned out to be for many of its students. Chris Doherty speaks about this remarkable school. | 11/2/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Arts Education and Academic Achievement | A new study looks at the relationship between the arts and academic performance and suggests that we may be asking the wrong questions. Ellen Winner discusses these findings. | 11/1/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Twilight of American Culture | Morris Berman discusses why he thinks the educational “crisis” is not just about bad schools. | 11/1/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Are Blacks ‘Losing the Race’? | Professor John McWhorter makes the assertion that the primary cause of the achievement gap between African Americans and Whites is an anti-academic ethos that pervades African American culture. | 10/19/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Are College Sports Destroying Undergraduate Education? | Author Murray Sperber argues that “Beer and Circus” - or partying and spectator sports - are the only two things that interest the majority of university students today. | 10/19/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Technology: A Revolution in Learning? | Education historian Larry Cuban says computers and the internet have not actually changed the way teachers teach and students learn–at least not yet. | 10/19/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Black/White Achievement Gap | Psychologist Claude Steele discusses the factors that may be contributing to the high drop out rates and low test scores of African-American students. | 10/10/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Does Zero Tolerance Make Zero Sense? | Across the country, schools with zero tolerance rules are suspending and expelling students in record numbers– often for minor infractions. Judy Browne questions this policy. | 10/3/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - An Outsider Takes Control of New York Public Schools | Harold Levy, Chancellor of New York City schools, talks about what his corporate sensibility and no-nonsense approach are up against. | 10/3/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Why they Kill | Pulitzer prize winner Richard Rhodes contests the idea that exposure to media violence makes kids more violent. | 10/2/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Sex Lives of your Children | Lucinda Franks exposes disturbing truths about the sex lives of teens and explains how American schools are exacerbating an already critical problem. | 9/26/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Economics of School Choice | One argument for school vouchers is based on the theory that consumer choice, in an open market system, will foster competition and drive up the quality of the product– in this case, schools. Caroline Hoxby discusses this point. | 9/25/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - A Hope in the Unseen | Ron Suskind talks about how chronicling one boy’s struggle has informed his own perspective on the debate over poverty, race, and affirmative action in America. | 9/25/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Violence and the Media | David Walsh, founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family, discusses the possible link between entertainment violence and real violence. | 9/25/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Jerry Brown’s Crusade | The flamboyant former presidential candidate and governor of California talks about the merits of school choice, the evils of government regulation, and why the disastrous state of Oakland’s education system is an example of “liberalism run amuck.” | 9/18/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Drama of Assimilation | Richard Rodriguez, author of Hunger of Memory, talks about his own experience as a “minority” student and shares his provocative views on bilingual education, affirmative action, and the model of multiculturalism now prevalent in American schools and universities. | 9/18/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Children in the Years of Hope | Jonathan Kozol talks about Ordinary Resurrections, a hopeful new book about children living in the South Bronx. | 9/13/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Lessons from High Performing, High Poverty Schools | Casey Carter, a fellow at The Heritage Foundation, talks about the lessons we can learn from high-poverty schools where children are excelling. | 9/13/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - The Big Test | Nick Lemann, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of The Big Test, recounts the amazing history of the controversial test that has come to dominate college admissions. | 8/24/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Experimenting with School Choice | Former New York Times Editor Ted Fiske and Public Policy expert Helen Ladd tell us what America has to learn from New Zealand’s experiment with school choice. | 8/23/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Truth, Beauty, and Goodness | Howard Gardner, author of Multiple Intelligences, talks about the pursuit of truth, beauty and goodness in education. | 8/23/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Special Education: Good Intentions Gone Awry? | Chester Finn of the Manhattan Institute argues that it could be the financial incentives of the Special Education Program that causes 100,000 students a year to be classified as learning disabled. | 8/22/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Good News about Public Education? | Jack Jennings talks about some steady signs of improvement in our public schools and why Americans seem determined to ignore them. | 8/22/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Remediation on College Campuses | Heather Mac Donald, a John M. Olin fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and Robert McCabe, a Senior Fellow at The League for Innovation in the Community College debate the proper role of remedial education on college campuses. | 8/22/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - KIPP Academy: Doing Something Right | David Levin, principal of KIPP, and three KIPP students talk about why long hours, strict discipline and summer classes are worth the effort. | 8/22/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Is Freedom of Speech in Danger on College Campuses? | When it comes to race and gender, how tolerant are universities of dissenting opinions? John Merrow and Harvey Silverglate discuss the issue. | 8/18/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Diane Ravitch: Choosing Excellence | John Merrow talks to Diane Ravitch, one of the most well-respected educators in the county, about what constitutes an excellent school. | 8/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - A Century of Failed School Reforms | Historian Diane Ravitch talks about her new book, Left Back, in which she traces the origins of the ongoing debates over progressive versus traditional education. | 8/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - E.D. Hirsch: Choosing Excellence | John Merrow talks to E. D. Hirsch, one of the most well-respected educators in the county, about what constitutes an excellent school. | 6/1/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Lisa Delpit: Choosing Excellence | John Merrow talks to Lisa Delpit, one of the most well-respected educators in the county, about what constitutes an excellent school. | 4/15/00 | Free | View In iTunes |
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‘Radio Vault’ Podcast - Alfie Kohn: Choosing Excellence | John Merrow talks to Alfie Kohn, one of the most well-respected educators in the county, about what constitutes an excellent school. | 12/20/99 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 258 Episodes |
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