A National Disgrace Revisited / Big Media.
Journalist Dan Rather uncovers the poor state of Detroit Public Schools in Michigan. Investigating the mismanagement, deficit, and high turnover rates of superintendents via interviews with the school board, former superintendent Dr. Connie Calloway, and Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, Rath...
| Uniform Title: | Films on Demand.
Dan Rather reports on education in America. |
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| Language: | English |
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English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Big Media,
[2011]
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| Series: | Films on Demand.
Dan Rather reports on education in America. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 51 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
Contents:
- State of Abandonment (2:45)
- National Disgrace (3:53)
- Detroit News (3:23)
- Past Optimism (2:55)
- Racial Mistrust (2:59)
- Low Literacy Rate (2:34)
- University Prep (3:25)
- Status Quo (2:57)
- Former Detroit Superintendent (2:07)
- Fighting the School Board (1:57)
- Where Did the Money Go? (3:55)
- Misdirected Meetings (3:04)
- Ungoverned Board Meetings (3:01)
- Dreams for the Future (5:46)
- Making Sacrifices (3:13)
- Let Down by Adults (2:56)
- Drastic Step to Control Students (3:55)
- Fraudulent Finances (3:05)
- Supply Deficiencies (3:05)
- Emergency Manager (3:42)
- Theft Uncovered (2:34)
- Defending Audit Results (3:10)
- Audit Report (3:19)
- Lawsuits and Denial of Wrong Doing (3:45)
- Pep Rallying (3:50)
- New School Year (3:51)
- Bobb's Test (2:49)
- Bleak Beginnings (3:23)
- Low Attendance (3:46)
- Who is to Blame? (3:19)
- Bobb's Departure (3:43)
- Program Epilogue (3:42)
- Deanna's Success (4:11)
- Credits: A National Disgrace Revisited: Dan Rather Reports on Education in America (1:17)