TV Series Examines Educators' Challenges

  • 03/01/97

ìPractically Speakingî is a six-part TV series that explores, in-depth, some of the pivotal issues facing American educators.

Each 60-minute show revolves around a single issue, which is analyzed by a wide range of experts. Show topics are:

ï Technology in the Classroom;

ï Confronting Adversity;

ï The Changing School;

ï School to Work;

ï School Safety, Behavior and 

Discipline; and

ï Teaching to the Whole Student.

School to Work airs on May 7, with a repeat showing in June; all the other programs will be aired from March through June.

They air on bi-weekly Fridays, on The Learning Channel, from 11 a.m. to noon, alternating with ETCís ìBest Seat in the Class: A Renaissance Through Technology.î ETC, Washington, DC, (202) 393-3666.

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