-A- African Americans--Education | Attention Hyperactivity Disorder

-C- Charter Schools | Children with Disabilities | Classroom Environment Classroom Management | College Preparation Programs Comparative Education | Computers | Critical Thinking

-D- Discrimination in Education | Distance Education | Dress Codes | Drug Abuse Prevention

-E- Education--Aims and Objectives | Education and State | Education, Elementary | Education--Experimental Methods | Education--Finance | Education--History | Education, Humanistic | Education--Parent Participation | Education--Philosophy | Education--Vocational Guidance | Educational Change | Educational Equalization | Educational Evaluation | Educational Innovations | Educational Technology | Educational Tests and Measurements | Educational Vouchers | Educators

-H- Home Schooling | Homosexuality

-L- Language Arts | Learning Disabilities | Learning, Psychology of | Learning Strategies | Learning Styles

-M- Mainstreaming | Mentoring | Moral Education | Motivation in Education Multicultural Education

-N- National Teacher Examinations

-P- Parent-Teacher Relationships | Peer Pressure | Piaget, Jean | Play | Promotion (School) | Public Schools

-R- Reading | Religion in the Public Schools

-S- School Boards | School Choice | School Discipline | School Integration | School Reports | School Violence | Special Education | Storytelling

-T- Teacher-Student Relationships | Teaching

-U- Universities and Colleges | Urban Schools

-W- Waldorf Method of Education | Women--Education

The Jeanes Supervisors : striving to educate.
Atlanta, GA : Breaking New Ground Productions, c1994.
(58 min.)
Discusses the work of the Fund for Rudimentary Schools for Southern Negroes created by Anna T. Jeanes in 1907. A group of African-American master teachers, the Jeanes Supervisors, visited one-room schools in rural areas, working to improve the schools as well as to affect health, political, and social issues that impacted them.
SUBJECT African Americans -- Education -- Southern States -- History.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC2741 .J4 1994.

Jesse Jackson and Carolyn Shelton: pushing for excellence.
N.Y.C. [i.e. New York] : BFA Educational Media, c1978.
(16 min..) : 1 teacher's guide.
Rev. Jesse Jackson and Carolyn Shelton, a young black stewardess, are seen in situations with young black students, parents and teachers, helping minorities to gain a new sense of pride and
determination to transform their schools, careers and lives.
SUBJECTS Jackson, Jesse, 1941-; Shelton, Carolyn; African Americans -- Education.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC2771 .J4 1995.

Attention Hyperactivity Disorder

Medicating kids.
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, c1999
(60 min.)
Investigates the growing use of psychoactive drugs on children and the challenges of parenting and schooling in a world of high stress and increasing family disintegration.
SUBJECT Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. RJ 506. H9 M445 1999

Out of Control Kids: Living with ADHD.
Filmakers Library, 2003.
(47 min.)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a complicated behavioral disorder which is difficult to diagnose, manifests itself in adults as well as children, and has far reaching effects on those who suffer from it, as well as on their families. Shows boys and girls of pre-school age through adulthood. Elicits the experiences of parents, teachers, and therapists. Also presents a spectrum of evaluations of the controversial drug Ritalin.
SUBJECTS Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Methylphenidate hydrochloride.
LOCATION: Circulation Desk
RJ 506 .H9 O88 2003

Education: the right choice.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c2000.
(30 min.)
Examines how charter schools and voucher systems are providing alternative educational opportunities.
SUBJECT Alternative education -- United States; Charter schools -- United States; Privatization in education -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB2806.36 .E48

Education's big gamble: charter schools.
Columbia, SC : South Carolina ETV, c1997.
(57 min.)
Presents the educational concept of the charter school, a public school that has been given freedom from bureaucratic control in return for promising both academic achievement and financial responsibility.
SUBJECT Charter schools -- United States; Privatization in education -- United States; Education, Elementary -- United States; Education, Secondary -- United States; School management and organization -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB2806.36 .E4 1998.

