Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu April 2005

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
Education, United States

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

Across the river 1995

Second chances -- Wider horizons -- Grassroots action -- Rebirth -- Jobs and hopeA five-part TV program on heroes in the inner city, shot across the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Six aspects of inner city development are featured: former drug users and criminals rehabilitate juvenile offenders and prisoners who are fathers, 2 school programs lower the dropout rate drastically by using mentors and job internships; a public housing project reaches out to tenants; businesses lure back the middle class to the inner city destroyed by the crack epidemic of the 1980's, and the re-development of a shopping area opens up new businesses, creates services and jobs that aid the community.

1 videocassette (58 mins.) :

DANA 1418

And so they live 1940

Demonstrates the lack of flexibility in the educational system and the need to adapt educational programs to local area needs. Also documents the lives and environment of poor Kentucky farmers.

1 film reel (24 min.) :

MEDIA 4-372

Awakenings, 1954-1956 Presents the segregation of American society before the 1950's, and the effects of the Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954. Also presented are the Emmett Till murder trial in Mississippi, the Montgomery Alabama boycott of public transportation, and the formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

1 videocasette (ca. 60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4162

The best of Caucus New Jersey 1987

Review of the first season of New Jersey Caucus. Highlights past shows including: New Jersey governorship, drugs in New Jersey, organized crime, radon contamination (and other environmental hazards), professional sports, the insurance crises, Higher education, and special interest groups.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

DANA 160

The best of Caucus New Jersey, 1988 1988

Features the highlights of the 1988 season. Topics include drug abuse, Montclair radon, the politics of professional sports, the insurance crisis, aging in New Jersey, and urban education.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

DANA 79

The Cable company chronicles 1987

Instructional video on audit education, which uses the example of a cable company's financial operations to demonstrate the principles of auditing.

1 videocassette (ca. 35 min.) :

MEDIA 2-684

CBS News special report: Remedy for riot 2002

In this news program from 1968, Harry Reasoner reports on the findings and recommendations of President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. The commission's report offered an analysis of the causes of riots at that time and concluded that unless sweeping changes were made, the nation was moving towards two separate societies, black and white, separate but unequal. By interviewing business, political, religious and community leaders in Detroit, one of the cities hit hardest by turmoil, the program assesses possible courses of action in four major areas: jobs, housing, schools and welfare.

1 videocassette (58 min.) :

DANA XX(1810886.1)

Challenge '69 retrospect and new visions 1989

Videotape of a colloquium held at Rutgers called "Rutgers '69," which was a retrospective of events which took place at Rutgers in 1969. Issues covered include excellence in higher education, and minority educational opportunity in New Jersey.

2 videocassettes (240 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-779 cassette 1 2-780 cassette 2

The classroom as it is Videorecording 1970

SS600-SS601. St Louis Park, Minn., Public School (Ron Allen, teacher).--SS808. Curriculum project showing various schools and teachers using some form of recitation or discussion.--SS814. pt. 1-3. Marshall University High School, Minneapolis. pt. 4. Minnetonka East Jr. High School, Minnetonka, Minn. pt. 5. Niles Township High School, North Division, Skokie, Ill4 reels, ca. 50 min. each :

DOUGLASS. DOUGLASS. DOUGLASS. DOUGLASS 40 41 42 43

Community nutrition action kit for people where they live, learn, & play 1996

Introduction -- Youth activities -- Family activities -- Community activities -- Resources"Team nutrition is the implementation tool for USDA's School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children. This is the plan to continuously improve school meals, and promote the health and education of 50 million children in 94,000 schools nationwide"--introduction.

1 videocassette (10 min.) :

DANA 73

Connected careers for the future 1997

Often the best careers are international. Afro-Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and Asian-Americans are breaking ground in all professions. This video goes to their workplaces and introduces some remarkable people who have been able to carve out their own future and create their own careers. We learn about their education, internships, foreign language training, the work they do now, and the mentors who helped them along the way.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

DANA 875

Copyright in the new millennium the impact of recent changes to U.S. copyright law 1999

The panelists discuss new copyright laws, copyright term extensions and amendments to section 108 of the copyright law, technological protection measures, processes for creating institutional copyright policies, fair use, distance education, and database legislation.

2 videocassettes (130 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 2-3781 2-3782

Copyright law what every school, college and public library should know ; Jerry Haisimaier, producer/director 1986

Discusses the importance of schools to have copyright policies in compliance with the law. Divided into five parts covering 1. What is copyright? 2. The face to face teaching exemption. 3. Fair use. 4. The Kastenmeier guides. 5. Situations & considerations.

