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Publisher
Teachers Documentary Project
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This playlist includes the feature documentary and 10min short (filmed at the Center School with Elaine Schwartz, principal) One year in a startlingly upbeat public middle school in New York City where 5th-8th graders are mixed in almost all classes, and somehow it actually works. Featuring unprecedented observational footage and unfiltered commentary from students about the joy and complexity of being 10-14 years old. “A novel and extraordinary...
2) Exclusion U
Publisher
Premiere Digital
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
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?
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn all about the history, biblical origins, traditions, and celebrations of the Christian holiday of Easter. What events led to the crucifixion of Jesus? What are Lent, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, Ascension, Pentecost (aka Whitsun), and Advent? How did Easter come to include colorful, decorated eggs, candy, and the Easter Bunny? The...
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
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...
7) Therapy Dogs
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the last year of high school as two best friends Ethan Eng and Justin Morrice aim to create the ultimate senior video while also trying to make sense of their empty teenage lives. Shot in a real high school over the course of a year, they embark on a no-brakes adventure through the wastelands of Toronto’s suburbia. Collaging the fears, dreams, and memories of teenage experience. As the year unfolds, pressures on their friendship weigh,...
Publisher
Tribeca Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
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.
Publisher
The Epidavros Project
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Offers small sets of stories, sharp glimpses into a few intimate relationships, layered to mirror the complex reality: Nadouba and Bintu in their West African village, Taz and Patricia from elite St. Mary's Secondary School in Malawi, Ethel and her mother torn between village and the modern world, a relaxed and riotous conversation among a group of Malinké elders. Through knowing them, the audience grows to understand how deep cultural attitudes,...
Publisher
Preschool Prep Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Language
English
Description
Learn 12 techniques for how to work with data using Python. Review how to explore data, ingest data, visualize data, and more.
Modern work in data science requires skilled professionals versed in analysis workflows and using powerful tools. Python can play an integral role in nearly every aspect of working with data—from ingest, to querying, to extracting and visualizing. This course highlights twelve tips and tricks you can put into practice to...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Language
English
Description
Get started with the 2019 version of Adobe Captivate. Learn how to quickly create compelling interactive learning content using this leading elearning authoring tool.
Captivate is a leading elearning authoring tool from Adobe that allows for the rapid creation of interactive learning content. In this course, David Rivers helps you get acquainted with the 2019 version of Adobe Captivate. David demonstrates how to create new elearning projects, add...
16) Atossa Soltani
Publisher
The Green Interview
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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...
17) Pablo Solon
Publisher
The Green Interview
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of The Green Interview features Pablo Solon, a social activist who was formerly the Ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the United Nations and its chief negotiator on climate issues. He was instrumental in organizing the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, the 2010 gathering convened by Bolivian president Evo Morales to give the poor and the global south an opportunity to respond...
Publisher
The Green Interview
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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...
19) Marina Aizen
Publisher
The Green Interview
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of the Green Interview features Marina Aizen, one of Argentina's most distinguished journalists who served for many years as United Nations correspondent for a major wire service. Among the stories she covered was the 1992 Environmental Summit in Rio de Janeiro and that, she says, is where she “got hooked on environmental stories.” She recently completed a book on the Mendoza case: the remarkable legal action that lead the Supreme...
20) Soren Hermansen
Publisher
The Green Interview
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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,...
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