Cheating

Caught cheating.
ABC News, 2004.
(40 min.)
In a six-month invesigation, Primetime traveled to colleges and high schools across the United States to see how students are cheating and why.
SUBJECTS Cheating (Education); College students--Conduct of life; High school students--Conduct of life.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
LB 3609 .C38 2004

Education--Aims and Objectives

Address by President Bill Clinton, ACE 76th annual meeting : February 22, 1994, Washington, DC
[Washington, D.C.] : The Council, c1994.
(55 min.)
Addresses the changing needs of education and presents the following agenda for lifelong learning: 1, to help children begin school healthy and ready to learn; 2, to set and achieve world class standards in public education; 3, to open the doors to college opportunity to all young Americans able to do college work; 4, expand opportunities for young people to serve communities and country while earning money for their education; 5, to provide new learning opportunites for those making the transition from high school to work; 6, change the unemployment system into a reemployment system; 7, challenge every sector of our society to accept responsibility for achieving an environment for lifelong learning.
SUBJECTS Education -- United States -- Aims and objectives; Education, Higher -- United States -- Aims and objectives.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LA 210 .C5 1994

Education and State

Federalism, the national government versus the states.
Wilmette, IL : Films Inc., 1984.
(60 min.)
SERIES The Constitution, that delicate balance ; 13.
In this introductory level political science telecourse filmed in Philadelphia's Congress Hall, Columbia University Law School professor Lewis Kaden moderates a debate among a panel of
federal and state officials, educators, lawyers, and judges on the topic of federalism as it relates to educational issues. The panel focuses specifically on access to public school buildings by the handicapped and federal control of school curricula.
SUBJECTS Education and state -- United States; Public schools -- United States -- Buildings -- Barrier-free design.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC89 .F4 1984x.

Education, Elementary

America's education : a report from the front.
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video [distributor], c1993.
(57 min.)
Examines elementary school reform at 4 schools and explains why reform was successful for 3 schools but a failure at the fourth.
SUBJECTS Education, Elementary -- United States -- Case studies; Educational innovations -- United States -- Case studies; Home and school -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1555 .A6 1993

Learning in America. Schools that work.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Video [distributor], c1990.
(120 min.)
Examines four ordinary elementary schools which have exemplary teachers and principals. Identifies qualities that enable these schools to succeed, with the hope that these methods can be used in other schools. Done as a follow-up to the five previous shows in the series.
SUBJECT Education, Elementary -- United States; Public schools -- United States; Teaching.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA210 .L436 1990.

To Be and To Have.
New Yorker Video, 2004.
(104 mins.)
DVD & Video French with English subtitles
At the center of this intimate and touching story is Georges Lopez - a remarkably devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11 in all their school subjects and life's lessons. Demonstrates how a teacher, if well trained, dedicated and sensitive to a child's educational and emotional needs, can hugely influence a generation of children at their most critical time of development.
SUBJECTS Male elementary teachers--France; School children--France; Elementary school teaching--France.
LOCATION General
LB2832.4.F8 E87 2004

Accelerated learning: awakening the spirit of America.
Reading Area Community College, 1989.
(57 min.)
Accelerated learning advocates the use of music, color, emotion and activity to stimulate the right side of the brain while introducing information which uses the left side of the brain. The panelists discuss their experiences and techniques.
SUBJECTS Learning, Psychology of; Teaching; Education -- Experimental methods; Brain -- Localization of functions.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LB1060 .A33 1989

What's new at school?
[United States] : CBS News ; New York : Carousel Films [distributor], c1972.
(46 min.)
Compares the traditional closed classroom activity in a New York school with an open sixth grade class in North Dakota. The children in the closed classroom, who must be quiet and orderly, experience boredom and resentment. The children in the open classroom, where the emphasis is on informality with responsibility and teacher guidance rather than teacher direction, experience meaningful and joyful learning.
SUBJECTS Open plan schools; Education -- Experimental methods.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1029.O6 W4 1995.

Education--Finance

It's your money.
Columbia, S.C. : South Carolina ETV, c1995.
(60 min.)
Examines dilemmas regarding school finance in the United States.
SUBJECT Education -- Finance -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB2830.2 .I8 1998.

Education--History

Education.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c2000.
(53 min)
Traces the evolution of education through the ages, from oral traditions to its role in today's ever-changing society, where the need to learn new job skills is a constant necessity.
SUBJECT Education -- History.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA11 .E48 2000.

