Title: Making schools work
Description: Hedrick Smith and Kati Haycock discuss hot topics in contemporary education: the standards movement, and educational equity, No Child Left Behind, and the critical components of effective school reform. In the second segment, Hedric Smith interviews Michael Casserly and address topics on the history of educational reform, America's drive to create great schools, districts- versus school level strategies, lessons learned in making schools more effecive and boosting student achievement.
Subjects: Education, Standards, Educational accountability, Educational equalization, Educational planning, United States