Grant Reeher speaks with Pat Driscoll, operations director for Syracuse’s Say Yes to Education Program.
From: WRVO
Series: Campbell Conversations in the Public Intererst
Length: 48:12
Syracuse’s Say Yes to Education Program was introduced three years ago with great expectations. Words like “transformative” were used to describe the hoped-for impact of this program that mixes an extensive in-class and extra-curricular support network with the ultimate promise of free college tuition. The program has had past success elsewhere in targeting smaller numbers of children within a school, but it’s never been applied to an entire school district. Three years on, is it realizing its promise? The question is particularly timely, as the program is slated to be financed solely by the city in 2013, and it would then account for ten percent of the entire school budget. Pat Driscoll, the operations director for the program, addresses these issues, and also discusses just what makes the program so different from previous efforts to overcome the educational challenges that disadvantaged students face.
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Syracuse’s Say Yes to Education Program was introduced three years ago with great expectations. Words like “transformative” were used to describe the hoped-for impact of this program that mixes an extensive in-class and extra-curricular support network with the ultimate promise of free college tuition. The program has had past success elsewhere in targeting smaller numbers of children within a school, but it’s never been applied to an entire school district. Three years on, is it realizing its promise? The question is particularly timely, as the program is slated to be financed solely by the city in 2013, and it would then account for ten percent of the entire school budget. Pat Driscoll, the operations director for the program, addresses these issues, and also discusses just what makes the program so different from previous efforts to overcome the educational challenges that disadvantaged students face.
Broadcast History
This series began airing on WRVO in March 2010.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Grant Reeher speaks with Pat Driscoll, in this week's Campbell Conversation.
OUTRO:Campbell Conversations is produced by WRVO with support from The Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship.
Additional Credits
Host: Grant Reeher
Associate Producers: Bethany Walawender, Kelley Coleman
Recording Engineer: Tom Fazio
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