WEBINAR: SUCCESS STRATEGIES FROM HIGH-POVERTY, HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOLS
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2013 / General Video
In this webinar, Public Agenda's President Will Friedman, Ph.D. and Director of Research Carolin Hagelskamp, Ph.D. shared findings from the report "Failure Is Not an Option."
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education
VIDEO: A PLACE TO CALL HOME: WHAT IMMIGRANTS SAY NOW ABOUT LIFE IN AMERICA
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2009 / General Video
Our new survey, A Place to Call Home: What Immigrants Say Now About Life In America, finds majorities saying they adapted quickly to life in the U.S., and, made the right choice in coming to this country.
Issue Area(s): Immigration, Children & Families, Race
VIDEO: STUDENT VOICES ALONG THE PATHWAY TO COMPLETION
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / General Video
"Student Voices on the Pathway to Completion," follows community college students as they talk about what helps and hinders them in their college experience.
Issue Area(s): Higher Education
VIDEO: TEXAS STUDENT VOICES
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / General Video
A lot more people start college than actually finish: only 20 percent of young people who go to two-year institutions graduate within three years, and only 4 in 10 students at four-year colleges receive a degree within six years.
Issue Area(s): Higher Education
VIDEO: DONALD GREGG AT THE MAXWELL SCHOOL/PUBLIC AGENDA POLICY BREAKFAST
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / Policy Breakfast
Watch former Ambassador Donald Gregg being interviewed by Robert Siegel of NPR as part of the Maxwell School/Public Agenda Policy Breakfast series on June 15, 2011.
Issue Area(s): Other
VIDEO: CITYWIDE ON CUNY TV WITH DR. WILL FRIEDMAN PART 1
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / General Video
In this clip, Will Friedman talks about fostering the right conditions to engage the public for democratic problem solving and change.
Issue Area(s): Civic Education, Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
VIDEO: CITYWIDE ON CUNY TV WITH DR. WILL FRIEDMAN PART 2
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / General Video
In this clip, Will Friedman discusses the importance of "issue framing" for public deliberation so citizens can participate effectively in the public dialogue.
Issue Area(s): Civic Education, Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
VIDEO: CITYWIDE ON CUNY TV WITH DR. WILL FRIEDMAN PART 3
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / General Video
In this clip, Will Friedman talks about how the public arrives at judgment on issues.
Issue Area(s): Civic Education, Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
VIDEO: CITYWIDE ON CUNY TV WITH DR. WILL FRIEDMAN PART 4
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / General Video
In this clip, Will Friedman shares his views on how to create a culture of public engagement.
Issue Area(s): Civic Education, Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
WEBINAR: STILL ON THE SIDELINES
What Roles Will Trustees Play in Higher Education Reform
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / General Video
This webinar presents findings from the report "Still on the Sidelines," which looks at the role of trustees at institutions of higher learning.
Issue Area(s): Higher Education
VIDEO: DAVID BROOKS AT THE MAXWELL SCHOOL/PUBLIC AGENDA POLICY BREAKFAST
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2011 / Policy Breakfast
Watch author and New York Times columnist David Brooks being interviewed by Robert Siegel of NPR as part of the Maxwell School/Public Agenda Policy Breakfast series on April 18, 2011.
Issue Area(s): Other
VIDEO: HELPING ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2010 / Discussion Starter
Everyone wants to see students succeed, but too often too many are doing more poorly than they should.
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Higher Education, Race
VIDEO: ENSURING SCHOOL SAFETY
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2010 / Discussion Starter
School safety is vital for creating a supportive educational environment.
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
VIDEO: EXPECTATIONS AND STANDARDS
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2010 / Discussion Starter
This Choicework Discussion Starter is designed to help communities talk about how to make sure these standards work for all students.
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Children & Families
VIDEO: THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2010 / Discussion Starter
The Choicework Discussion Starter is designed to help you and your neighbors discuss what purposes of education are most important to you and what educational priorities you'd like to see in your own community.
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Higher Education
VIDEO: THE QUESTION OF SCHOOL CHOICE
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2010 / Discussion Starter
Some people want educational alternatives to the traditional public school system through voucher or charter school programs.
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education
VIDEO: TEACHING METHODS
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2010 / Discussion Starter
Are the "tried and true" teaching methods with the best way to help today's kids learn, or are there new, innovative approaches that work better?
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education
VIDEO: WORKING TOGETHER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2010 / Discussion Starter
This Choicework Discussion Starter can help community college administrators, faculty and students discuss approaches community colleges can take to help students achieve their goals and be more successful in college.
Issue Area(s): Higher Education
VIDEO: READY FOR 21ST CENTURY CAREERS PART 1
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2009 / Discussion Starter
This Choicework Discussion Starter is intended to help your community discuss how to work together to ensure students today get the education they'll need to succeed in the 21st Century.
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Higher Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy
VIDEO: READY FOR 21ST CENTURY CAREERS PART 2
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2009 / Discussion Starter
This Choicework Discussion Starter is intended to help your community discuss how to work together to ensure students today get the education they'll need to succeed in the 21st Century.
Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Higher Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy
VIDEO: WITH THEIR WHOLE LIVES AHEAD OF THEM
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2009 / General Video
Most young adults who started college but didn't finish left because they needed to work more to make ends meet.
Issue Area(s): Higher Education, Workforce, Jobs & Economy
VIDEO: ENGAGING CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2009
Issue Area(s): Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy
VIDEO: PLANET FORWARD CAMPAIGN
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2009 / General Video
"Planet Forward" is an innovative, viewer-driven program that debuts on the web first and culminates in a primetime PBS special just a week ahead of Earth Day.
Issue Area(s): Energy & Environment, Science & Society
VIDEO: SUCCESS IS WHAT COUNTS
Media Type: WEB VIDEO / YEAR: 2008 / Discussion Starter
This Choicework Discussion Starter can help community college administrators, faculty and students discuss approaches community colleges can take to help students achieve their goals and be more successful in college.
Issue Area(s): Higher Education