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Greater Boston: Massachusetts 2020: Can We Compete?
January 17, 2007
Emily Rooney host, Greater Boston, WGBH
Jared Brown reporter, WGBH TV
Christopher Anderson chairman, MA Board of Education

A panel of experts discuss how well Massachusetts schools are preparing students to compete in a global economy. What knowledge and skills will be needed for the jobs of the future? And what more can be done to close the education gap between affluent and disadvantaged students?

Hosted by Emily Rooney, the town-meeting style event features a panel of experts including state Board of Education Chairman Christopher Anderson as well as a studio audience of parents, students, educators, and business and political leaders. The program's live elements are augmented by taped segments, including video clips featuring Massachusetts students, corporate leaders and a one-on-one interview with Governor Deval Patrick on his views on education and global competition. The special also includes an interactive component: during the broadcast, viewers take an online poll and e-mail their comments and Greater Boston's Jared Bowen reports on the e-mails and poll results during the program.

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Poverty and Social Justice Challenges in the US: Part II
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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.
Poverty and Social Justice Challenges in the US: Part I
Marian Wright Edelman
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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.
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
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Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action"
Atlanta Neighborhood Summit
Angela Glover Blackwell
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How to Stay a Passionate and Creative Educator
Nancy Rappaport
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Nancy Rappaport, Harvard psychiatrist and author of the memoir In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide, discusses ways that self-reflection can help educators to remain passionate and creative over time when working in schools.
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MCAS: What Does It Mean for Immigrant Youth?
John Lozada
01:26:20
A panel discusses the cultural differences that pervade views on the validity of MCAS. Some students wonder why the test is so hard and why there is so little support for ESL students to pass it. Others think the testing resembles that used in their country of origin.

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