School, the story of American public education.
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c2001.
4 videocasettes (55 min. ea.) : col. ; 1/2 in.
[Episode 1.] The Common school, 1770-1890 -- [episode 2.] As American as public school, 1900-1950 -- [episode 3] A struggle for educational equity, 1950-1980 -- [episode 4.] The bottom
line in education, 1980 to the present.
Traces the history of schools from the common system of tax-supported schools launched by Thomas Jefferson and championed by Noah Webster and Horace Mann to a present day wave of
education reform, including vouchers, charter schools and privatization. Born out of conflict, innovation and experimentation, the American system of pubic schools is one ofthe nation's most significant and still unfinished achievements.
SUBJECTS Education -- United States -- History; Public schools -- United States -- History.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA212 .S356 2001.

Education, Humanistic

Tomorrow's children: partnership education in action.
Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2001.
(35 min.)
Partnership and dominator models -- Three components of partnership education (process, content and structure) -- The partnership learning tapestry -- The future of education.
A blueprint for K-12 education, featuring an interview with Riane Eisler, and other educators.
SUBJECTS Education, Humanistic -- United States; Critical pedagogy -- United States; Affective education -- United States; Educational change -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk & Circ Desk Reserves
CALL NO. LC1023 .T67 2001.

Education--Parent Participation

Monitoring student progress.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1999.
(18 min.)
"Frequent and regular assessment of student progress is an effective method for driving schools towards equity and academic excellence. This program focuses on how student assessment data can be used to evaluate and improve instructional priorities and strategies, to communicate high
expectations, and to involve parents and the community in a
school's efforts"--Container label.
SUBJECTS Students -- Rating of -- United States; Educational tests and measurements -- United States; Education -- Parent participation -- United States; Parent-teacher relationships; School management and organization.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1131 .M6 1999.

Education--Philosophy

A Touch of greatness
First Run Features, c2004
(54 min.)
A Touch of Greatness is a feature-length documentary film focusing on the extraordinary work of Albert Cullum, an elementary school teacher for over twenty years and a pioneer in American education. Championing an unorthodox educational philosophy, Cullum regularly taught his elementary school children literary masterpieces, most notably the works of Shakespeare, Sophocles and Shaw. Combining interviews with Cullum and his former students with stunning archival footage filmed by director Robert Downey, Sr., the film documents the extraordinary work of this maverick public school teacher who embraced creativity, motivation and self-esteem in the classroom through the use of poetry, drama and imaginative play.
SUBJECTS: Education—Philosophy; Elementary School Teachers—Case Studies.
LOCATION: General
CALL NO.: LB 875. C852 2004

Education--Vocational Guidance

Education.
Monmouth Junction, NJ : Cambridge Educational, c2002.
(18 min.)
Presents information about four occupations in the education field: elementary teachers, teacher's aides, administrators, and librarians. People working in these jobs discuss their
responsibilities and what each position requires in terms of training and academic credentials.
SUBJECTS Education -- Vocational guidance; Teaching -- Vocational guidance; Teachers' assistants -- Vocational guidance; School administrators -- Vocational guidance; Librarians -- Vocational guidance.
LOCATION College/Car Info Center
CALL NO. LB1775 .E48 2002.

Educational Change

Changing school standards.
West Lafayette, IN : C-SPAN Archives, c1999.
(69 mins.)
Professor Theodore Hershberg speaks about setting new standards in education and how to create a more positive environment in U.S. schools.
SUBJECTS Educational change -- United States; Educational evaluation -- United States.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LA217.2 .C43 1999

Education, how do we get the results we want?
c1992.
(12 mins.)
Designed to help the community make decisions about the kind of educational reforms it wants. Discusses managing an educationalsystem like a business, allowing teachers to spend more time
teaching, allowing students to choose what school to attend, and applying the city-as-school concept.
SUBJECT Educational change -- United States; Public schools -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA217.2 .E4 1992.

In schools we trust.
Columbia, S.C. : Learning Matters, Inc., c1996.
(57 min.)
Examines 150 years of arguments for school reform.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- United States -- History; Educational change -- United States -- History.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA212 .I5 1998.

