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SOURCE ARTICLE
Federal Policies to Change the Odds for Children in Poverty
by Susan B. Neuman


AUDIO CLIP #1: Looking broadly, what would you say are the parameters for the federal role in education?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Let's look at one example of something you were involved with: teacher quality. No Child Left Behind, for the first time, set federal guidelines for teacher quality. You have argued that this was, if not a failure, an effort that did not achieve its goals. Why do you think that this happened?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Is there an appropriate federal role in setting guidelines for teacher quality, and what might that be?
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AUDIO CLIP #4: You've been involved in developing the Broader, Bolder Approach framework. That idea suggests that focusing on schools alone is not sufficient to ensure high levels of student learning. What should the federal government be doing to advance that agenda?
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SOURCE ARTICLE
Parent Power in New York City: The Coalition for Educational Justice
by Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari and Ocynthia Williams


AUDIO CLIP #1: What is the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice? How did you two get involved in the Coalition?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: How did you get involved in your local collaboratives in the first place? What led you to become part of the collaborative?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Now that you've created this citywide organization, what issues have you focused on?
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AUDIO CLIP #4: How were you able to accomplish that? What exactly did you do to bring the issue to the attention of officials?
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AUDIO CLIP #5: As you describe the middle school work, it sounds like a case of providing information and bringing it to policy-makers’ attention. But especially with resources tight, there must have been some questioning and some resistance. How did you deal with that?
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AUDIO CLIP #6: As you move forward, what challenges do you face? What is it like to have a coalition of volunteers? Does that make things challenging, and how do you deal with that?
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SOURCE ARTICLE
Toward a “Relationship-Based Industry”: Connecting Central Offices and Communities
by Mary Sylvia Harrison


AUDIO CLIP #1: Mary Sylvia Harrison
From your experience, how would you characterize the relationship between district central offices and the community?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Mary Sylvia Harrison
Did the district have a structure to initiate these, or were they more ad hoc?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Mary Sylvia Harrison
Aside from these efforts, you started out by saying that a lot of districts tend to be reactive. Why do you think that's the case?
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AUDIO CLIP #4: Mary Sylvia Harrison
Aside from these efforts, you started out by saying that a lot of districts tend to be reactive. Why do you think that's the case?
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AUDIO CLIP #5: Mary Sylvia Harrison
What do you see as the obstacles that are keeping central offices from operating more effectively, particularly in relationship to the community?
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AUDIO CLIP #6: Mary Sylvia Harrison
What do you see as the obstacles that are keeping central offices from operating more effectively, particularly in relationship to the community?
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SOURCE ARTICLE
A National Strategy for Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth
by David Bell


AUDIO CLIP #1: David Bell
Bell spoke to VUE editor Robert Rothman about linking schools and children’s services and about the federal government’s role in improving outcomes for children and youth.
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SOURCE ARTICLE
“Out of Hours”: Making the “Extra” Part of the Core Business of Schooling
by Sir Alasdair Macdonald


AUDIO CLIP #2: Sir Alasdair Macdonald
Macdonald spoke to VUE editor Robert Rothman about the way the school’s efforts to support students’ out-of-school learning and engage parents have contributed to its success.
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SOURCE ARTICLE
The View from Central Office: A Superintendent Looks at Learning Environments
by Judith Johnson


AUDIO CLIP #1: Judith Johnson
How would you define an effective learning environment?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Judith Johnson
What are some of the physical aspects that make a learning environment effective?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Judith Johnson
What about the social interactions among students and between students and adults?
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AUDIO CLIP #4: Judith Johnson
How prevalent would you say that these conditions you've described are in schools today? Would you say that those are common or rare?
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AUDIO CLIP #5: Judith Johnson
What happens when the learning environment is ineffective and doesn't respond to those needs?
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AUDIO CLIP #6: Judith Johnson
Are there effects on teachers as well?
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SOURCE ARTICLE
Creating a “Common Geography”: A Long-Term Partnership in Pittsburgh
by Bill Strickland


AUDIO CLIP #1: Bill Strickland
Voices in Urban Education editor Robert Rothman interviews Bill Strickland about the capacities needed to build and sustain partnerships with the school system.
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SOURCE ARTICLE
The Providence After School Alliance
by David N. Cicilline


AUDIO CLIP #1: David Cicilline
Why did you decide to focus on after-school?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: David Cicilline
There’s a lot of interest now in extending the school day, particularly for low-performing students. Is after school a way to extend the school day by other means?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: David Cicilline
How would you characterize the state of after school in Providence now, and how does that compare with where you’d like it to be?
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AUDIO CLIP #4: David Cicilline
What sort of partnerships do you need to realize this vision?
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AUDIO CLIP #5: David Cicilline
If you’re successful, what kinds of outcomes do you expect to see for youth?
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VUE 13: Fall 2006, Engaging Communities

SOURCE ARTICLE: Clip #1
Engaging a City: Building Public Confidence and Support for Schools
by Bill Purcell


