Looks at the real scandal in higher education: How Ivy League Universities hoard billions while refusing to expand enrollments. These tax-exempt institutions are failing their mission to act in the public good. Interviews with low income students who fight for a place on campus, deans of admissions and shocking financial information force the question: why do we continue to invest so much in institutions that invest so little back in us?

Filmed for over a year on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, this documentary follows the stories of the staff and students at a progressive Public School, young singer-songwriter Ruby Archer and the Artistic Director of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music, Patrick Brennan. The film is introduced by Uncle Kevin Gavi Duncan from the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council who shares his wisdom about the importance of music to First...

Teaches thirteen basic digraphs--two letters that come together to form a single sound--both alone and in the context of words. Featuring: ch, ck, gh, gn, kn, ph, qu, sh, th, wh, wr, and tch (trigraph).

In this documentary, NAACP activist Kareem Weaver sets out to reform the low reading scores in his home of Oakland, California. Featuring stories from Weaver's own life, a teacher and two American families, THE RIGHT TO READ dives into the fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational skill for life-long success: the ability to read.

Builds on the story of the original film and includes additional interviews and archival footage. Ana Deborah Mola and Belkis Lescaille, who were among the first of the volunteer teachers who laid the groundwork for the revolutionary National Literacy Campaign that would follow, are featured. The 10th anniversary edition DVD, as well as the Digital Site License, includes both films.

Children will learn the different sounds that letters make. Children will love letter characters both new and old. You will be amazed at how easily your little one can learn their letter sounds. Features many new letter characters and also brings back old favorites from Meet the Letters.

Learn how DevOps can help you establish a culture of collaboration and communication between software engineers (Dev) and IT operations (Ops). DevOps is not a framework or a workflow. It's a culture that is overtaking the business world. DevOps ensures collaboration and communication between software engineers (Dev) and IT operations (Ops). With DevOps, changes make it to production faster. Resources are easier to share. And large-scale systems are...

This episode of the Green Interview features Atossa Soltani, the founder and Executive Director of Amazon Watch, an organization based in California that works to protect the Amazon basin and the rights of indigenous groups that call it home. She has been documenting and publicizing forest destruction and human rights abuses caused by extractive industries and large-scale energy projects throughout the Amazon and she has led successful campaigns to...

This episode of the Green Interview features Thomas Linzey and Mari Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a non-profit, public interest law firm providing free and affordable legal services for communities facing threats to their local environment. CELDF has assisted more than 110 local governments, as well as the governments of Nepal, India, and Ecuador. It was a founding member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of...

This episode of the Green Interview features Soren Hermansen, Denmark’s “world-class energy magician” with a mission to demonstrate it’s possible to create a sustainable society based on renewable energy. The model society—Hermansen’s native Samso— is a small, blustery island nestled in Denmark’s Kattegat Strait, once a cluster of farming communities powered by coal and oil, now an impressive showcase of sustainable power: wind turbines,...