Testing Teachers
Series: American RadioWorks: Focus on Education
From: American Public Media
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Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know in their gut, but it's only recently that researchers have begun developing ways to measure the quality of teachers. What they’re learning is shaking up schools and leading education reformers to call for radical changes in the way teachers are trained and evaluated – and the way they are hired and fired too.
"Testing Teachers" is an award-winning documentary that takes us to some of the nation’s poorest schools to understand why teacher quality is fast becoming the next frontier in the fight to equalize educational opportunity in the United States.More from American Public Media
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Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know in their gut, but it's only recently that researchers have begun developing ways to measure the quality of teachers. What they’re learning is shaking up schools and leading education reformers to call for radical changes in the way teachers are trained and evaluated – and the way they are hired and fired too.
"Testing Teachers" is an award-winning documentary that takes us to some of the nation’s poorest schools to understand why teacher quality is fast becoming the next frontier in the fight to equalize educational opportunity in the United States.Transcript
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Stephen Smith: From American Public Media, this is an American RadioWorks documentary.
Pres. Barack Obama: American prosperity has long rested on how well we educate our children.
But American schools are lagging behind, and poor children especially are struggling. Some people say the problem is teachers…
Susan Swanson: We've let too many people into the profession.
Emily Baker: You either do your job and you're effective, or you gotta go.
But what is a good teacher, and how do teachers become good?
Randi Weingarten: This is not a Nike commercial. Just do it. That doesn't work in teaching.
In the coming hour, "Testing Teachers" from American RadioWorks.
First, this news.
Part One
Woman's voice: Congratulations on getting yourselves here from all across the country. From New York… from Philadelphia… from Detroit… from California… And I want to know if the lady from Fl...
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Timing and Cues
** CLOCK, TIMINGS AND CUES **
00:00 - 01:00 (0:59 + :01 silence) Billboard outcue = "first, this news."
01:00 - 06:00 (5:00) NPR News hole, Music Bed.
06:00 - 29:01 (23:01) Part 1; outcue = "American Public Media."
29:01 - 30:01 (0:59 + :01 silence) Music Bed.
30:01 - 59:00 (28:59) Part 2; outcue = "American Public Media."
59:00 - 60:00 (1:00) silence [no silence segment on PRX]
Intro and Outro
INTRO:A good teacher can be the key to a child’s success in school. And so the push is on to find better teachers, and fire bad ones. But what do we really know about what good teaching is? Here is “Testing Teachers”– a new documentary from American RadioWorks.
OUTRO:Additional Credits
Producer: Emily Hanford; Editor: Catherine Winter; Executive Editor and Host: Stephen Smith; Coordinating Producer: Ellen Guettler; Audio Mixing: Craig Thorson; Production Assistance: Frankie Barnhill and Suzanne Pekow
Support for this program comes from the Spencer Foundation. American RadioWorks is supported by the Batten Institute, the research center for global entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Batteninstitute.org.
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