Education Reform


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Dorothy Strickland on the Literacy Achievement Gap
Dorothy Strickland
October 23, 2008
01:01:49
Dorothy Strickland, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Professor of Education at Rutgers Graduate School of Education, presents the fourth annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture, The Literacy Achievement Gap: Research Evidence for Policy and Practice.
Whole Child, Whole Day: Leadership Panel
Thomas M. Menino
September 19, 2008
01:28:06
A leadership panel, comprised of Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson, Director of the Children's Behavioral Health Initiative at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services Emily Sherwood, Acting Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw, and others, discusses how to
Reforming Boston Schools, 1930-2006: Overcoming Corruption and Racial Segregation
Joseph Cronin
April 16, 2008
01:19:08
Educators recount the history, the setbacks, and the successful approaches that improved the educational opportunities for Boston school children.
The Media: Driving Education Policy?
Bob Herbert
April 2, 2008
01:22:07
Leading print columnists explore the public's view of American education, and how this perspective is shaped by the news media. Perhaps more than any other professional field, the education agenda, or at least the public's perception of it, is greatly influenced by the media and columnists.
Shaping the Field of Educational Research
Grover J. Whitehurst
March 13, 2008
01:26:03
This forum, held in conjunction with the HGSE Student Research Conference, illuminates the principles guiding institutional decisions about educational research.
46 Years of Desegregation at the University of Georgia
Michael Thurmond
January 9, 2008
00:33:39
Michael Thurmond delivers the Holmes-Hunter Lecture, which honors Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Hamilton Holmes, the first African American students to enroll at UGA. Lecture speakers focus on race relations, black history or aspects of higher education with implications for race relations.
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Sandbox Investment: Kids-First Politics
David L. Kirp
November 29, 2007
01:28:35
David Kirp reveals the findings of a longitudinal study that shows the life-changing impact of preschool.
Teaching Standard English in Urban Classrooms
Rebecca Wheeler
November 20, 2007
01:16:49
Rebecca Wheeler details how teachers can build on students' existing knowledge of everyday English, as a springboard to new knowledge: professional English. Typically, when students write "My goldfish name is Scaley" or "Mama walk to the store," teachers correct student grammar.