Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Success and Failure at P.S. 27, Part 1

Success and Failure at P.S. 27, Part 1

Over the course of this three-segment program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel tracks the progress of Lesley-Diann Jones’ combined class of fourth- and fifth-graders, from opening day in September to February 1st, when the students re-took the state English exam that they had failed the previous year. Amidst Ms. Jones’ efforts to help her students improve their learning and test-taking abilities, other dramas unfolded involving stubborn parents, disruptive classroom behavior, deadline pressure, and a dispute over a promised bonus for compressing two years’ worth of teaching into one. (56 minutes)

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Item#: BVL11218
Copyright date: ©2000
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-7531-1

Part of the Series : Master Teacher: Striving to Make a Difference


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