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In this segment of Our Kids, the importance of mentors is illustrated through stories that feature individuals in their own communities. By highlighting a police officer who started a free judo school to help kids get on a better path, a revolutionary accelerated kindergarten program that propels disadvantaged children by celebrating their smartness, and a young girl who expresses her pride and determination in song-despite living in a homeless shelter-we...
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Highlighting the deteriorating classroom conditions and the worst test scores in the nation, this alarming segment of Our Kids casts its eye on the current educational crisis in Detroit, Michigan. This cautionary tale discusses how both public and unregulated charter schools suffer from high teacher turnover, a shortage of up-to-date textbooks, a lack of funding, and financial accountability. We visit with students, teachers, parents, and educational...
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Giving hope to the hopeless dominates the stories in Seattle, Washington and Columbus, Ohio. Among those spotlighted in this video is a program to reform the foster care system and an organization that reunites children with parents who were incarcerated. Too many poor youths end up in the juvenile justice system, and The Echo Glen facility hopes to heal, rather than punish, young incarcerated teens.
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Underserved children need extra services to be competitive with children who are financially and emotionally secure. Children who live in fractured homes are extremely disadvantaged when it comes to achieving what others around them do. In this segment, we take a look at communities in Duluth, Minnesota; Boston, Massachusetts; Springfield, Missouri; and Nashville, Tennessee where grade schools are offering wrap-around services to their students including...
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