PBS's "Spotlight Education" this week

[Sammish]

"PBS to Present “Spotlight Education,†A Special Week of Programming Featuring Reports About America's Students and New Models of Learning, September 12-17"

 

 

 

SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION features eleven films and documentaries on local PBS stations September 12-17 (check local listings) and includes special episodes of NOVA, FRONTLINE and PBS NEWSHOUR, a new film from POV, the premiere of TED TALKS, “The Education Revolution,†and concludes with the 5th annual AMERICAN GRADUATE DAY, a special broadcast celebrating individuals and non-profit organizations dedicated to helping youth stay on track to high school graduation.

 

Is anyone else planning on watching this? I set up my DVR yesterday to tape them all, and should have the first one (POV “All The Differenceâ€) waiting for me already. 

 

I'm particularly looking forward to the Nova episode about "School of the Future."

[Mabelen]

Thank you so much! I will try to watch as many as possible. I usually use the PBS app and watch them there when I have time.

[Arcadia]

PBS NOVA "School of the future" video is up. I'm watching now and it is talking about poverty at the beginning

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/school-of-the-future.html

[purduemeche]

I would love to see an episode along the lines of..."How for Thousands of Years, Children Learned Just Fine....How We are Going to Recover Something Old Instead of Making up Something New."

 

The introduction to the "School of the Future" makes me nervous when I keep hearing about "the science of learning."  This really isn't very new stuff.