Classroom & Community


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Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
November 8, 2009
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action" Students discuss the issue of affirmative action and college admissions. Is it "just" for schools to consider race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions? Does it violate individual rights?
Struggling for a Unified Voice: Boston Women and School Suffrage
Polly Kaufman
March 24, 2009
00:36:06
Polly Kaufman explains how Boston suffrage leaders worked to keep the goal of achieving full suffrage in the forefront despite controversies that developed among women based on societal and ethnic dif
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Yes We Can: Closing the Achievement Gaps
Jane Waldfogel
March 10, 2009
01:23:00
The authors of three recent books address how closing racial achievement gaps is indeed possible.
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Educating for Human Rights and Global Competency
Felisa Tibbitts
February 10, 2009
01:38:57
Felisa Tibbitts, of Human Rights Education Associates, and Ed Gragert, of the International Educational Resource Network (iEARN), examine the relationship of Human Rights Education and Global Competen
Poverty and Social Justice Challenges Facing the Nation: Part I
Marian Wright Edelman
February 8, 2009
00:44:48
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic, and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert moderates.
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Longer Days in Better Schools
Christopher Gabrieli
December 11, 2008
01:22:11
In this forum, leaders in the Expanded Learning movement describe their work and discuss the progress they are making.
So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood
Jean Kilbourne
November 20, 2008
01:02:09
Jean Kilbourne and Diane Levin discuss their new book, So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids.
Beyond NCLB: Proposals to Broaden Accountability
Richard Rothstein
November 20, 2008
01:25:07
Richard Rothstein and Susan Neuman discuss their new books on the current state of accountability measures in the United States and their thoughts on how to strengthen the system for the future.