1 videocassette (VHS) (21 min.) :

MEDIA 2-304

Data for decisions resources from NCES 1996

Promotional video for National Center for Education Statistics data processing products which support information systems in education.

1 videocassette (17 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 671 2-3124

Definitions of access where will they lead us? 1998

Presents the results of the Policy Panel on Reconceptualizing Access and Its Ramifications for Data Systems held in cooperation with American Council on Education in September 1997. Five leading experts on access policy and research present the implications of broadening the definition of access as it is used in postsecondary education. Contains excerpts from the presentations, a brief summary of findings from a bibliographic study of research on access, and recommendations for conducting research and developing policy regarding access.

1 videocassette (19 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1327 2-3761

Educating Peter 1992

Follows Peter Gwazdauskas, a Down's Syndrome child who has always attended special schools. through his first year in a regular third grade public school classroom.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

DANA 293

Education 1987?

Looks at the future of higher education, not only in New Jersey, but in the nation as a whole. Higher education has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, and the changes are explored in this episode. Featured guests are Dr. Donald Walters, President, Montclair State College ; Linda Stamato, Former chair, Rutgers University Board of Governors ; and Dr. Robert Donaldson, President, Farleigh Dickinson University.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

DANA 156

Evening the odds is title IX working? 1999

In 1972, Title IX was established, a civil rights act that prohibits gender discrimination at any school that receives federal funds. In this program, Elisabeth Brackett, of WTTW in Chicago, goes to Indiana University -- alma mater of Olympic diving medalists Lesley Bush and Cynthia Potter - to investigate higher education's Title IX track record in the area of sports. The IU administration is working diligently to meet Title IX conditions by creating new athletics programs and spreading out scholarship dollars more evenly between male and female athletes. But a USA Today survey found that only seven Division 1 schools have met the Title IX standards for gender equity. IU does not expect to be in compliance until 2004, and the National Women's Law Center, which has filed complaints against a number of other schools for discriminating against female athletes in scholarship funding, is doing its best to speed up the process.

1 videocassette (12 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5092

The eye of the storm 1992?

Shows how an elementary school teacher in Riceville, Iowa, introduced her children to the realities of prejudice by using the color of eyes as the criterion of superiority. Explains that the results of the experiment were indicative of the situation throughout the United States.

1 videocassette (25 min.) :

DANA 1505

Faces of change social work in the new millennium 1999

This video is an introduction to social work and its many areas of practice. Viewers will find social workers in their different environments talking about the work they do and confronting negative myths about the profession.

1 videocassette (27 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3811

Fair play achieving gender equity in the digital age 2000

Set at Fulmore Middle School in Austin, Texas, this program exposes counterproductive classroom behaviors and presents measures being taken to correct the misperception that computing is a males-only domain.

1 videocassette (57 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5091

Fear and learning at Hoover Elementary 1997

A documentary by Los Angeles teacher Laura Angelica Simón, exploring the impact of California's Proposition 187 on the immigrant community.

1 videocassette (ca. 53 min.) :

DANA 1902

Fighting back, 1957-1962 1995

Presents the history of the integration of public schools and universities in the South after the 1954 Supreme Court decision. The program identifies the national organizations involved in the struggle to integrate schools, describing the leaders and their strategies and how they affected the freedom struggle.

1 videocasette (ca. 60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4163

Fit episodes in the history of the body 1991

Combines archival images and research to chart the development of American attitudes towards, and definitions of, physical fitness and the human body.

1 videocassette (74 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2107

From Harlem to Harvard a film 1982

An award-winning film made by four Harvard upperclassmen in the 1979-1980 school year. Traces the experiences of a motivated, black, middle class freshman from Harlem as he tries to succeed i- an alien environment at Harvard University.

1 videocassette (28 min.) :

DANA 968

The G.I. bill the law that changed America 1997

Chronicles the history and impact of the famous bill that guaranteed education, housing and business loans to the 16 million Americans who served in World War II. This single act of Congress made the future different for American GI's.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4259

Helping your child succeed in school 1996

Program 1. Laying the foundation -- program 2. Building learning and study skills -- program 3. Studying for different subjects -- program 4. Identifying and resolving problems Added Title: Laying the foundation Added Title: Building learning and study skills Added Title: Studying for different subjects Added Title: Identifying and resolving problemsInstructs parents on how they can help their children succeed in school.

