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The Endangered Teacher

Educators around the country are leaving their field because of inadequate salaries, working conditions, and budget cuts. Is the future of the teaching profession as we know it today at risk? What can be done to attract and keep excellent teachers in our schools? This program explores the role of the teacher in our society today with Keith Geiger, President of the National Education Association; Tracy Seckler, a schoolteacher; and Joe Nathan, Director of the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota. (29 minutes)



 
    

Item#: BVL6386
Copyright date: ©1996




     
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Unequal Education
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This program with Bill Moyers compares the everyday experiences of two New York City middle school students and contrasts political rhetoric with the reality of American schooling. A profile of the two students and their different schools points out ...(more details)
 
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Making a Difference: Great Teachers, Part 1
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This documentary focuses on three teachers who have made a positive impact-academically or personally-on their students' lives. Selected as a result of an essay contest that asked students to write about the teacher who had most challenged and inspir...(more details)
 
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Making a Difference: Great Teachers, Part 2
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This program follows three outstanding teachers throughout the school day to show how they motivate students. We see the classroom skills that help make them great teachers-charisma, concern, perseverance, and enthusiasm-and how they impart self-este...(more details)
 
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The Problems and Promise of America's Schools: Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

It started in 1983 with a special report called, "A Nation at Risk," a scathing criticism of the rising tide of mediocrity in America's schools. This set off a rising tide of books and reports full of more bad news. Our children, they said, are learn...(more details)
 
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Educating the Disadvantaged: Mike Rose

Born to immigrant parents in a poor neighborhood in Los Angeles, Mike Rose was not expected to make it in school. He did-and went on to become a teacher, working with people on the edges of society: inner-city children, Vietnam veterans, adults tryin...(more details)
 
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