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Reinventing Public Education
April 23, 2003
Jay Kaufman state representative, D-MA

Jay Kaufman explores the changes that need to be made in our thinking about the mission, governance, structure, and funding of a transformed public school system, and raises questions about how to effect such meaningful change.

Education
Jay Kaufman | Classroom & Community | Community Building | Education Reform | Primary Education | Teacher Education
WGBH
Cambridge Forum
Arthur: When a Child Knows Someone with Cancer
Paula Rauch
00:59:16
Experts in the field of pediatric health and education screen and discuss the Arthur episode “The Great MacGrady".
Poverty and Social Justice Challenges in the US: Part II
Marian Wright Edelman
00:45:07
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
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.
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action"
Audio-only
Getting to Graduation: Supporting Students to Mastery
Andy Calkins
01:40:55
In March 2003, the Rennie Center sponsored a public event to discuss the Commonwealth's strategy for supporting students in the Class of 2003 who would not graduate because they failed MCAS.
Atlanta Neighborhood Summit
Angela Glover Blackwell
00:43:21
Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, addresses the Atlanta Neighborhood Summit. The Neighborhood Summit is a new, day-long event aimed at bringing together neighbors from across the region to discuss issues of mutual interest.

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