Teached. Vol. 1 /
The path to prison: The U.S. now bears the ominous title as the planet's most prolific jailer. The vast majority of our inmates are illiterate, and an inordinate number are people of color. One young man's story helps explain how so many capable and intelligent youth, especially African-Am...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English soundtrack with optional Spanish subtitles. |
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Angwin, Calif. :
Loudspeaker Films,
2011.
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| Summary: | The path to prison: The U.S. now bears the ominous title as the planet's most prolific jailer. The vast majority of our inmates are illiterate, and an inordinate number are people of color. One young man's story helps explain how so many capable and intelligent youth, especially African-American youth, end up behind bars. The blame game: teachers speak out: The discourse around education reform, especially on issues involving teachers, lacks nuance, thoughtfulness and often common sense. Simplistic "pro-" and "anti-" teacher rhetoric is distracting from efforts to improve teacher quality, especially in schools serving urban, minority children. Unchartered territory: Charter school founders are the pioneers of education reform, staking their claim by opening new schools in historically underserved communities. But years after the first charter shool opened its doors, these independently-operated publicly-funded schools are, as a group, not performing much better than traditional public schools. Was the charter formula wrong, and what can the best charter school leaders teach the rest? |
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| Item Description: | Title from disc menu and container. "Three short films about education in America"--Container. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Edited by Kate Stilley Steiner, Sergei Krasikov, Kelly Amis ; cinematography by Art Meyerhoff, Phillip Ebeid, Sergei Krasikov, Christina Voros, Justin Ammon, Andrew Blum ; music by Steve Steckler, Asparagus Studios, Michael Harris. |