There's no more powerful way to transform society than through education. But all too often, we fail to adequately prepare our children for life's challenges. In four stories, we'll explore successful initiatives to transform patterns of dysfunction, from public health campaigns to community building through digital media, from early literacy programs to efforts to repair a broken school system.
This program was funded by The Packard Foundation.
Joe Marx, Senior Communications Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Mark Roosevelt, Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Barbara Wasik, Principal Research Scientist for the Johns Hopkins Early Learning Project
Literacy Project Group Interview, with Pete Powell of the Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, Karen Kreisberg of the Zanvyl & Isabelle Krieger Fund, and Betsy Nelson, Executive Director, Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
Marcia Lawrence, Head Start Teacher, John Hopkins Language and Literacy Project
David Cohn, winner of the "Young Creator Award" for Spot Journalism
Gary Kebel, Journalism Program Director for the Knight Foundation
Richard Anderson, Winner for Open Source Community News
(Click on a guest's name to listen to their full unedited interview.)
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Naihma Deady, Matt Fidler
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Music in this program: Open - "Messenjah's" by Sudden Rush - Quiet Storm Records; "A United Earth I" by Alan Stivell and Youssou N'Dour - Putamayo World Music; "(I can’t get no) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones - London; "Smokin' (Empty Try Another)" by Joni Mitchell - Geffen; "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Warner Bros.; "Words" by Lucinda Williams - Lost Highway.
Duration: 55:00 minutes
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