School finance is one of the most vigorously debated issues in education reform. One of the key questions: should the federal government pump more money into America's schools?
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September 8th, 2008
Finance: Segment Five from Full Episode
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September 8th, 2008
Where We Stand: Its Schools and Characters
Meet some of the characters and schools featured in the program.
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September 8th, 2008
Spotlight on Ohio: Schools in the Nation’s Swing State
Why we chose Ohio to best represent the American educational experience.
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September 8th, 2008
The 2008 Presidential Candidates: Where Do They Stand?
Education Platforms for presidential candidates Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.
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September 8th, 2008
A Nation at Risk: Are Our Schools Still in Peril?
25 years ago, the report, Nation at Risk: The Imperative For Educational Reform, came to a disturbing conclusion: our education system was falling behind the rest of the world. How have our schools fared since these wake-up calls? Are we still a nation at risk?
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September 5th, 2008
Globalization: Finland: What’s the Secret to Its Success?
Why, and how, Finnish students consistently rank so high on international tests.
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September 5th, 2008
Finance: How Do We Fund Our Schools?
The nuts and bolts of school finance.
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September 5th, 2008
Testing: No Child Left Behind: NCLB: Its Origin, Impact & Future
About the law, its background, impact and its future.
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September 4th, 2008
Geoffrey Canada & The Harlem Children’s Zone
A look inside one of the country's most ambitious educational experiments.
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September 4th, 2008
Message from Ron Thorpe, Vice President and Director of the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET
A message from Executive Producer of "Where We Stand."
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September 4th, 2008
Dropout Recovery Alternative School Profile
Profile of Foxfire Center for Student Success. Kids come from Appalachian rural poverty and urban poverty districts near Columbus. The school has made a dramatic turn around in the past two years.
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September 4th, 2008
A Look at Rural Districts
Call it rural blight, or simply the impact of globalization - job opportunities are fast disappearing in rural Ohio. Once home to heavy industry, agriculture and mining, the Appalachian area of the state has seen many of these sectors shut down or move offshore in recent years. And where there are opportunities, an education beyond high school is often required. That's a challenge in a region with a high school completion rate of just 68 percent.
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