Video and Multimedia
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Video
Description: Report and discussion on racial disparities of all public school in the United States conducted by the Department of Education on differences in school discipline and punishment, starting as early as preschool.
Learning Objective: 11-3: Explain how education may function to both reduce and reproduce social inequalities.
Description: PBS NewsHour special on the origins and social impact of the largest interuniversity collaborations of free online college courses.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe the three major economic revolutions that have shaped the contemporary world.
Description: Video by Robert Reich, prominent economist and policy advisor, as he describes the problems and common misconceptions about economic development in recent U.S. history. He elaborates on how this increase in the percentage of wealth accumulated has increased the political clout of economic elite.
Learning Objective: 11-3: Explain how education may function to both reduce and reproduce social inequalities.
Description: TED talk by labor activist and head of Fair Labor Association, calling attention to governance gaps in foreign countries to effectively monitor international business practices regarding forced and exploitative labor; presents argument for fair labor practices on global scale for worker protection.
Learning Objective: 11-6
Description: TED talk discussing the characteristics and advantages of self-reliant economic systems that exist independent and external to traditional notions of formal, regulated market economies.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe the three major economic revolutions that have shaped the contemporary world.
Audio
Description: NPR news story about the use of remedial classes to better prepare students in poor-performing subjects to improve retention in college.
Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe the three major economic revolutions that have shaped the contemporary world.
Desegregating Schooling in the United States
Description: NPR All Things Considered news story focused on assessing the legacy of racial segregation and subsequent class segregation in U.S. schools.
Learning Objective: 11-3: Explain how education may function to both reduce and reproduce social inequalities.
Description: NPR Morning Edition story about a community’s fight in Northwest United States against the building of a train-to-sea port to export coal to China. This story assesses the impact of globalization of resources and labor force on a community. Radio story is accompanied by text, photos, and links for further exploration.
Learning Objective: 11-6
Continuous Improvement to Succeed in Service Economy
Description: NPR Morning Edition report about the industrial shift hiring workers for manual skills for manufacturing jobs to service jobs requiring more technical skills and continual on-the-job training. Story is part of a series showcasing changes in the manufacturing landscape of the U.S. economy.
Learning Objective: 11-1: Describe the historical and contemporary roles of education in society.
Web
Charter Schools: Public Education or Private Corporations?
Description: This article introduces the debate on the role of charter schools by discussing the public versus private components as an educational option.
Learning Objective: 11-2: Apply conflict, functionalist, and symbolic interactionist theoretical perspectives to the institution of education.
Boom and Bust of Oil Jobs in the United States
Description: PBS LearningMedia video about boom and bust cycles of oil refinery in Montana, and the concomitant growth and loss of job opportunities in the local community.
Learning Objective: 11-5: Discuss current and potential effects of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence on the labor market.