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2008-06-03T10:44:00.014-04:00

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Lessons of War-Education Podcast with John Merrow #67

2007-06-29T14:30:00.000-04:00

We've received so many requests for our program, Lessons of War, which aired on The NewsHour last week, we decided to make it this week's podcast. So, if you missed it when it aired or would like to see it again, you can now watch the entire program online. In addition to The NewsHour segment, we produced four podcasts (posted below) of extended interviews providing a more in-depth and personal look into the lives of the four people featured in the piece.

VIDEO

Duration: 13:54

Leading the Smallest Soldiers - Education Podcast with John Merrow #66

2007-06-29T14:28:00.000-04:00

Retired military officer Tim Howle finds a new way to serve his country as principal of McNair Elementary on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

AUDIO

Duration: 13:00

Spelling Iraq - Education Podcast with John Merrow #65

2007-06-29T14:27:00.001-04:00

Almost all of Nancy Welsh's kindergarten students have a parent in Iraq or Afghanistan.

AUDIO

Duration: 16:00

After He's Gone - Education Podcast with John Merrow #64

2007-06-29T14:21:00.000-04:00

27-year-old Scarlette Keeling struggles to raise her three children after her husband, Corey, leaves to serve as a medic in Afghanistan.

AUDIO

Duration: 20:00

Classroom Veteran - Education Podcast with John Merrow #63

2007-06-29T14:13:00.000-04:00

Third grade teacher and army veteran Gary Wieland has seven students who have parents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. How does a veteran teacher juggle academics and a student's need for affection and reassurance?

AUDIO

Duration: 23:00

Message to Subscribers-Education Podcast with John Merrow

2007-04-17T11:02:00.000-04:00

We have some exciting news for our podcast subscribers: The Education Podcast with John Merrow has moved to the PBS area of iTunes.

To easily locate us, open your iTunes and, from within the Shop area, select Podcasts and then click on the Public Broadcasting badge. You will then see a link to the PBS section. Once inside the PBS area of iTunes, you will find The Education Podcast with John Merrow alongside many other quality PBS branded programs.

Or, if you prefer to access our podcasts via RSS, please add our new RSS feed to your RSS reader. That new feed address is: http://www.pbs.org/merrow/rss/podcast.xml

If you have any questions, please visit the Podcast section of the PBS website, at http://www.pbs.org/podcasts, or email us at podcasts@merrow.org

Thank you and have a great day.

AUDIO

Leading the Smallest Soldiers-Education Podcast with John Merrow #66

2007-04-05T15:06:00.000-04:00

Retired military officer Tim Howle finds a new way to serve his country as principal of McNair Elementary on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He maintains that the two jobs are very similar, but perhaps not in the ways you might expect.

AUDIO

Duration: 13:00

Spelling Iraq-Education Podcast with John Merrow #65

2007-04-05T15:04:00.000-04:00

Almost all of Nancy Welsh’s kindergarten students have a parent in Iraq or Afghanistan. Can she comfort all of them when they need comforting and still keep them focused on academics?

AUDIO

Duration: 16:00

After He's Gone-Education Podcast with John Merrow #64

2007-04-05T15:02:00.000-04:00

27-year-old Scarlette Keeling struggles to raise her three children after her husband, Corey, leaves for a 1-year tour of duty as a medic in Afghanistan. It’s his third tour of duty.

AUDIO

Duration: 20:00

Classroom Veteran-Education Podcast with John Merrow #63

2007-04-05T14:58:00.000-04:00

All things to all people?-Education Podcast with John Merrow #62

2007-03-16T10:36:00.000-04:00

We expect a lot from our 1200 community colleges, and most of them bend over backwards trying to provide it–job training, a jumpstart on a 4-year degree, remedial education, even classes in motorcycle repair and ballroom dancing! But is being all things to all people possible, or even desirable?

AUDIO

Duration: 25:00

Profit and Loss-Education Podcast with John Merrow #61

2007-03-02T14:49:00.000-05:00

John Merrow’s conversation with Steve Mariotti about creating a global movement around entrepreneurship education.

AUDIO

Duration: 20:25

Eating Disorders on America's College Campuses-Education Podcast with John Merrow #60

2007-02-16T13:17:00.001-05:00

The prevalence of eating disorders in society is hard to ignore. As many as 10 million women and 1 million men in the United States alone have either anorexia or bulimia. In this exclusive video podcast, we take a look inside America’s college campuses, where eating disorders may affect up to 20% of its students.

