For Release: 2008-09-02 09:35:00
Where We Stand: America’s Schools in the 21st Century, airing Monday, Sept. 15 at 10/9 p.m. CT on KET1 and KET HD, presents a frank evaluation of the U.S. educational system’s strengths and weaknesses. Hosted by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Where We Stand visits schools throughout Ohio, an important swing state that represents a range of socioeconomic and geographically diverse school districts. The program features schools in urban Cincinnati, suburban Columbus and rural Belpre.Where We Stand introduces students, parents, teachers and administrators whose stories illustrate the overwhelming odds and shining successes of education in America. They include Bin Che, an educator from mainland China who teaches Mandarin in rural Ohio; Cherese Clark, principal of a high-poverty school struggling under the pressure of low test scores; and Guadalupe Medina, a student at a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) school, who completed her high school requirements in two years.
Where We Stand: America’s Schools in the 21st Century is a production of WLIW/New York. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.
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Marcy Raymond (pictured with student) is the principal of Metro High School in Columbus, Ohio.
Metro High School teacher Thomas Trang with student.
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