Where We Teach: Elementary Education in Connecticut
On Tuesday, March 10, WNPR'sWhere We Live taped a panel discussion about what works in elementary education and how to make it better. Host John Dankosky talked to a panel and audience of teachers about the challenges and struggles, as well as the achievements and victories, that they deal with everyday. This was the second installment of WNPR's Where We Teach series.
GUESTS:
- Norma Ferguson - 4th grade teacher at Metacomet Elementary School in Bloomfield
- Michelle McKnight - 6th grade math intervention specialist at Bennett Academy in Manchester
- Douglas Kaufman - Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at UConn's Neag School of Education
- Jodi Kabat - 3rd grade teacher at Burns Latino Studies Academy in Hartford
Listen to the full audio of the program here:
Last year, we hosted a similar conversation with teachers from across the state.
The program was also video-recorded and live-streamed via WNPR.org. Here is a recorded video of Where We Teach:
During the Where We Teach event, we screened a new documentary about an elementary school in South Carolina, "180 Days: Hartsville." The film takes us through a year of a Southern town’s efforts to address the urgent demand for reform in American public schools. Watch what happens when the systems that can either fuel or diffuse that reform — bureaucracy, economic opportunity and fixed mindsets — interact and intersect.
"180 Days Hartsville" will be broadcast on CPTV on Tuesday night, March 17 at 8:00 pm. If you missed it, you can watch on-demand, online.
Watch 180 Days: Hartsville hour one »
Watch 180 Days: Hartsville hour two »
See related previews and a panel discussion about 180 Days:Hartsville here »
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