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 AUDIO
SALES CATALOG • 2000-2001
This
listing highlights the guests and topics of 26 Programs.
Programs: 1-6
| 7-12 | 13-18
| 19-26 |
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Rudy Crew |
Principals
Needed!
There's been plenty of talk about the "teacher
shortage" in American public schools, but less is said about
the severe shortage of school principals.
Recorded:
1.11.01
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Laura Sessions Stepp |
Troubled
Years of Early Adolescence
Washington Post
correspondent Laura Sessions Stepp shares the insights she gained
from two years of following 18 adolescents and their families.
Recorded:
1.9.01
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James
Traub |
Online-U
Will the internet transform higher education?
Some educators and entrepreneurs are predicting that the internet
will revolutionize the university experience.
Recorded:
1.8.01
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Etta Kralovec |
Homework
Blues
Author and educator Etta Kralovec makes a provocative
argument for the end of homework as we now know it.
Recorded:
1.9.01
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Jack Zipes |
What's
So Great About Harry Potter?
Scholar Jack Zipes makes the case that the Harry
Potter "phenomenon" is actually a negative development, born
from the conventional nature of J.K. Rowling's books.
Recorded:
1.16.01
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Allen Odden |
Who
Pays? Battling Over School Finance
Allen Odden of the University of Wisconsin and
Steve Block, of the Education Law Center, clarify the issues
of equity and school finance.
Recorded:
1.11.01
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Lynn Olson |
Quality
Counts 2001
Lynn Olson discusses how the growing emphasis
on standards and testing affects the way teachers teach and
students learn.
Recorded: 1.16.01
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Nicholas Lemann |
Affirmative
Action on the Line
Nicolas Lemann, Washington correspondent for
The New Yorker, gives an update on Affirmative Action.
Recorded:
1.17.01
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Ruy Teixeira |
All-Day,
All-Year Schools
Century Foundation fellow Ruy Teixeira is proposing
that it's time to extend the school day and the school year.
Recorded: 1.16.01
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Julia Lewis |
Unexpected
Legacy of Divorce
Author and psychiatrist Julia Lewis talks about
the unexpected long term effect of divorce on young people's
lives, and what parents and schools can do to help kids through
the experience.
Recorded:
1.31.01
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Richard John Neuhaus |
Marc
Stern |
Religion
in the Classroom
Father Richard John Neuhaus, President
of The Institute on Religion and Public Life and Editor-in-Chief
of First Things and Marc Stern, Legal Counsel for
the American Jewish Congress, debate what should be the
role of religion in public schools.
Recorded: 1.23.01
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Jocelyn Chadwick |
Teaching
Mark Twain
Chadwick describes the Program she has developed to help teachers
understand how they can use Twain's racially charged material
as a productive tool in understanding American history.
Recorded: 2.9.01
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Andy Rotherham |
Bush's
Agenda: A New Education Consensus?
Former Clinton education advisor, Andy
Rotherham, and Margaret La Montagne, Domestic Policy Advisor
to President Bush, discuss how Bush's reforms would change
American schools.
Recorded:
2.8.01
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Bob Moses |
Algebra
and Civil Rights
Renowned civil rights leader Robert Moses makes
the argument that math literacy is as important to becoming
a full American citizen as voting.
Recorded: 2.14.01
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Tom
Toch |
Decline
of the PTA
Tom Toch from The Brookings Institution, takes
a look at why parents are turning away from the country's largest
and most influential parents' organization.
Recorded: 2.8.01
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Kim Smith |
Venture
Philanthropy: Silicon Valley Invests in Education
Kim Smith, of the New School Venture Fund, talks
about making smart investments in education.
Recorded: 2.14.01
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Mel Levine |
Learning
Differences Among the "Learning Disabled"
Dr. Mel Levine of the All Kinds of Minds Institute
re-examines our assumptions about learning disabilities.
Recorded:
2.15.01
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Herb Kohl |
A
Lifetime of Teaching
The author of more than 40 books, including 36
Children and The Discipline of Hope, Kohl shares
the major lessons he's learned from a lifetime in the classroom.
Recorded: 1.31.01
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Marian Wright Edelman |
Childhood
Poverty
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president
of the Children's Defense Fund, talks about what America needs
to do to ensure that no child is left behind.
Recorded: 2.15.01
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David Berliner |
Our
Schools vs. Theirs: An International Comparison
In a recent international study of student performance
(the TIMSS-R), American 8th graders ranked only 19th in the
world in mathematics and 18th in science.
Recorded: 2.26.01
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Art Levine |
A
Few Good Teachers
School Districts across the country are facing
a critical shortage of teachers. What
does it take to prepare a teacher for the classroom?
Recorded: 1.23.01
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Sylvia Ann Hewlett |
Assault
on Parents
According to a recent survey, half of Americans
believe "irresponsible parents" – not social and economic
pressures on families – are the main reason children fail
to thrive in our society.
Recorded: 2.26.01
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| Programs:
1-6 | 7-12
| 13-18 | 19-26
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