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Results for: Education |
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| "Ruth McBride Jordan, A Remarkable Mother" Ruth McBride Jordan died in the early days of January. Her name may not ring a bell, but her son's book, A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WHITE MOTHER, was on the NEW YORK TIMES best seller list for 100 weeks.... Themes: Inspirational, Family, Kids, Quality of Life, Education |
| "Kids Should Come First" Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has hundreds of millions of dollars to dispense in Race to the Top grants. This money is meant to encourage education innovation.... Themes: Education, Kids |
| "Interview with Ron Tabano: Pockets of Progress In Education After Twenty-five Years" Many of you know that I've been an advocate of education reform even before Getting Your Money's Worth. In fact, my show, GYMW, was an outcome of my advocacy position on education equality.... Themes: Education, Rehabilitation |
| "Interview: Robert C. Dinerstein" I just interviewed Bob Dinerstein, chairman of Everybody Wins. Everybody Wins is a mentoring organization based on the concept of one volunteer, one child, one book.... Themes: Education, Volunteers |
| 60 Seconds on Value: "Parental Guidance" Everyone seems to complain about the schools. Yet, there is a specific change that only parents can bring about, writes David Akst in the Wall Street Journal.... Themes: Education, Kids |
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| Jason Skeeter - Math Teacher, Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School Jason Skeeter's fifth grade math students achieve. His expectations for his urban minority students is college. He's helping to close the achievement gap on that path. He starts his class promptly on the clock and cold canvases the room calling on students for participation. He's a drill sergeant in front of the class running his classroom by the standard of SLANT -- shorthand for SIT UP STRAIGHT, LISTEN, ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. Nod for understanding and Track the speaker -- meaning follow with your eyes. This structured environment is the formula the Willismasburg Charter School believes in. Learn more about this successful teacher on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education, Kids |
| Teddy Gross - Founder/Executive Director, Common Cents What can you buy for a penny? Every year school kids, ages 4-10, raise millions of dollars for charities collecting pennies. In New York City alone, kids collect ten tons of pennies every day for a three week period. It's called "penny harvesting". The program was created by Common Cents. Executive Director Teddy Gross describes how Penny Harvest teaches kids the value of team building and the sense of pride that comes with helping others. What can you do with a penny" Find out on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Community Programs, Education, Inspiration, Mentoring |
| Chuck Stewart - Ph.D., Author, BANKRUPT YOUR STUDENT LOANS Negotiating debt is tough. But toughest if you are in student loan debt. Student debt robs the economy. In today's poor economy, students are taking on more personal debt than they probably should. Further adding to the delimma is the fact that college costs have risen at an annual rate of 5 percent above inflation for the last decade. College grads have such a mountain of debt when they graduate that, even when they find a job, their consumer spending is diminished. Chuck Stewart has some advice to lend on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Finance, Education, Money Tips, Recession |
| Donna Taylor - Acting Principl, P.S./IS 686, Brooklyn School of Inquiry Are gifted children created or born that way? While the question has yet to be answered, New York City, among many others, has a public school curriculum for maximizing the potential of gifted children. Donna Taylor, principal, describes gifted as the curriculum for the students under her watch at Brooklyn School of Inquiry. Taylor's business background is coupled with classroom teaching and training at New York City's Education Leadership Academy. Above all, she adds her spirit of entrepreneurship to her role as principal. Taylor discusses her personal techniques with Judith West on Getting Your Money's Worth. Themes: Education, Children |
| Marcus A. Winters - Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Education Policy I asked Marcus Winters, Senior Fellow at Manhattan Institute, "When is the U.S. going to fix education?" Winters specializes in researching education policy, focusing on school choice, graduation rates and teacher performance. He labels Charter Schools as one of the most significant changes fostering education reform. Watch Getting Your Money's Worth for more on this, teacher tenure, test scores and accountability. Themes: Education |
| James Stovall - CEO, Victory Schools Ten years ago Victory Schools was founded with the opening of the first independent charter school in Harlem. Six years later, students that entered performed with 90 percent scoring in the highest level of New York City Reading Exams -- DOUBLE the rate of traditional public schools. How the Victory team gets these kinds of results in the schools they operate and manage is the topic of James Stovall, Co-CEO on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education, Kids |
| Edward F. Cox - Former Chair, SUNY Charter Schools Institute A new study by Stanford Economist Caroline Hoxby leaves little doubt that students benefit from attending a New York City Charter School. Hoxby's findings were so strong about achievement, she was able to estimate that if Harlem students went to a charter school K-8, they would close 86 percent of the best score gap when compared to Scarsdale, New York. Ed Cox, founder of the Charter Schools Institute and former aurthorizer of charter schools in New York State, appears on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education, Kids |
