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Learning in America: Schools that Work

• 1990 ----- color ----- 117 min ----- vhs
• Explores the ways in which four elementary schools in Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts and Texas have overcome a national educational malais. Although several of the schools were near the bottom of the list for state school expenditures, the educators and parents joined together to create innovative approaches to curriculum and structure that appear to be working. Most of these schools show a marked independence from their school districts, a step which has empowered principals and staff to develop their own curriculum and teaching methods. All of these schools have courted the active support of parents--an ingredient that they consider critical to both a sense of community and the academic success of their students.
• Topics: (Community Life, Education)

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