4 videocassettes (ca. 150 min.) :

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA 1125 cassette 1 1125 cassette 2 1125 cassette 3 1125 cassette 4

Hispanic-American cultures in the U.S.A 1993

Discusses the diverse cultures in the U.S. grouped under the label Hispanic and the strong emphasis placed on education within the groups.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

DANA 219

I am here today Motion picture 1971

A study of an open classroom of five-, six-, and seven-year-old children at Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Mass., designed as a training film for teachers.

1 reel, 44 min. :

MEDIA 5-249

Improving higher education through networking March 22, 1989 1989

This program features explanations, demonstrations and discussions of electronic mail, data networking, computer conferencing and videonetworking. Kathy Ciociola of Rutgers University discussed the various uses of electronic mail and the PILOT network. Mark Hubey of Montclair State College illustrated data networking and computer networking standards with the assistance of computer animation. Diana Thompson of Northern Virginia Community College described basic writing skills as taught via a computer network. The Virtual classroom available through NJIT's Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES) was highlighted as well. The ability to teach a single class at multiple locations was demonstrated at Union County College.

1 videocassette (150 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1702

Improving higher education through networking teleconference March 23, 1988 1988

The primary focus of this teleconference was to highlight applications in New Jersey and demonstrate the potential for their continued development. Opening remarks were offered by Dr. Philip White of the Dept. of Higher Education, followed by a discussion of the future of networking by Ray Novak of IBM. Many uses of networks as well as the procedural aspects of teleconferencing were outlined by Ed Borbely. J.C. Kinnanon of the Dept. of Higher Education introduced highlights of last year's (1987) funded projects and discussed grant opportunities for FY '89. The Knowledge Navigator concluded the program.

1 videocassette (120 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1701

In service to America 1995

By 1967, poverty warriors increase the sophistication of their tactics at the same time that a number of outspoken opponents rise to national prominence. This program highlights the beginning of Legal Services and VISTA, two programs that combined individual action with the idea of volunteerism. Lawyers team up with migrant farm workers in California to fight for better education, health care and working conditions, and VISTA volunteers and local residents organize against strip mining in Appalachia. Both stories raise significant questions about activities the government funds in the name of fighting poverty.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4089

In the white man's image 1991

A look at the education of a group of American Indians at the Carlisle School for Indian Students founded by Richard Pratt in the early part of the 20th century as an attempt to change their heritage and values. Includes the story of Cheyenne warriors who were exiled to St. Augustine, Florida, as the first group of Indians to be schooled under Mr. Pratt's direction.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4028

Intervention and referral services for general education pupils (I&RS) a four-part videotape program series and videotape companion guide 1998

Video 1. Program overview -- video 2. Planning and organizing the program -- video 3. The team process for solving learning, behavior and health problems -- video 4. Innovations and best practicesContains materials intended to provide a framework and best practice ideas for starting or refining intervention and referral teams in school buildings at all grade levels across the state.

4 videocassettes (58 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5362 cassette 1 2-5363 cassette 2 2-5364 cassette 3 2-5365 cassette 4

An Island in America 1972

A profile of Puerto Rican communities on the mainland, including an account of social, cultural, and economic conditions set against a background of the history of the island of Puerto Rico. Emphasizes new concepts in the education of Puerto Rican children, particularly the teaching of English as a second language includes views of Congressman Herman Badillo, Joseph Monserrat, and other representatives of the Puerto Rican community.

1 videocassette (28 min.) :

MEDIA D-447

It's a wild ride at O'Leary Junior High 2001

Introduces an interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts project. Students learn about and apply laws of motion, linear functions, and technical reporting as they design and present an ultimate roller coaster.

1 videocassette (15 min.) :

MEDIA 2-6105

The keys to the kingdom, 1974-1980 1995

Examines the relationship between law and popular struggle. In Boston, Black parents organize to improve their childrens's education. In Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, the city's first Black mayor, tries to guarantee Black involvement in the construction of Alanta's airport. Affirmative action programs do not go unchallenged, however, as Allan Bakke takes his suit against the University of California all the way to the Supreme Court.

1 videocasette (ca. 60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4160

The last graduation the Movement for College Programs in New York State prisons after Attica 1999

The Attica Prison Rebellion, September 9-13, 1971 -- Opening of the Family Partnership Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1997 -- Closing the door to education -- The last graduation, June 15, 1997 -- Green Haven Prison, Stormville, NYResearcher Barbara Zahm gives a brief history of the 1971 Attica Prison Rebellion in which forty-three men died, and the college prison program which was initiated afterward. After interviews with prison inmates, "The Movement for College Programs of New York State Prisons After Attica" was formed. Zahm tells of her transformation after working with the inmates and her anguish over the Congressional decision to eliminate Pell Grants for prisoners, thus ending the program and leading to the "Last Graduation". As of 1997 funding cuts had not been restored.

