Lectures tagged "High School"

Steve Yarbrough: Safe From the Neighbors
Steve Yarbrough
February 19, 2010
00:33:12
Award-winning novelist and finalist for the 2005 PEN/Faulkner Award, Steve Yarbrough reads from his newest novel, Safe from the Neighbors. Luke May teaches local history--his lifelong obsession--at his old high school in Loring, Mississippi.
All About Africa
Julia Johnson-White
April 1, 2009
01:17:04
Julia White and Cedric Suzman of the Southern Center for International Studies, Bernadette B.
Why High School Graduates Become College Dropouts
Melissa Roderick
April 25, 2006
01:40:14
Melissa Roderick discusses the last several decades she has spent conducting research and talking to students in Chicago's public high schools.
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Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from Students
Kathleen Cushman
October 19, 2004
01:25:40
Kathleen Cushman, shares surprising advice from teens she interviewed for her most recent book about how to engage, motivate, and challenge high school students.
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Higher-Performing Urban High Schools
Paul Reville
November 20, 2003
01:30:11
Historically, urban high schools have proven to be the most challenging educational institution to effect lasting effective reform.