| Ron Tabano - CEO/Principal, John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy Charter School The word "wildcat" is a description of someone who drills, where others have failed, with the expectation of striking it RICH. That's what Ron Tabano, founder/principal of Wildcat Academy Charter School, does. But his team strikes it RICH with high risk, urban teens. Kids who are suspended from traditional school, truants, -- or even already in the criminal justice system -- graduate and go on to college or have a job. Required throughout the curriculum is work experience. For the record, character development is always front and center. Learn how Wildcat's staff does the magic on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education, Rehabilitation |
| Robert C. Dinerstein - Board Chairman, Everybody Wins! Most of us agree that a serious disparity exists between the reading abliities of lower-income and higher-income kids. But Robert Dinerstein, Chairman of Everybody Wins! is doing something about that. His organization, a non-profit literary and mentoring organization, is founded on a simple equation: One Mentor, One Child, One Book at a Time. Listen to him on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. You could win and importantly help a kid on the road to WINNING. Themes: Education, Volunteers |
| Gail Maynor - Member, Board of Directors, Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation Active in the campaign to expose our children to the world of work is Gail Maynor. Maynor, a graduate of New York University's Entrepreneurship Program and herself a mother, talks about the importance for parents to teach and mentor their kids about the power and possibility of work and family life. She is on the Baord of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation. Here the involvement of all concerned on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West Themes: Kids, Education |
| Joe Bagnoli - Associate Provost for Enrollment and Academic Services, Berea College Is college tuition breaking the bank in your household? Are you a graduate still paying off your loans? There is a college in the U.S. where you can graduate debt-free. It's called Berea and is located in the Appalachian region of central Kentucky. You can go to Berea with nothing but what you can carry and graduate debt-free. Joseph Bagnoli, Associate Provost for Enrollment, calls it "the best education money can't buy". Who can go, how is it financed? Find out by listening to Bagnoli on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education, Higher Education |
| Eugene M. Lang - Founder and Chairman Emeritus , I Have a Dream Foundation Twenty-five years ago Eugene Lang, gave a graduation speech to sixth graders in East Harlem, encouraging them to see this as the first of several graduations. Hearing that indeed college was probably not a realilty, Lang offered to pay for each child's college education. At that moment was born the "I Have Dream" Foundation. Hear his story on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Philanthropy, Education |
| Carl Ballenas / Victoria L. Brown-Douglas - Teacher, Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica Estates, NY; Historian and Author / Professor - St. John's University School of Law Carl Ballenas, teacher extraordinaire, teams with Professor Victoria Brown-Douglas of St. John's University, to teach his kids a moment in history -- The Desegregation of Jamaica School War 1895-1900 -- through re-enacting the courtroom battle. Kids research at Queens Public Library; St. John's law students mentor Immaculate Conception School students. A community mentoring kids. What Good News! Hear more on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education, Mentoring |
| Bill Rappel - National Director, Computers for Youth; America Forward Advisory Board Bill Rapel in his capacity as national director for Computers for Youth is on the Advisory Board of America Forward, a coalition of non-profits that work together for a better strategy to solve domestic issues -- education, poverty, health. His own organization puts computers in the homes of low-income students using the tool as a rallying point around which the entire family can involve themselves. Hear Bill describe his mission on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Philanthropy, Education |
| Iris Chen - President/CEO, I Have a Dream Foundation Twenty-five years ago Eugene Lang, founder of I Have a Dream Foundation, had a vision for sixth graders at his old elementary school in East Harlem -- they would graduate and go to college. Since then, some 60,0000 "Dreamers" have been identified. They are mentored, funded and coached through the college process. View Iris Chen, CEO, and Anthony Ron and Job Bridgett, themselves Dreamers, as they describe the mission and value of "I have a Dream" on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Philanthropy, Education |
| Mark Goldsmith - Founder, Getting Out and Staying Out Ordinary Americans do extraordinary things. Hear Goldsmith describe his Getting Out and Staying Out Program, operating with volunteers at Rikers Island. There, retired executives teach inmates how to find and keep a job. Every released inmate gets a tool kit with an alarm clock, metro card, resume and condoms. He tells his story on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Legal, Rehabilitation, Philanthropy, Mentoring, Education |
| Jane Hirschman - Founder/Co-Chairwoman, Time Out From Testing Jane Hirschman, founder of Time Out From Testing, believes New York City's public school kids are over-tested. Hear what her group has to say about "high stakes" testing, K-12, on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education |
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More about "Getting Your Money's Worth"
As the title of the show, "Getting your Money's Worth" implies, the show concerns itself with gaining value as a consumer of education, health services or, indeed, as a tax payer. Everyday consumer spending will be included. The dialogue may not present solutions, but certainly will present alternatives in an entertaining and colorful way with experts in their respective fields. |