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This program presents excerpts from a dance/performance/music work written and choreographed by Jeannie Hutchins entitled Laugh Till I Thought I’d Die which was presented at PS 122 in November 1997. A wry and humorous take on the preciousness of life that combines theater, dance and song. Featuring Jeannie Hutchins and Ric Oquita. Plus excerpts from a revealing interview with the artist.
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In this interview, Robert Slavin, Ph.D., talks with Hedrick Smith about Success for All, a comprehensive, research-based reading and math program for elementary and middle schools. The most important objective, says Dr. Slavin, "is to get every single child to be successful, every single child to master the basic curriculum, to achieve the higher-order objectives that every parent would want for their child and that our society demands." The genesis,...
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In segment one of this interview, Kati Haycock, founder and director of The Education Trust, and Hedrick Smith discuss a range of hot topics in contemporary education: the standards movement and educational equity, No Child Left Behind, and the critical components of effective school reform, to name only three. In segment two, Mike Casserly, Ph.D., executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, joins Mr. Smith to address topics such...
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KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory public schools in under-resourced communities throughout the United States. In this interview, KIPP co-developer Michael Feinberg joins Hedrick Smith to discuss the program-a reform initiative created as a model for middle school reform, starting in fifth grade. The purpose of KIPP? "To provide kids with the academic, intellectual, and character skills they...
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When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
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Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming ... "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever.
71) Leveling Lincoln
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Through interviews and historical footage, Leveling Lincoln explores the landmark 1961 desegregation case of Taylor vs. Board of Education of New Rochelle, NY where an entire elementary school had to be torn down to achieve a level playing field in education. The case, the first of its kind in the North (seven years after Brown vs. The Board of Education), was praised on the floor of the United States Senate as an example of successful integration...
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In this presentation from National School Choice Week 2014, Reason Magazine Managing Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward hosts a discussion on the state of school choice in America with Reason Foundation's Director of Education Lisa Snell and Education Policy Analyst Katie Furtick, co-authors of The Weighted Student Formula Yearbook, which examines outcomes in school districts across the country that use portable student funding. During the presentation the...
74) Billy Madison
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He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but in order to win his father's respect, and his fortune 500 company, grown-up goof-off Billy must reepeat all 12 grades of school in just 24 weeks!
75) Bulgaria: Talam
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Roses play a central role in Bulgarian identity. In music, this translates into the chant of voices in the Bulgarian choir, where each voice is introduced, radiating outward like the petals of the flower. Bulgaria is also at the heart of a great cultural exchange, a meeting point of Thracian, Persian, Roman, and Oriental influences. This program shows how the Bulgarian people, despite the hardships they suffered during many years of slavery, were...
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In this interview, Anthony Alvarado, the dynamic architect of controversial principal-centered educational reforms in New York City and San Diego schools, and Eric Smith, Ed.D., who has risen to national prominence as superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Anne Arundel County school districts, join Hedrick Smith to describe their methodologies and examine the results of their policies and initiatives.
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Educator Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free - not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. In this TEDTalk, Koller explains how Coursera, a social entrepreneurship company cofounded with Andrew Ng, tracks each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion, and self-graded assignment to build an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Chalk bombs are dropped on U.S. cadets in training. 2. Lieutenant Commander Mildred McAfee, U.S.N.R., christens the aircraft carrier Franklin; a destroyer is launched on the Great Lakes. 3. Chinese in Toronto honor Chinese ambassador to Canada. 4. Convoys on the Alcan Highway. 5. U.S. planes and the 5th Army fight in Italy; prisoners are freed at Cosenza; troops are greeted in Naples;...
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Sixteen students search for knowledge, fun, love, sex, and a path to a rewarding career as this documentary tracks them through one academic year at The University of British Columbia. Partying, clubs, and sports compete head-to-head with classes and sleep-but campus life is only one part of this compelling story. The other revolves around that age-old transition from child to adult known simply as growing up. College Days, College Nights is an honest...