PART 1 (15:00)

Chris Doherty: A School in Kenya

In 1994, a philanthropist in Baltimore, Maryland, asked principals of local middle schools how his organization could best help their schools. The principals responded unanimously: remove the most disruptive 10% of students so that the other 90% can learn. In response, the philanthropist created a boarding school in Kenya, Africa and sent some of the most troubled kids abroad to attend it. It's called the Baraka School - Baraka is Swahili for blessing - and that's just what the school turned out to be for many of its students.

-Recorded November 2, 2000

	ARTICLES "Baraka School: The Africa Experiment," Andrew Goldstein, Time Magazine, October 4, 2000. "Way Out of the Inner City: Africa; For 18 Teens, Kenyan School Might Improve Their Lives in Baltimore," Stephen Buckley, Washington Post, July 24, 1997. WEB SITE The Abell Foundation

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PART 2 (19:30)

Heather Mac Donald & Robert McCabe: Remediation on College Campuses

Each year more than a million college students need to take remedial classes to catch up on basic skills. In recent years remedial programs have come under attack from critics, who argue that admitting unprepared students into college lowers the quality of education for all students. Supporters of remedial education say that without it, many young people would have no chance at a college degree and entry into the middle class. Former President of Miami-Dade Community College, Robert McCabe, and CUNY task force member Heather Mac Donald debate the proper role of remedial education on college campuses.

-Recorded November 15, 2000

PART 3 (15:30)

Heather Mac Donald & Robert McCabe: Remediation on College Campuses (cont.)

-Recorded November 15, 2000

	ARTICLES "CUNY Could Be Great Again," Heather Mac Donald, City Journal, Winter, 1998. "Classes are Full at Catch-Up U.," Karen W. Arenson, The New York Times, May 31, 1998. "A Conservative Strategist Provides Ammunition for Critics of SUNY and CUNY," Patrick Healy, The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10, 1998. "Why One College Jettisoned All Its Remedial Courses," Lois Cronholm, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 24, 1999. "A Minority of One," James Traub, The New York Times Magazine, October 31, 1999. "The Dilemma of Higher Education in the Inner City," Nathan Glazer, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 3, 1999. "In CUNY remediation debate, the numbers - and the strategyss - are in dispute," Sara Hebel, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 10, 1999. "Cal state Puts Remediation on an ‚Or Else' Basis," Jeffrey Selingo, The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 4, 2000. WEB SITES Manhattan Institute for Policy Research City Journal American Association of Community Colleges To order No One to Waste: American Association of Community Colleges Bookstore League for Innovation in the Community College