Ahead of the Class

As the nation debates how to get the best performance out of students and teachers, Need to Know presents an hour devoted to success stories in teaching.

Release Date: 2010-05-07
Seasons: 1 2010 2011 2012
TMDb: 0.0/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’ of Sudan
Episode 1 - Foster Care, A ‘Lost Boy’...
Gun Control, Haiti, High-Speed Rail
Episode 2 - Gun Control, Haiti, High-...
Care for Disabled Adults, Michael Vick’s Dogs, China
Episode 3 - Care for Disabled Adults,...
Aging in the Car-Happy Suburbs, Congo, A New 'New Deal'?
Episode 4 - Aging in the Car-Happy Su...
Egypt, End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s
Episode 5 - Egypt, End-of-Life Care,...
Ahead of the Class
Episode 6 - Ahead of the Class
The Universe(s), Egypt’s Future, and Fracking
Episode 7 - The Universe(s), Egypt’s...
Sea level rise, National Guard bonuses, Somali pirates
Episode 8 - Sea level rise, National...
Libya’s uprising, the high cost of college sports, Wisconsin’s unions
Episode 9 - Libya’s uprising, the hig...
Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions
Episode 10 - Public unions and state b...
Crisis in Japan, stories of academic transformation
Episode 11 - Crisis in Japan, stories...
Wounded in war, Arne Duncan, breast cancer research
Episode 12 - Wounded in war, Arne Dunc...
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Medicare, Edwidge Danticat
Episode 13 - Haiti and the Dominican R...
The BP oil spill and the Grand Isle one year later, fixing American education
Episode 14 - The BP oil spill and the...
Chinese drywall, ‘Capitalism 4.0,’ right-sizing Detroit
Episode 15 - Chinese drywall, ‘Capital...
Joe Nocera on the Charlie Engle story, Tavis Smiley, free music education in Chicago
Episode 16 - Joe Nocera on the Charlie...
Adoptions in Nepal, Bin Laden economics, the united states of women
Episode 17 - Adoptions in Nepal, Bin L...
Detainee abuse, broadband in Europe, crisis mappers
Episode 18 - Detainee abuse, broadband...
Climate change and tropical disease, Upper Big Branch mine disaster, Stuxnet
Episode 19 - Climate change and tropic...
Political storm over tornadoes, Paralympics, shrinking Youngstown
Episode 20 - Political storm over torn...
Paying for war, medicating foster children, childhood obesity
Episode 21 - Paying for war, medicatin...
Clinical trials overseas, legacy of nuclear waste, Brian Greene and the multiverse
Episode 22 - Clinical trials overseas,...
New voter laws, the anti-abortion movement, therapy for Tourette’s syndrome
Episode 23 - New voter laws, the anti-...
Combating IEDs, the ramifications of the Wal-Mart case, the science of happy marriages
Episode 24 - Combating IEDs, the ramif...
Greece’s debt crisis, congressional redistricting, ‘Page One’ and the New York Times
Episode 25 - Greece’s debt crisis, con...
Congo’s orchestra, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sudan, workplace safety
Episode 26 - Congo’s orchestra, Domini...
California nuclear safety, population control, Gloria Steinem
Episode 27 - California nuclear safety...
Famine in Somalia, nuclear waste storage, Eric Cantor and the debt ceiling
Episode 28 - Famine in Somalia, nuclea...
Adult autism, food safety, wealth inequality
Episode 29 - Adult autism, food safety...
Breast cancer trials, Rick Perry’s ambitions, cyberweapons
Episode 30 - Breast cancer trials, Ric...
The history of debt, detainee abuse, living with Chinese drywall
Episode 31 - The history of debt, deta...
Urban farming in Detroit, consumer finance protection, gold mining in the Amazon
Episode 32 - Urban farming in Detroit,...
Texas textbooks, wild horses, hurricanes and climate change
Episode 33 - Texas textbooks, wild hor...
Water contamination at Camp Lejeune, polls and markets, crisis-mapping
Episode 34 - Water contamination at Ca...
9-11, Ten Years Later
Episode 35 - 9-11, Ten Years Later
Privatizing infrastructure, government and the private sector
Episode 36 - Privatizing infrastructur...
Creating ‘green jobs,’ the American garage sale
Episode 37 - Creating ‘green jobs,’ th...
Chemical pollution and the EPA
Episode 38 - Chemical pollution and th...
Help wanted
Episode 39 - Help wanted
The politics of resentment
Episode 40 - The politics of resentmen...
The nuclear question
Episode 41 - The nuclear question
Jobs in the balance
Episode 42 - Jobs in the balance
Creating opportunity
Episode 43 - Creating opportunity
Coming home: The enduring sacrifice
Episode 44 - Coming home: The enduring...
The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices
Episode 45 - The Pentagon: Hard times,...
Resisting Alabama’s immigration crackdown
Episode 46 - Resisting Alabama’s immig...
Help wanted: Revisiting Ohio
Episode 47 - Help wanted: Revisiting O...
Making Congress work
Episode 48 - Making Congress work
Mayor under siege
Episode 49 - Mayor under siege
Christian-Muslim relations in Iraq
Episode 50 - Christian-Muslim relation...
Eye on Iowa
Episode 51 - Eye on Iowa