AUDIO CLIP #1: Bill Purcell
Interview with Bill Purcell, Mayor of Nashville Mayor Purcell about the challenges and rewards of strengthening the relationship between schools and a city community.
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SOURCE ARTICLES: Clip #2
Community Engagement: Mobilizing Constituents to Demand and Support Educational Improvement by Norm Fruchter and Richard Gray
Urban School Boards and Their Communities by Donald R. McAdams


AUDIO CLIP #2: Norm Fruchter and Don McAdams
Voices in Urban Education editor Robert Rothman has a conversation with Norm Fruchter and Don McAdams about engaging communities.
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VUE 12: Summer 2006, Educating Vulnerable Students

SOURCE ARTICLE
System Reform to Reach 98 Percent
by Pia Durkin


AUDIO CLIP #1: Pia Durkin
Why should special education and general education be integrated into a unified system?
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VUE 11: Spring 2006, Getting to Reform

SOURCE ARTICLE
Broaching the Subject: How to Have a Conversation about Equity and Excellence
by Lynda Powell Pruitt and Kenneth Jones


AUDIO CLIP #1: Kenneth Jones
Why is it so difficult to have discussions around issues of equity and excellence?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Linda Powell Pruitt
Why is it so difficult to have discussions around issues of equity and excellence?
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VUE 9: Fall 2005, Sustaining Reform

SOURCE ARTICLE
Developing a Civic Infrastructure
by Carolyn Akers


AUDIO CLIP #1: Carolyn Akers
You talk in your article about a "civic infrastructure." Why is a civic infrastructure necessary for reform and how did you set about building one in Mobile?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Carolyn Akers
What is the role of the Mobile Area Educational Foundation now, now that you've gone through this process and you're at the stage of implementing the reform? What is your organization's role?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Carolyn Akers
At this point, at the end of 2005, how would you characterize the relationship between the community and the schools? Are they in fact true partners, or is there still work to do?
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VUE 8: Summer 2005, High School Redesign

SOURCE ARTICLE
Portfolios of Schools: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
by Constancia Warren and Mindy Hernandez


AUDIO CLIP #1: Constancia Warren
What do you mean by a portfolio of schools?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Constancia Warren
What do districts have to do to create portfolios of schools?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Constancia Warren
What are the challenges involved in creating and maintaining a portfolio?
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VUE 7: Spring 2005, Community Partners

SOURCE ARTICLE
It Takes a City to Build a School: A Community Partnership in Brooklyn
by Elana Karopkin


AUDIO CLIP #1: Elana Karopkin
What do you think the partnerships at your school bring to your students?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Elana Karopkin
What are the challenges you face as a principal in developing and sustaining partnerships?
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Elana Karopkin
If another school were to start to look for partners, what would be the one thing you would tell them to do?
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VUE 6: Winter 2005, Evidence-Based Practice

SOURCE ARTICLE
When Districts Use Evidence to Improve Instruction: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?
by Meredith I. Honig and Cynthia E. Coburn


AUDIO CLIP #1: Meredith Honig and Cynthia Coburn
What's new about the emphasis on evidence-based practice.
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Meredith Honig
What's known about central office administrators as evidence users.
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Meredith Honig and Cynthia Coburn
The complexities involved in evidence use.
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AUDIO CLIP #4: Meredith Honig and Cynthia Coburn
The challenges central offices face in using evidence well.
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AUDIO CLIP #5: Meredith Honig and Cynthia Coburn
Shifts in work roles to support evidence use.
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AUDIO CLIP #6: Meredith Honig and Cynthia Coburn
Which evidence? And who decides?
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VUE 5: Fall 2004, Smart Districts

SOURCE ARTICLE
Results, Equity, and Community: The Smart District
by Marla R. Ucelli and Ellen L. Foley.


AUDIO CLIP #1: Marla Ucelli
What is a "smart district"?
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Marla Ucelli
What challenges do districts face in transforming themselves in this way?
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VUE 3: Winter/Spring 2004, Adolescent Literacy

SOURCE ARTICLE
"What Is After-School Worth? Developing Literacy and Identity Out of School"
By Lynda Hull and Jessica Zacher.


VIDEO CLIP
Asia's digital poem.
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AUDIO CLIP #1: Glynda Hull and Asia Washington
Where did the poem idea come from?
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AUDIO CLIP #2
Why she decided to make "How Much is a Life Worth?"
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AUDIO CLIP #3
Why she chose the first image of money
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AUDIO CLIP #4
How she came up with the phrase, "it's priceless."
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AUDIO CLIP #5
Why she chose the Black Panther Party photo
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AUDIO CLIP #6
Why she chose the Simpsons photo
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VUE 2: Fall 2003, Small Schools and Race

SOURCE ARTICLE
"Small Schools: From Promise to Practice"
By Warren Simmons


AUDIO CLIP #1: Warren Simmons
How can small schools address issues of race and ethnicity more effectively?
[2 minutes, 15 seconds]
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AUDIO CLIP #2: Warren Simmons
Is there more that schools can do to engage the community more effectively?
[1 minute, 51 seconds]
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AUDIO CLIP #3: Warren Simmons
What will it take for small schools to effect change on a large scale?
[2 minutes, 24 seconds]
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