School sleuth: the case of an excellent school.
New York, NY : PBS, c2002
(56 min.) DVD
Private Detective Merrow explores five aspects of public schools: safety, the curriculum, the physical environment, the adults in the building, and the school's sense of community. Examines 25 practical measures of educational excellence beyond multiple choice test scores.
SUBJECTS Public schools; Educational change
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LA217.2 .S34 2002

Educational Equalization

Digital divide: teachers, technology, and the classroom.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [2000], c1999.
4 videocassettes (57 min. each).
[pt. 1.] Wired for what? [: the dividends of universal access] -- [pt. 2.] Fair play [: achieving gender equity in the digital age] -- [pt. 3.] Virtual equality [: the information revolutionand the inner city] -- [pt. 4.] Crossing the divide [: creatinga high-tech work force]
Four-part series examines the effects of technology in the classroom; how that technology is used; who has access to it, and who does not; and the price for being on the wrong side of
the digital divide. Each program analyzes the issues and initiatives surrounding the nation's drive to provide all students with a high-tech education, from the viewpoint of teachers, government officials, industry executives, leaders in the fight for techno-equality, and the students themselves.
SUBJECTS Education -- United States -- Data processing; Computer-assisted instruction -- Social aspects -- United States; Educational equalization -- United States; Computers and children.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC1087.2 .D574 2000.

Learning in America. [Program 2], Upstairs downstairs.
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, c1989.
(58 min.)
Examines what critics argue is a two-tiered educational system inthe United States, one consisting of well-funded public and private schools, the other made up of schools in urban and rural areas that lack the resources necessary to provide an equal standard of education. Explores why children are falling through the cracks in the system, as well as why some programs are making a difference.
SUBJECTS Educational equalization -- United States; Education -- United States -- Evaluation; Public schools -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA209.2 .L4 1989x pt.2.

Shortchanging girls, shortchanging America.
Washington, D.C. : American Association of University Women, c1991.
(19 min.)
Stresses promotion of self-esteem in female students and encouragement in math and science studies.
SUBJECTS Women -- Education -- United States; Educational equalization; Students -- Self-rating of;
Mathematics -- Vocational guidance; Science -- Vocational guidance.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LC1752 .S46 1991.

Title IX and women in sports.
[United States] : distributed by PBS Home Video, c1999.
(60 min.) .
Athletic programs at several schools are in disarray in the wake of Title IX, which is designed to insure that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded fromparticipation in or be denied benefits of any education programor activity receiving federal financial assistance. Broadcaster and columnist Larry Elder speaks with athletes, coaches, educators, federal officials, civil rights activists and others to find out what seems to have gone wrong and how to fix it.
SUBJECTS Educational equalization -- Law and legislation -- United States; Women athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Sex discrimination in sports -- United States; Sex discrimination against women -- United States; College sports -- United States.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LC213.2 .T57 1999.

Unequal education: failing our children.
New York, N.Y. : Educational Video Center, c1992.
(23 min.)
A documentary made by a group of recently graduated high school students who spent six months filming and interviewing in two New York City schools. Gives an inside look at inequality in the schools by focusing on two public schools in the Bronx district, one in the middle class community of Riverdale, the other in Fordham, a poor section. Follows the disparate educational experiences of two bright seventh graders.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York; Children with social disabilities -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York; Children of minorities -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC212.23.N4 U6 1992.

Educational Evaluation

Alternative assessment.
West Haven, CT : Distributed by NEA Professional Library, c1992.
(ca. 22 min)
Focuses on getting children to produce knowledge on their own and letting students judge each other.
SUBJECTS Educational evaluation; Educational tests and measurements.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB2822.75 .A5 1992

Changing school standards.
West Lafayette, IN : C-SPAN Archives, c1999.
(69 mins.)
Professor Theodore Hershberg speaks about setting new standards in education and how to create a more positive environment in U.S. schools.
SUBJECTS Educational change -- United States; Educational evaluation -- United States.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LA217.2 .C43 1999

Educational Innovations

America's education : a report from the front.
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video [distributor], c1993.
(57 min.)
Examines elementary school reform at 4 schools and explains why reform was successful for 3 schools but a failure at the fourth.
SUBJECTS Education, Elementary -- United States -- Case studies; Educational innovations -- United States -- Case studies; Home and school -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1555 .A6 1993

Assessment and long-range planning.
Chicago, Ill. : The Corp., c1988.
(15 min)
SERIES Renewing a place called school ; program 6.
Dr. John I. Goodlad discusses contextual appraisal, long-range planning by a body of responsible parties, and communication. Contextual appraisal involves asssessing conditions in the
school that increase the likelihoood that school renewal will flourish.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- United States; Educational innovations -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA217 .A79 1988x

