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| PART
1 (15:00) |
| Algebra
and Civil Rights with Bob Moses |
| Algebra
as a civil right? Renowned civil rights leader Robert
Moses makes the argument that math literacy is as important
to becoming a full American citizen as voting. Robert Moses
began his fight for civil rights in 1960, when the sit-in
movement led him to Mississippi for the first time. He spent
the next 6 years there as a civil rights leader, registering
thousands of voters. Forty years later he's fighting a quieter
but no less challenging battle. This time in the classroom. |
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February 14, 2001 |
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ARTICLES
"Algebra
equals empowerment," Tamara Henry USA
Today, February 8, 2001.
"Algebra Project: Bob Empowers Students," Jodi Wilgoren,
The
New York Times,
January 7, 2001.
"Conversation--Robert Moses on the new civil rights crusade,"
Carol Gerwin. Commonwealth
Magazine, Winter 2001. (requires free registration)
"A
Freedom Summer Activist becomes a Math Revolutional -- If
a = math and b = magic, then a+b = The Algebra Project,"
Bruce Watson, Smithsonian Magazine,
February, 1996.
WEB SITE
The
Algebra Project |
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| PART
2 (19:30) |
| Venture
Philanthropy: Silicon Valley Invests in Education with
Kim Smith |
| Venture
capitalists expect big returns on their investments. Should
philanthropy be governed by the same principal? These days
dot-com millionaires are giving money to education reform
- they call it "venture philanthropy" - and they're demanding
measurable results. Kim Smith,
of the New School Venture Fund, talks about making smart
investments in education. |
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February 14, 2001 |
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ARTICLES
"Women
of the 21st Century," Newsweek, January 7, 2001.
"Nonprofit
Group Aims To Groom New Breed of Leaders," Education
Week, Sept. 20, 2000.
"Venture
Philanthropists: The New Schools Fund," Karl Taro Greenfeld
and David S. Jackson, Time Magazine, July 24, 2000.
WEB
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New
Schools Venture Fund |
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| PART
3 (15:30) |
| The
Plight of the PTA with Tom Toch |
| The
National Congress of Parents and Teachers - known as the
PTA - has long been as integral a part of the American cultural
landscape as little league and yellow school buses. Yet
today its membership is half of what it was in 1966, despite
the fact that public school enrollment has almost doubled
in that same period. 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. |
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February 8, 2001 |
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