The Merrow Report- Program 4-5

PART 1 (15:00)/ PART 2 (19:30)

Richard Rodriguez: The 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.

-Recorded September 18, 2000

PART 3 (15:30)

"Choosing Excellence" with E. D. Hirsch

Host and veteran education reporter John Merrow believes there are three kinds of schools: bad ones, 'good enough' ones and excellent ones. Good-enough schools represent the status quo– and they stand in the way of excellence. In a four part series, John Merrow talks to some of the most well-respected educators in the county about what constitutes an excellent school.
Segment 2: Interview with E.D. Hirsch, Founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and author of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know.

-Recorded June 6, 2000