1 videocassette (ca. 55 min.) :

DANA 1427

The Lemon Grove incident 1985

"The struggle to end school segregation in usually linked to the 1954 Supreme Court case of Brown vs. the Board of Education. However, many of the nation's earliest desegregation cases occurred in the American Southwest and they involved the children of Mexican immigrants. This is the true story of one of those cases."--Opening credits.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5231

Liberating America's schools charter schools that work 2000

Looks at the pros and cons of school choice and how choice has been implemented within several public school systems. Also describes the use of vouchers for private schools.

1 videocassette (56 min.)

DANA 1931

Los dos mundos de Angelita The two worlds of Angelita 1983

A story about a nine-year-old girl who has moved from her home in Puerto Rico to New York City and finds fitting into a new school overwhelming.

1 film reel (73 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA 5-673 reel 1 5-674 reel 2

Making of a doctor 1995

Documentary follows seven students in Harvard Medical School's Class of 1991 through the rigors and rewards of their medical training, from the academics to the emotionally and physically grueling years of internship.

1 videocassette (120 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3353

Mary McLeod Bethune the spirit of a champion 1996

Chronicles the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, one of the major pioneers of Black education in the U.S.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

DANA 1254

Maxine Singer 1989

Maxine Singer personifies the consummately trained biologist who specializes in genetics. Dr. Singer's special concerns about the ethics of science and the dilemmas of choice are featured in this program which focuses on the consequences that accompany scientific progress. Included in this episode are a discussion of science education, ethics in genetic engineering and the joy of discovery.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1142

The Morehouse men 1995

Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia is the only African-American men's college in the United States. For 128 years, Morehouse has educated the black elite, seeking to instill moral, social, spiritual and academic values among its students. It boasts Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses, and filmmaker, Spike Lee as graduates. This film follows a group of freshmen students and explores the formal and informal processes whereby boys are molded into "Morehouse Men".

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :

DANA 1251

Multimedia fair use guidelines 1995

Discusses the issues of fair use and copyright compliance as they relate to multimedia works. Presents tentative guidelines developed by the Consortium of College & University Media Centers Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines Working Committee. The panel examines problems from the perspectives of information producers, managers and users.

1 videocassette (120 min.) :

MEDIA 2-2549

Only a teacher 2001

Episode 1. A teacher affects eternity (56 min.) -- Episode 2. Those who can ... teach (56 min.) -- Episode 3. Educating to end inequity (53 min.)"[Episode 1] explores the importance of educators in the lives of their students, emphasizing their influence as role models, as upholders of society's norms, and even as agents of social change....[Episode 2] traces the evolution of teaching as a profession, honoring education who risked everything to stand up for teacher's rights....[Episode 3] addresses teachers' efforts to level the educational and social playing fields for their students by examining public school reform and its relationship to social change"--Containers.

3 videocassettes (165 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5649 cassette 1 2-5650 cassette 2 2-5651 cassette 3

Power!, 1966-1968 1995

Shows how Blacks looked for new ways to take control of their communities. This program explores the political path to power for Carl Stokes, the nation's first Black mayor of a major city. It also describes the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, Calif., and the struggle of Black and Hispanic parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., to improve their children's education through community control of the schools.

1 videocasette (ca. 60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-4156

President Clinton unveils national service plan at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, March 1, 1993 1993

President Clinton spoke about his plan to create a new system of national voluntary service for university students nationwide. This plan is built on the same principle as the GI Bill. Its implementation will reform the whole system of student loans as well as enrich education for both the young and the communities they will serve.

1 videocassette (65 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1980

Pursuing excellence initial findings from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study 1997?

Highlighting the findings assessing the math and science performance of over 500,000 students in 41 countries at three different grade levels. Summarizing the study's key findings at the eighth-grade level with respect to curriculum and learning expectations, teaching, teacher's lives and students' lives. Including the views of business leaders, policy makers, educators, and researchers on the study's implications for America's schools.

1 videocassette (14 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1436 2-3411

Remedy for riot 2002

In this news program from 1968, Harry Reasoner reports on the findings and recommendations of President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.

