A cry from the edge /

Explores the experiences of students on the edge of success or failure in school, shares the feelings of students who fail and those who triumph, visits classrooms around the country where teachers encourage literacy across content areas and promote cognitive development for all their students, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.), John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, N.A.K. Production Associates, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors:	Cooper, Eric J., Klotz, Norman A., Anderson, Stanley
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
Series:	Reading, thinking, and concept development (DVD videodiscs) ; [program 6].
Subjects:	Educational change > United States. Dropouts > United States. Educational films.

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Summary:	Explores the experiences of students on the edge of success or failure in school, shares the feelings of students who fail and those who triumph, visits classrooms around the country where teachers encourage literacy across content areas and promote cognitive development for all their students, and above all, provides hope that the literacy crisis facing our schools can be solved.
Item Description:	"Funding for this program has been made possible by The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation." Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 DVD-video (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Production Credits:	Editor, John M. Cosenze ; camera, Mike Audick ... [et al.].