NewsHour Extra Video: School System Series

We hope you enjoy learning from and discussing this video series, presented here with permission from NewsHour Online Extra.

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This is an entire series by John Merrow examining two of the most troubles school systems in the U.S.: Washington, D.C. and New Orleans.

Once you hit play, you are then able to choose to play other segments in this series, by hovering your mouse over the yellow dots at the bottom of the video screen.

Here are the segments, the time for each one (minutes:seconds), and the air date on The NewsHour:

1 Results are mixed for NO school reform 11:19 7/24/08
2 DC schools chief institutes tough changes 10:26 7/23/08
3 DC schools Struggle to reform a broken system 9:19 6/18/08
4 NO school reforms target young readers 14:06 6/17/08
5 NO Education chief faces struggles 8:37 4/3/08
6 Schools in DC face a complex road to reform 10:17 4/2/08
7 NO school chief pursues reform 11:47 2/8/08
8 DC education leader faces resistance 10:35 2/7/08
9 Schools in NO face tough road to rebuild 11:04 11/23/07
10 Rhee fights for DC school reform 11:01 11/19/07
11 NO school chief tackles troubled schools 12:01 10/2/07
12 Education Leaders Attempt reform in DC schools 11:13 10/1/2007

There are more recent segments that we will provide access to here, in the next few weeks.