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Two New Podcasts
Our podcasts dig deeper into the stories we cover. Last week The NewsHour aired the fourth episodes in our ongoing series following Michelle Rhee in DC and Paul Vallas in New Orleans. This week, we're offering you a double dose of depth and detail about Washington, DC and New Orleans.
A Principal's Perspective
Michelle Rhee is asking a lot of DC's school principals. At Coolidge Senior High School, where less than a quarter of students are proficient in reading, Principal L. Nelson Burton has promised Rhee that he’ll raise test scores by 33% by the end of the year. In this podcast, Burton discusses his challenges, including what he calls the school’s “culture of mediocrity.”
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 A Level Playing Field
Paul Vallas has rolled out a laundry list of big initiatives. These lofty goals, however, are met with the harsh realities of a high-needs community plagued by educational failure and poverty. In this podcast, Vallas discusses what he can do to ease problems outside of the school walls and level the playing field for all of his students. Listen to the podcast >>>
Want more? Visit Leadership: A Challenging Course to watch the episodes you missed and listen to the podcasts.
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Listen Up! Turns Ten
Listen Up!, the youth media arm of Learning Matters, has become the biggest network of its kind, created the largest clearinghouse of youth media online, and had its work featured in hundreds of local and international film festivals.
In this week's podcast, Austin Haeberle and Rhea Mokund, Listen Up’s Directors, talk about the past, present and energized future of youth media.
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Struggling to Bolster Schools in New Orleans
Paul Vallas has massive long-range plans for the New Orleans schools. But what does he do when some of his schools are falling apart now, right in front of him? Watch the program >>>
Facing Tough Choices in DC
Teachers in Washington, DC are nervous: 23 schools arescheduled to be closed, and 27 more are likely to undergo big changes as a result of NCLB. New chancellor Michelle Rhee, who has said that DC needs "a new breed" of educators, has radical teacher turnover in mind. Watch the program >>> |
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Learning Matters News
Learning Matters Now On YouTube!
We've joined the social networking fury and will make all of our shows, segments and video podcasts available on YouTube in the coming months. Be sure to check it out, subscribe to our videos and spread the word.
Learning Matters Nominated for an Emmy
While we did not win in our category, "Continuing Coverage on a Regularly Scheduled Newscast," we lost to what looked like a terrific CBS News series of reports about the US Marines in Ramadi (leading most of us to conclude that we are in the wrong category!). But you should check out Turnaround Specialist, our 4-part NewsHour series that was nominated.
Youth Producers from Listen Up! Capture Peabody Award
"Beyond Borders: Personal Stories from a Small Planet" received broadcasting’s highest honor, the George Foster Peabody Award. Listen Up! Youth Media Network produced the 1-hour documentary, which aired on the Independent Film Channel. Learn more.
Learning Matters Receives Hewlett Grant
Learning Matters has been awarded a $1,000,000 grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. These funds will support our continuing reportage for the NewsHour, allow us to update the documentary "First to Worst," expand our education podcasts, and more.
Learning Matters Awarded The 2007 Bellwether Award
On January 27, 2007, Learning Matters was awarded the 2007 Bellwether Award for "Declining by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk" (documentary and book). The University of Florida and its Community College Futures project recognized Declining by Degrees as a “cutting-edge, trendsetting program” worthy of distinction. Since 1995 the Bellwether Award has been given to the most provocative and influential education-related book of the year. "Declining by Degrees” is the first documentary to be honored.
Learning Matters Wins Prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award
Turnaround Specialist Part 2, produced and edited by John D. Tulenko and David Wald, has won a 2006 CINE Golden Eagle Award for Informational Reporting. This is the 4th CINE Golden Eagle awarded to Learning Matters.
The CINE Golden Eagle awards, distinguishing excellence in professional and amateur works, are recognized internationally as symbols of the highest production standards in filmmaking and videography. CINE has, since its founding in 1957, been dedicated to discovering, rewarding, educating, and supporting established and emerging talent in film and video.
Learning Matters Receives $3,580,500 in Foundation Grants
Grants awarded by The Annenberg Foundation, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York and Adobe Youth Voices (on behalf of Learning Matters’ Listen Up! project) to Learning Matters will enable the award-winning organization to continue reporting for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, to produce documentaries about education for PBS, and to expand learning opportunities for youth.
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Big Time Losers
College sports is bigger than ever and almost everyone seems to be profiting. Corporate sponsorship brings some universities almost $4 million per home game. Top-level coaches make $1 million on average. But only half of all football players and almost two-thirds of men's basketball players fail to graduate. Big Time Losers examines the price colleges and athletes pay when sports becomes big business. Learn more >>>
Discounted Dreams
Community colleges are the fastest growing segment of American higher education and some say the most vital to America’s future. But growing enrollment is straining the system, underfunding persists, and in spite of some remarkable success stories, they fail to graduate even half of those who come.
In this new documentary, veteran correspondent John Merrow explores the paradoxes of these vital institutions. Learn more >>>
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Reports on The NewsHour
A Closer Look at NCLB
How is No Child Left Behind working and what do educators and students really think about it? This series of three reports and ten audio interviews takes a closer look at No Child Left Behind, the federal law passed in 2001 and up for reauthorization this year.
Lessons of War
What is life like in a school where half of the children have a parent in a combat zone? What can a teacher do to comfort a child whose mother or father has just deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan and at the same time stay focused on the "letter of the week" or the writing lesson of the day?
And then there is the toughest question: When a 7 year old asks, 'Will my Daddy die?' or 'Will my Mommy come home safe?', how should a teacher respond?
We went to McNair Elementary-a Department of Defense school in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to find out.
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