1 videocassette (58 min.) :

DANA 1867

Richard Rodriguez victim of two cultures 1994

Presents Rodriguez's experiences of growing up in America as the son of immigrants, the loss of his "Mexican soul", and his first exposure to American culture. Discussion focuses also on the differences between Mexican and American cultures, including Rodriguez' observations on America's growing sense of loss and the essence of American society today.

1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) :

DANA 695

The Road to Brown the untold story of the man who killed Jim Crow 1990

Documentary on segregation in the South and the legal campaign against it. Profiles black lawyer Charles Houston, whose work in attacking the segregation laws ("Jim Crow") ultimately led to the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case.

1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 408 2-2619

Rutgers, a vision of excellence 1987

A promotional tape which introduces the viewer to the various undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools at Rutgers University.

1 videocassette (14 min.) :

MEDIA 2-502

Rutgers from the inside: a view of a contemporary university (Motion picture) 1966

Shows college classrooms (graduate and undergraduate), activities, and campus of Rutgers University (Rutgers, Rutgers Newark, Douglass) in 1966. Includes interviews with students who express their attitudes towards classmates, professors, curriculum, and the transition to a state university.

34 min. sd. color. 16 mm

MEDIA 5-211

Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey an overview 1988

A promotional tape showing the various undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools and colleges at Rutgers University.

1 videocassette (15 min.) :

MEDIA 2-503

Saving the native son empowering strategies for young black males 1994

Courtland Lee discusses the problems which young black men face in U.S. society and in the U.S. educational system and empowerment programs which have been designed to respond to these problems.

1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5391

School of the Americas an insider speaks out 1998

Major Joseph A. Blair, a former instructor at the U.S. School of Americas, speaks out on why the SOA should be shut down. The video reveals the hidden world of the School of the Americas and incorporates rarely-seen footage from Latin America.

1 videocassette (16 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5217

School the story of American public education 2001

[1]. The Common school: 1770-1890 -- [2]. As American as public school: 1900-1950 -- [3]. A struggle for educational equality: 1950-1980 -- [4]. The bottom line in education:1980 to the present Added Title: Common school: 1770-1890Episode 1: "In the aftermath of the Revolution, a newly independent America confronted one of its most daunting challenges: how to build a united nation out of thirteen disparate colonies. This program profiles the passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jefferson and continued by Noah Webster, Horace Mann, and others to create a common system of tax-supported schools that would mix people of different backgrounds and reinforce the bonds of democracy"--Container. Episode 2: "This program recalls how massive immigration, child labor laws, and the explosive growth of cities fueled school attendance and transformed public education. Also explored are the impact of John Dewey's progressive ideas as well as the effects on students of controversial IQ tests, the 'life adjustment' curriculum, and Cold War politics"--Container. Episode 3: "This program shows how impressive gains masked profound inequalities: seventeen states had segregated schools; 1% of all Ph.D.s went to women; and 'separate but equal' was still the law of the land. Interviews with Linda Brown Thompson and other equal rights pioneers bring to life the issues that prompted such milestones as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title IX, and the Americans with Disabilities Act"--Container. Episode 4: "In 1983, the Reagan Administration's report, A Nation at Risk, shattered public confidence in America's school system and sparked a new wave of education reform. This program explores the impact of the 'free market' experiments that ensued, from vouchers and charter schools to privatization -- all with the goal of meeting tough new academic standards"--Container.

4 videocassettes (ca. 3 hr., 40 min.) :

MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA. MEDIA 2-5644 cassette 1 2-5645 cassette 2 2-5646 cassette 3 2-5647 cassette 4

Separate but equal 1991

Dramatization of the events leading to the landmark Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation.

2 videocassettes (ca. 193 min.) :

DANA. DANA 1024 cassette 1 1024 cassette 2

Sex matters 1991

Rutgers University students discuss their feelings about sex, promisuity, sexually transmitted diseases, safe sex.

1 videocassette (25 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1271

Shattering the silences the case for minority faculty 1997

Explores issues of faculty diversity in American higher education in the mid-1990s, focusing on the experience of eight minority scholars in the humanities and social sciences at various institutions.

1 videocassette (86 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 862 2-3183

Simple justice 1993

Docudrama recounts the remarkable legal strategy and social struggle that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

3 videocassettes (137 min.) :

DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA. DANA 1546 cassette 1 1546 cassette 1 1546 cassette 2 1546 cassette 2 1546 cassette 3 1546 cassette 3

So long silence 1990

A documentary depicting deaf students in and out of school at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont.

