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Winner of the 2001 National Award for Education Reporting presented by the Education Writers Association | "Making the Grade" a 7 part series was produced by Learning Matters and aired on PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
"Teachers Wanted: No Experience Necessary" is a one hour documentary that chronicles the Teaching Fellows experiences.
Both "Making the Grade" and "Teachers Wanted" are available on VHS.
(Behind the scenes photos)
VIEW SEGMENTS & READ TRANSCRIPTS | | | | Unable to find enough qualified teachers for its worst public schools, New York City set up a crash program--one month of training--for 350 men and women. Called 'Teaching Fellows', they're earning $31,500 and getting free tuition toward a Masters Degree, in return for a 2-year commitment.
Twelve of the Teaching Fellows were assigned to PS/IS 25, in the Bedford-
Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. It's a Kindergarten thru Eighth grade school with 750 students.
| Among the twelve are... | | Renee Cason
a former Americorps volunteer |  | | Sarah Costelloe
a Wesleyan University graduate with a public policy degree
|  | | Dayna Goldberg
who earned a journalism degree |  | | Jack Nastasi
a recent college graduate with a degree in finance |  | | Janice Wright
a former page at NBC |  | |  |