VIDEO

Duration: 15:01

Teaching Entrepreneurship-Education Podcast with John Merrow #59

2007-01-26T12:08:00.000-05:00

Watch as inner city high school students launch their own soda company, and hear why some say entrepreneurship education is "the civil rights issue of our time."

VIDEO

Duration : 9:50

Dumb Jocks?-Education Podcast with John Merrow #58

2007-01-12T14:39:00.000-05:00

A college football championship special. Sociologist and civil rights activist Dr. Harry Edwards on the problematic college sports system that deserves to be saved.

Duration: 37:00

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Measuring Learning with Bill Sanders-Education Podcast with John Merrow #57

2006-12-15T15:02:00.000-05:00

One of the country’s top education researchers discusses the federal law known as No Child Left Behind at a meeting of Phi Delta Kappa in Washington, D.C.

AUDIO

Duration: 21:42

Turnaround Specialist Roundtable-Education Podcast with John Merrow #56

2006-12-01T10:41:00.000-05:00

What does it take to turn around a failing school? John Merrow talked to three so-called “turnaround specialists” hired by the state of Virginia to save its underperforming schools.

AUDIO

Duration: 36:38

Turnaround Specialist Part 4-Education Podcast with John Merrow #55

2006-11-17T10:26:00.000-05:00

When veteran principal Parke Land signed up to become a "Turnaround Specialist," he fully expected to transform the failing
middle school to which he was assigned. In Part IV of our serial coverage, the surprising conclusion to our story.

VIDEO

Separate Classrooms-Education Podcast with John Merrow #54

2006-11-02T14:53:00.000-05:00

The U.S. Department of Education has decided to support single sex public schools, classrooms and activities, removing the legal ambiguity created by two apparently conflicting laws, Title IX and No Child Left Behind.

In this week’s podcast we report on a public school’s experiment with single sex classrooms. As you will see, this experiment began accidentally, the result of a computer glitch.

VIDEO

Duration: 11:31

Eyes on the Prize – Education Podcast with John Merrow #53

2006-10-19T14:11:00.000-04:00

A roundtable discussion with superstars of urban education. John Merrow moderates a symposium with the finalists for the Broad Prize for Urban Education. Which district comes out on top? The envelope, please . . .

Broad Symposium

Duration: 1:01:08

The Weighted Student Formula Debate–Education Podcast with John Merrow #52

2006-10-06T11:27:00.000-04:00

The current system of public school funding is plagued by inequity. Is the weighted student formula education’s silver bullet or a smoke screen? John Merrow moderates a debate about a controversial new proposal.

Cynthia G. Brown, Director of Education Policy, Center for American Progress provides an overview. The panelists were Arlene Ackerman, former superintendent, San Francisco; Rod Paige, former secretary of education; John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress; and Michael Rebell, executive director, the Campaign for Educational Equity.

AUDIO

Duration: 53:24

Making the Grade Part VII: Redux-Education Podcast with John Merrow #51

2006-09-28T15:52:00.000-04:00

One year after the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer profiled five rookie teachers assigned to an underperforming school in Brooklyn, New York, we revisited them with a special guest: the man who created their "Teaching Fellows" program, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy. The Fellows got their chance to ‘sound off’ on all the issues they faced in their first year of teaching. See what happens when they meet in our final installment of “Making the Grade.”

VIDEO

Duration: 11:10

Making the Grade Part VI: The End of the School Year-Education Podcast with John Merrow #50

2006-09-22T11:20:00.000-04:00

Over the course of a school year, five NYC Teaching Fellows have tackled every classroom challenge that's come their way, including disruptive students, violence, high pressure testing, and the reality of becoming teachers with almost no training.

We’ve watched them overcome the jitters of their first day of school and struggle to maintain control of their classrooms. Two of their colleagues at PS 25 in Brooklyn quit early in the year, and one of our rookies, Renee Cason, came close. She admits “ I hate this year” but also promised she would not throw in the towel. In this NewsHour episode, the sixth of seven, you'll find out if she makes it and hear the rookies reflect on all they’ve faced.

VIDEO

Duration: 11:36

Making the Grade Part V: Preparing for Standardized Tests-Education Podcast with John Merrow #49

2006-09-14T17:05:00.000-04:00

This week’s podcast is the fifth of seven NewsHour pieces that follow several first year Teaching Fellows assigned to one of the worst public schools in New York City. In our fifth installment, the Fellows learn how to “teach to the test,” preparing their students for high stakes testing that could get them off the list of lowest performing schools.

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Duration: 11:49