Common miracles: the new American revolution in learning.
Oak Forest, Ill. : MPI Home Video, c1993.
(ca. 50 min)
Examines communities across America which are discovering how to liberate the human potential in each child. Correspondents Peter Jennings and Bill Blakemore reveal how we are enabling
students to uncover their special strengths and become eager learners. Examines interactive study, individualized apprenticeships, catch-up programs, and parental power in the schools. Features interviews with children, parents, psychologists, educators, and scientists.
SUBJECTS Teaching; Learning; Educational innovations -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1027 .C6 1993.

Enriching the curriculum.
Chicago, Ill. : The Corp., c1988.
(15 min.)
Dr. John I. Goodlad disusses the curriculum offered to students. He notes that there exists a fairly common expectation for what behaviors (e.g., reading, math) are necessary. He also notes that research demonstrates that schools vary in the balance of what subjects are taught, the amount of time allocated to each subject and the opportunity, or lack of it, that individual students have to access knowledge.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- United States; Educational innovations -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1555 .E6 1988x.

Improving instruction.
Chicago, Ill. : The Corp., c1988.
(15 min.)
Dr. John I. Goodlad shows the importance of improving instructionin order to deal effectively with all of the different abilities of students. While differences cannot be eliminated by differentiating the curriculum, a school can organize itself in a way to enhance the different teaching strategies so that alternative approaches to instructing students result in all students having access to the core of knowledge that is considered essential.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- United States; Educational innovations -- United States; Education -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1555 .I6 1988x.

Leadership and staff development.
Chicago, Ill. : The Corp., c1988.
(15 min.)
Dr. Goodlad discusses the leadership needed to create a good school. He reviews his definition and describes the research about schools that fit the definition.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- United States; Educational innovations -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA217 .L43 1988x.

The School as the unit of change.
Chicago, Ill. : The Corp., c1988.
(15 min.)
Dr. John Goodlad explores the importance of the environment of the school in order to effect change. Each individual has a vision for how a school should be. Discusses what conditions need to be present in order for that vision to be realized, how the vision can be reconciled with the demands and expectations of others, and how a collective vision can be developed.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- United States; Educational innovations -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA217 .S3 1988x

Schools and the freedom to change.
Chicago, Ill. : The Corp., c1988.
(15 min.)
Dr. John I. Goodlad questions how much freedom we have in our schools. He formulates his answer in terms of the national definition of the agenda for schools and states that there is at least an implicit agreement on this national agenda in three areas. After illustrating these points, he shares evidence that shows how the national response falls short of the expectation.
SUBJECTS Public schools -- United States; Educational innovations -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA217 .S35 1988x.

Educational Technology

Imagine II.
[Cupertino, Calif.] : Apple Computer, Inc., c1996.
6 videocassettes (ca. 30 min. ea.)
Explores the ways that good teaching can be enhanced by technology. Combines segments shot in classrooms with practicaladvice for getting started.
[1] How computers are changing the way we teach and learn (29:30)-- [2] Multimedia, exploring the possibilities (29:50) -- [3] Networking, beyond the classroom walls (29:30) -- [4] Enhancing
curriculum with technology (29:30) -- [5] Technology for enhancing language skills and literacy (29:30) -- [6] CyberClassroom, now and in the future (31:03)
SUBJECTS Educational technology; Media programs (Education); Internet in education; Computer-assisted instruction.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LB1028.3 .I6 1996.

Learning on line.
St. Louis : KETC, c1994.
(59 min.)
Traces the history of the development of educational technologies and speculates on the future of electronic educational resources.
SUBJECTS Education -- Data processing; Educational innovations; Educational technology.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1028.3 .L4 1994

Putting the tools to the test.
St. Louis : KETC, c1995.
(56 min.)
Examines the way technology is changing how we learn, creating new concepts for the schools of the future.
SUBJECTS Educational technology; Education -- Forecasting.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1028.3 .P8 1995.

