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Capitol Perspective: No Child Left Behind
September 17, 2007
Edward M. Kennedy senator, D-MA
Paul Reville exec. director, Center Education Research, MassINC
Anne Wass president, MA Teachers Association
Evelyn L. Nellum MA Parent Information & Resource Ctr.

Ted Kennedy hosts a studio discussion on the topic of the "No Child Left Behind" federal education reform legislation. The discussion focuses on the progress made since the enactment of the legislation, the achievement and funding gaps that still exist, and the panel experts' opinions on what still needs to be done.

Capitol Perspective is taped at the Emerson College television studios and airs on public access cable stations across the state.

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Achievement Gap | Senator Ted Kennedy | Classroom & Community | Education Reform | Literacy & Testing | Primary Education
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Jessica Hoffmann Davis
00:54:49
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Melissa Roderick
01:40:14
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Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools
Jonathan Zimmerman
01:31:07
Jonathan Zimmerman, director of the History of Education Program at the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, speaks about his book Whose America?
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Thomas M. Menino
01:28:06
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What Does Good Work Look Like?
Ron Berger
01:17:47
Educator Ron Berger lectures on the study and research of student work, and how to improve the work produced by students by giving them models to to base their own works from. Ron Berger served as a public school teacher in western Massachusetts for 25 years.
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