2016-08-20 14:35:08
CPTV Shines a Spotlight on Education This Fall
Just in time for the start of another school year, CPTV presents Spotlight Education, a weeklong in-depth look at today’s classrooms, students, and educators. Featuring key reporting initiatives, this week of primetime programming explores the critical need to convene a dialogue about the current state of education across the country.
Spotlight Education airs all week long on CPTV beginning Monday, September 12 and continues through Thursday, September 15.
For a complete schedule, please see CPTV’s television listings or visit cptv.org/schedule.
Highlights include:
POV: All the Difference
Monday, September 12 at 10 p.m. on CPTV
Filmed over the course of five years, this intimate documentary tells the stories of teens Robert Henderson and Krishaun Branch as they navigate their lives in low-income, high-risk communities in Chicago. Both have dreams of becoming the first members of their families to graduate high school and college, and both must overcome enormous obstacles to achieve their aspirations. Follow these young men through years of hard work, sacrifice, setbacks, and uncertainty as they prepare to defy the odds set before them.
Directed by Tod Lending and inspired by Wes Moore’s best-selling autobiographical book, The Other Wes Moore, viewers will also learn about how the Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men, among other support systems, became a key asset for both Henderson and Branch throughout this journey.
Frontline: A Subprime Education/The Education of Omarina
Tuesday, September 13 at 10 p.m. on CPTV
Get an inside look at the for-profit college industry, including alarming reports of predatory behavior and academic fraud. Investigators dive deep into the Corinthian Colleges education chain to uncover deceptive advertising practices, misrepresented placement statistics, and other fraudulent activities.
Also during this hour, Frontline reveals how an innovative program hoping to curb the high school dropout crisis has affected one student’s journey, from a public middle school in the Bronx to an elite New England private school, and now on to college.
NOVA: School of the Future
Wednesday, September 14 at 9 p.m. on CPTV
Explore how science and technology are transforming the way people learn and teach. This documentary takes viewers on a journey from the laboratory to the classroom; from where the latest advances in learning science are being uncovered to where these new ideas are being put into practice. Teachers, students, parents, and innovators take center stage to demonstrate what is helping them make a difference—and overcome challenges—in the classroom.
Discover how the science of learning can help us reimagine the future of education for all children.
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