Educational Tests and Measurements

Good practices in the classroom.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1997, c1994.
(30 min.)
Surveys alternative assessment practices. Experts discuss the importance of portfolio assessment to the evaluation process, how this and other innovative methods work, and what factors to keep in mind when assessing the whole student.
SUBJECTS Educational tests and measurements -- Evaluation; Educational evaluation.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB3051 .G6 1997

Integrating instruction & assessment.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1992], c1991.
(42 min.) : 1 guide.
Explores the nature of authentic assessment and its impact on curriculum and instruction, identifies the economic and political pressures for accountability, and highlights alternative assessment strategies and tools.
SUBJECTS Educational tests and measurements; Cognition in children; Teaching.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB3051 .I494 1992x.

Monitoring student progress.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1999.
(18 min.)
"Frequent and regular assessment of student progress is an effective method for driving schools towards equity and academic excellence. This program focuses on how student assessment data can be used to evaluate and improve instructional priorities and strategies, to communicate high
expectations, and to involve parents and the community in a
school's efforts"--Container label.
SUBJECTS Students -- Rating of -- United States; Educational tests and measurements -- United States; Education -- Parent participation -- United States; Parent-teacher relationships; School management and organization.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1131 .M6 1999.

Standardized tests: assessing the price of failure.
Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003.
(21 min.)
Explores the ramifications of high-stakes advancement and exit exams--tests that are being used to measure schools' effectiveness, to allocate funding, and to shape the future of the nation's children.
SUBJECTS Achievement Tests; Educational Tests & Measurements.
LOCATION: General
CALL NO.: LB 3060.3 .S73 2003

Testing, tension, and competition.
Huntsville, Tex. : Educational Video Network, [1983]
(25 min.)
Tim interviews Cathy Rinaldi, the youngest tennis player to turn pro. Carolyn talks to Dr. Warner Slack and Dr. Douglas Porter about their criticism of the emphasis placed on standardized testing in high school. Students at Highland Park High School in Chicago are asked, "What makes you tense?"
SUBJECTS Educational tests and measurements; Stress in adolescence; Competition (Psychology) in adolescence.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB3051 .T442 1983.

Educational Vouchers

The battle over school.
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Video, 2000.
(60 min)
Examines the impact of school choice on the United States.
SUBJECT School choice -- United States; Educational vouchers -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1027.9 .B388 2000.

Educators

The new educators.
Insight Media, [1989]
22 mins.
This video profiles the lives and work of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Friedrich Froebel. It discusses Locke's theory of the tabula rasa and his belief that education should be practical. It reviews Rousseau's new vision of education as expressed in his book Émile. The video then examines the life and contributions of Wollstonecraft, who advocated equal schooling for girls, and discusses Froebel's legacy of the kindergarten.
SUBJECT Educators-Europe-Biography
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LA 2301 .N49 1989

Home Schooling

Education: there's no place like home.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c2000.
(30 min.)
Examines the homeschooling phenomenon with the director of the Center for Home Schooling, two pairs of parent-teachers, and two college students who were homeschooled.
SUBJECT Home schooling -- United States; Alternative education -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC45.4 .E4 2000.

Homosexuality

It's elementary : talking about gay issues in school.
San Francisco, CA : Women's Educational Media, c1996.
(77 min., 35 sec.)
An exploration of what happens when experienced teachers talk to their students about lesbians and gay men. Students are asked to consider issues related to homosexuality at six elementary and middle schools. Presents footage of classroom activities and discussions with students exploring questions and issues presented to them by teachers and guest lecturers who come into
their classes. Discusses school-wide presentations, activity-days, and how these events affect faculty, parents and teachers.
SUBJECT Homosexuality and education -- United States.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC192.6 .I87 1996

Language Arts

The Wonder of words: a classroom experience with Bill Martin.
Chicago, IL : The EBEC, 1986.
(21 min.)
Author Bill Martin uses a reading of his story The singing whales as a starting point for activities intended to exercise the language skills of elementary school children. These activities include a choral reading to help them hear the poetry of the story, blackboard exercises to re-create sentences in a gamelike context, writing individual stories about whales, creating related artwork, and a math and science activity in which the children discuss and question the facts of the story
in order to understand the concepts.
SUBJECTS Language arts (Elementary); Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LB1576 .W6 1986x..

