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No
Excuses: Lessons from High Performing, High Poverty Schools
with Casey Carter |
| One hears
a lot of people - politicians, educators, policy makers - insisting
that all children can learn. Yet the belief persists that the
most disadvantaged children cannot learn and that schools are
powerless to help them. Casey Carter,
a fellow at The Heritage Foundation, investigated high-poverty
schools where the children are excelling. He talks to John Merrow
about the lessons we can learn from these high performing schools. |
| -Recorded
September 13, 2000 |
| PART
2 (19:30) |
| Universal
Pre-K with Augusta Kappner |
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Is publicly funded pre-school catching on? There's a growing
consensus among educators that pre-kindergarten has lasting
benefits for children, but so far Georgia is the only state
that provides free universal pre-school to all 4-year olds.
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. |
| -Recorded
December 11, 2000 |
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ARTICLES
"For Preschool, a Wealth of Benefits and a Dearth
of Space," Lynette Holloway, The
New York Times, September 5, 2000.
"School Readiness Seen to Hinge On Social, Emotional Adjustment,"
Linda Jacobson, Education
Week, September 13, 2000.
"Getting Serious About Kindergarten," Michelle Galley,
Education Week, April 12, 2000.
"Preschool for Everyone," Jodie Morse, The
New York Times, November 9, 1998.
"Is
Head Start Smart?" Diane Ravitch, The New Democrat,
July 1, 1998.
WEB SITES
Bank
Street College
"Ready
to Learn" A report from the French-American Foundation (This
file is in pdf format. You will need Acrobat
Reader to access this report.)
Education
Week: Early Learning |
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| PART
3 (15:30) |
| The
Schoolyard Battlefield with Suellen Fried |
| Bullying
is epidemic in American schools. Studies have found that 525,000
attacks, shakedowns, and robberies occur in an average month
in public secondary schools, and that 160,000 children miss
school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation. Suellen
Fried, author of Bullies and Victims: Helping Your Child
Through the Schoolyard Battlefield, discusses the psychology
behind bullying and what parents and teachers can do to create
safer school environments. |
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-Recorded
December 15, 2000 |
ARTICLES
"Experts Pay Attention to Bullies and Their Victims,"
Paige Hewitt, Houston
Chronicle, November 5, 2000.
"Brutal Rituals, Dangerous Rites," Kevin Bushweller, American
School Board Journal, August 14, 2000.
"Taking a Stand Against Bullies," Susan Tomchin, Jewish
Women International, 1997.
BOOKS
By
Hank Nuwer:
High School Hazing (Franklin Watts, 2000)
Wrongs of Passage (Indiana University Press, 1999)
WEB SITES
National
Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
Prevent
Child Abuse America
Keeping
Kids Safe, Saint Luke's Shawnee Mission Health System |
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