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Addiction: A Comprehensive View
SKU: BVL39792
Made up of several concise segments, this program deals with a wide range of drugs, addiction issues, and case studies. Viewers will enter a chaotic Dallas ER, where the majority of injuries are drug- and alcohol-related, and meet a desperate middle-aged woman who finally turns in her heroin-addicted daughter to police. Other segments focus on opiate addiction, drug abuse in adolescence, the reasons for relapse, the science of brain imaging, a potential treatment for alcoholism called topiram...
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As American as Public School: 1900–1950
SKU: BVL11763
In 1900, 6% of America’s children graduated from high school; by 1945, 51% graduated and 40% went on to college. This program recalls how massive immigration, child labor laws, and the explosive growth of cities fueled school attendance and transformed public education. Also explored are the impact of John Dewey’s progressive ideas as well as the effects on students of controversial IQ tests, the "life adjustment" curriculum, and Cold War politics. Interviews with immigrant students, scho...
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Bellevue: Inside Out
SKU: BVL11870
New York City’s Bellevue Hospital has a renowned psychiatric emergency center that treats 7,000 men and women annually. This gritty program takes a daunting look at the daily operation of the center by focusing on a handful of people as they struggle with their illnesses. The entire experience is presented, from arrests of the criminally insane and admissions of new patients to long-term treatment and therapy groups. In addition to working with mental disorders, doctors and nurses also conf...
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Disorders Due to Psychoactive Substance Abuse
SKU: BVL7662
Psychiatric diagnosis can be classified into several main categories. This program, filmed in the U.K., focuses on alcoholism and the five main areas involving psychoactive substance abuse: dependence syndrome, withdrawal state, withdrawal state with delirium, psychotic disorder, and amnestic syndrome. Interviews with several alcoholics illustrate the various mental disorders associated with the illness, their symptoms, and the differential diagnoses associated with each, including Korsakovâ€...
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Making Schools Work, with Hedrick Smith DVD
SKU: FIL35020
Amidst a gloomy climate of failing schools and the stringent No Child Left Behind legislation, some communities have created a small revolution, achieving gains with children others had given up on—with implications for schools nationwide. In this penetrating documentary, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith travels from inner city to rural town to observe how some districts and reform models are making a difference: the Success for All reading program; the Comer Process; KIPP, t...
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Making Schools Work: A Roadmap for Recovery 7-DVD Series
SKU: FIL35142
This extraordinary seven-part series—a practical roadmap for schools and school districts across the country—is essential viewing for educators, administrators, advocates, and anyone else with a heartfelt concern over the future of America’s children. The first program, a detailed overview of some of the nation’s most successful educational initiatives, is followed by in-depth interviews with eight visionaries from the world of educational reform. 7-part series, 45-120 minutes each.
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Making Schools Work: Conversations with Anthony Alvarado and Eric Smith DVD
SKU: FIL35147
In this interview, Anthony Alvarado, the dynamic architect of controversial principal-centered educational reforms in New York City and San Diego schools, and Eric Smith, Ed.D., who has risen to national prominence as superintendent of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Anne Arundel County school districts, join Hedrick Smith to describe their methodologies and examine the results of their policies and initiatives. (2 hours)
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Making Schools Work: Conversations with Kati Haycock and Michael Casserly DVD
SKU: FIL35148
In segment one of this interview, Kati Haycock, founder and director of The Education Trust, and Hedrick Smith discuss a range of hot topics in contemporary education: the standards movement and educational equity, No Child Left Behind, and the critical components of effective school reform, to name only three. In segment two, Mike Casserly, Ph.D., executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, joins Mr. Smith to address topics such as the recent history of educational reform, A...
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Making Schools Work: Gene Bottoms on High Schools That Work DVD
SKU: FIL35146
High Schools That Work is the nation’s first large-scale effort to unite educational stakeholders at all levels with the objective of re-engaging what some have called the forgotten majority in U.S. high schools. In this interview, founding director Gene Bottoms, Ed.D., talks with Hedrick Smith about the HSTW program in general and Corbin High School, Kentucky—an exemplary case study—in particular. “If you can help youngsters to begin to connect to a goal beyond high school, and they ...
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Making Schools Work: James Comer on the Comer Process DVD
SKU: FIL35144
James Comer, M.D., M.P.H., has spent decades promoting a focus on child development as a way of improving schools. In this interview, he and Hedrick Smith analyze the Comer Process, a school- and system-wide psychosocial intervention grounded in conflict mitigation, behavior modeling, power-sharing, and all-around involvement of teachers, parents, students, and other stakeholders. “Our program focuses on the socially interactive aspects of development so that children learn how to manage th...
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Making Schools Work: Michael Feinberg on the KIPP Model DVD
SKU: FIL35145
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory public schools in under-resourced communities throughout the United States. In this interview, KIPP co-developer Michael Feinberg joins Hedrick Smith to discuss the program—a reform initiative created as a model for middle school reform, starting in fifth grade. The purpose of KIPP? “To provide kids with the academic, intellectual, and character skills they need to succeed in high school, colleg...
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Making Schools Work: Robert Slavin on Success for All DVD
SKU: FIL35143
In this interview, Robert Slavin, Ph.D., talks with Hedrick Smith about Success for All, a comprehensive, research-based reading and math program for elementary and middle schools. The most important objective, says Dr. Slavin, “is to get every single child to be successful, every single child to master the basic curriculum, to achieve the higher-order objectives that every parent would want for their child and that our society demands…” The genesis, evolution, implementation, and repli...
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No Child Without Motivation
SKU: FILNOC
To prevent children from being left behind, educators must create goals that are integrated into the skills-building process, not just based on rewarding success. This program illustrates the impact of both approaches on young learners, monitoring their levels of motivation and confidence. Showing how learning-oriented students take on projects based on a desire to expand their abilities—while performance-oriented kids shy away from anything truly challenging—the program demonstrates the ...
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School: The Story of American Public Education
SKU: FIL11761
Born out of centuries of conflict and experimentation, America’s public school system is one of the nation’s most significant—but still unfinished—achievements. This four-part series, narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, is a compelling odyssey that weaves archival footage, rare interviews, and on-site coverage into an unprecedented portrait of public education in America. 4-part series, 55 minutes each.
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