Learning Disabilities

Beyond F.A.T. city: a look back, a look ahead.
PBS Video, c2005
(DVD, 90 min.)
Offers practical strategies and inspirational advice for teachers and parents of children with learning disabilities who constantly struggle with Frustration, Anxiety, and Tension (F.A.T.).
SUBJECTS Learning disabilities; Children with disabilities—Education
LOCATION Circulation Desk & General (2 copies)
CALL NO. LC 4704 .B496 2005

A celebration of differences.
Northbrook, IL : Ceil Rothbart & Associates/Video Efx, c1999
(23 mins.)
Individuals with learning differences possess unique strengths. In this video, children and adults discuss their academic struggles, the empowerment that comes from understanding their issues and the determination that enables them to address life's continuing challenges. The voices in this video will inspire and reassure children, adults and their families that life is full of wonderful opportunities and experiences for those who refuse to let themselves be defined by a label."--
SUBJECT Learning disabilities.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. RJ496 .L4 C45 1999

Dyslexia, diagnosis and prognosis.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1990
(26 min.)
Presents an overview of dyslexia, various disorders which commonly affect seeing and/or hearing words and letters in a meaningful way. This disorder can affect reading, writing, verbal skills, and social skills.
SUBJECT Dyslexia
LOCATION General
CALL NO. RJ496 .A5 D9 1990

Dyslexia, the hidden disability.
Grand Rapids, MI : The Department, 1987.
(59 min.)
Presents the premise that dyslexia is not simply a reading disorder but is a difficulty which may occur in any area of language function--hearing, reading or spelling. Contains interviews with researchers in the field and shows schools which offer special training for dyslexic individuals.
SUBJECT Dyslexia.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC4708 .D9 1987

How difficult can this be? : understanding learning disabilities : frustration, anxiety, tension, the F.A.T. city workshop.
(70 min.)
A group experiences life the way a learning disabled student does and learns methods of teaching and helping such students.
SUBJECT Learning disabilities.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC4704 .H6 1989x.

I'm not stupid!: learning disabilities.
[Pittsburgh, Pa.] : Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, c1986.
(51 min.)
Examines the signs and symptoms of learning disabilities and how children and parents cope with social and school problems. Mentions learning disabled persons such as race driver Jackie
Stewart and athlete Bruce Jenner.
SUBJECT Learning disabilities.
LOCATIONCirculation Desk
CALL NO. LC4704.5 .I6 1986.

Last one picked-- first one picked on.
Alexandria, VA : PBS Video, c1994.
(68 min.); 1 teachers guide
Children with learning disabilities often find themselves isolated from this valued world of friendship. Their impulsive, immature, and unpredictable behavior often results in social isolation and rejection. Their behavior is often misunderstood and misinterpreted by peers and adults. Although they often receive assistance and empathy for their academic problems, their lack of social competence is viewed as willful and negative.
SUBJECTS Learning disabled children; Social skills in children.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC 4704 .L3 1994.

Teaching strategies for alternative learners.
Mendota Heights, MN : Arlene Sonday, c1994.
(29 min.)
Arlene W. Sonday presents strategies for teaching high school students who are dyslexic, at risk because of low self-esteem, or have low skills in reading, writing, spelling, and math. She discusses direct instruction, accomodations, and bypass strategies that may be employed to help students become independent, successful learners.
SUBJECTS Dyslexic children -- Education (Secondary; Dyslexic children -- Study and teaching; Learning disabled teenagers -- Education (Secondary); Learning disabled teenagers -- Study and teaching; Slow learning children -- Education (Secondary); Slow learning children -- Study and teaching.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC4708.8 .T4 1994.

We're not stupid : living with a learning difference.
Dallas, Tex. : Program Development Associates, [distributor], c1998.
(14 min.)
Young people share about their experience of dealing with learning disabilities.
SUBJECT Learning disabled youth -- United States -- Case studies.
LOCATION General
CALL NO. LC4705 .W47 1998.

When the chips are down.
[Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Video, [1997], c1996.
(62 min.)
Richard Lavoie offers practical advice on dealing with behavioral problems quickly and effectively. He shows how preventive discipline can anticipate many problems and how teachers and parents can create a stable, predictable environment in which children with learning disabilities can flourish.
SUBJECTS Learning disabled children -- Behavior modification; Discipline of children.
LOCATION Circulation Desk
CALL NO. LC4704 .W4 1997.

Learning, Psychology of