1 videocassette (22 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5015

Speak up! improving the lives of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender youth 2002

This video takes a powerful look at the ways in which individuals are reclaiming their classrooms and hallways and making them a safe space for GLBT students.

1 videodisc (30 min.) :

MEDIA DANA 10-192 1588

Step by step: 1919

Presents the philosophy behind the development of an alternative high school in Harlem. Demonstrates the functioning of this school which prepares high school dropouts in the community for college.

1 videocassette (30 min.) :

MEDIA D-448

Step-by-step: The story of Harlem Prep. [Motion picture] 1919

Presents the philosophy behind the development of an alternative high school in Harlem. Demonstrates the functioning of this school which prepares high school dropouts in the community for college.

30 min. sd. color. 16 mm

MEDIA 4-218

Students at the center : a national teleconference on school reform 1998

"Today's schools face multiple challenges--none more important that improving student learning in all of our schools. However, improved student learning does not happen by accident; it takes careful planning and draws on the wealth of research and expert practice on how student learning can be improved. This program features panels of noted educational researchers and practitioners discussed three critical elements required to transform schools for the benefit of student learning."--Container.

1 videocassette (90 min.) :

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T is for technology 198-

Examines technology education at four New Jersey high schools. Includes interviews with teachers, principals, and students. Discusses methods for teaching problem solving.

1 videocassette (ca. 20 min.) :

DANA 124

Taking the Blue Ribbon challenge 1999

An introduction to the Blue Ribbons Schools Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

1 videocassette (14 min.) :

DANA. MEDIA 1447 2-3956

Teaching indians to be white 1993

Schools, where native children find it nearly impossible to balance the white view they are taught with the language and values they learn at home, represent a major problem for native children. Various tribes have responded differently to the challenge of educating their children: the Seminole of Florida resist being integrated, the Miccosukee decided not to fight but to join, and the Cree took back their own schools.

1 videocassette (28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-5987

Temple of science 1993

Teaching hospitals have been the central focus for the evolution of modern medicine. They house the most revered scientists, the leading doctors, and the most sophisticated technology. Although this model of medicine has had remarkable success intreating serious diseases, teaching hospitals and the doctors they train are less equipped to provide the kind of primary care that most people need. "Temple of Science" looks at the turmoil surrounding these issues at Johns Hopkins, one of the world's leading teaching hospitals.

1 videocassette (57 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3968

Unequal education 1994

The initial segment "Failing our children" focuses on inequality in the education available in rich and poor New York neighborhood schools. A group of four recently graduated high school students produced and reported this segment. Also includes Kathleen Hall Jamieson commenting on the 1992 Presidential campaign and a discussion between Jonathan Kozol and John Chubb on school vouchers.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3295

Urban education 1988

Discusses the stae of urban education in New Jersey. Featured guests are Eugene C. Campbell, Superintendent of Newark Schools, Walter McCarroll, the Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, and Marilyn Morneuser, Executive Director of the Education Law Center, Newark.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

DANA 86

A Virtual academic library environment in New Jersey 1997

An interactive video teleconference presenting the plan for creating and developing VALE: a virtual academic library environment in New Jersey with partial funding from the Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund. Jointly sponsored by NJIN's Educational Activities Task Force and Library Committee to present VALE plans and initiatives.

1 videocassette (ca. 120 min.) :

MEDIA 2-3605

What's wrong with our schools? 1980

The government spends a great deal of money for public education and the children aren't being adequately educated. Friedman has diagnosed the problem and offers a solution--a voucher system which enables parents to have a choice in the schools their children attend.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

DANA 113

White man's way 198

Depicts the everyday lives of Plain's Indian children at U.S. Government Indian schools. Begun in the 1880's, the Indian schools philosophy was to educate these children to the white man's way--a method which attempted to create their cultural annihilation. Shows childrens separation from their homes and traditions and their sense of alienation even from their own culture.

1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1726

Women of Hull-House 1992

Historical photographs are used to tell the story of Hull House, the settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr. The contributions of Addams and othe Hull House women in the fields of social welfare, women's rights, labor relations, education and world peace are recounted.

1 videocassette (ca. 28 min.) :

MEDIA 2-1697

The women of summer the Bryn Mawr school for women workers, 1921-1938 1985

Weaves together oral histories, unearthed diaries and letters to reconstruct an educational experiment of the 1920s and 30s in which women from the mills and factories went to Bryn Mawr College for a special summer session.

1 videocassette (60 min.) :

MEDIA D-337