 Carrot and Stick - Episode 8
Paul Vallas has adopted a dozen strategies to fix New Orleans' ailing Recovery School District. In this podcast, he talks about his district's attendance problem, hiring truancy officers to combat the problem and how his strategies are working.
  
Produced & edited by: Selly Thiam / Duration: 11:50 |
 Before Twenty-five - Episode 7
Paul Vallas wants to hire as many bright, young teachers as he can--and he's bringing in hundreds of teachers through Teach for America and Teach Nola. Vallas talks about the energy and change young teachers are bringing to his district.
Produced & edited by: Selly Thiam / Duration: 8:03
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 The Second Year - Episode 7
Colleston Morgan is a 22 year-old Harvard Graduate in his second year of Teach for America. Morgan talks about his hopes for the upcoming school year, some of his challenges and successes and if he thinks Paul Vallas’ new initiatives are working.
Produced & edited by: Selly Thiam / Duration: 15:11
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The Dean of Superintendents - Episode 6
Paul Vallas talks to John Merrow about his successes, challenges and strategies for making change in the New Orleans Recovery School District.
Produced & edited by: Selly Thiam / Duration: 18:58
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 High Marks for Vallas - Episode 6
Urban education expert Michael Casserly tells John Merrow why Superintendent Paul Vallas deserves an A- for his first year in New Orleans.
Produced & edited by: Selly Thiam / Duration: 9:56
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 The Changing Face of New Orleans' Teachers - Episode 5
Are alternatively certified teachers changing the face of teaching in the New Orleans’ school district? Lindsay Enters is one who just completed her first year as a second grade teacher at Fannie C. Williams Elementary School.
Produced & edited by: Selly Thiam / Duration: 13:47
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 A Level Playing Field - Episode 4
Paul Vallas has the monumental task of turning around his state-run district comprised of New Orleans’ failing schools. Desperate times call for drastic measures, and Vallas has several in mind.
Produced by Julie Almendral & Valerie Visconti. Edited by Christine Renaud / Duration: 15:30
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 Just One of Me and A Lot of Them - Episode 3
Helen Miller, a single mother in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, works full time to provide for her family of five. She's afraid that her 16 year-old son, Antoine, will become one of New Orleans' notorious statistics.
Producer & editor: Christine Renaud / Duration: 7:28
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 One Brick at a Time isn’t Fast Enough - Episode 3
Paul Vallas, has received national attention for his sweeping initiatives. But how does his boss, the State Superintendent of Schools, Paul Pastorek, judge Vallas’ progress?
Producers:Valerie Visconti & Katie Robbins. Editor: Christine Renaud / Duration: 14:13 |
 Bold Initiatives in New Orleans - Episode 2
Paul Vallas, the new superintendent of Recovery School District in New Orleans is betting on some bold initiatives to turn the system around.
Producers & editors: Valerie Visconti & Katie Robbins / Duration: 20:05
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Paul Vallas
Attempts Reform - Episode 1
Three teachers at one of New Orleans’ lowest performing schools in Paul Vallas' district debate whether he can turn around the failing, impoverished district.
Producers & editors: Valerie Visconti & Katie Robbins / Duration: 21:25
Producers: Valerie
Visconti & Katie Robbins / Editor:alerie Visconti |
