PBS Educational Highlights
Your monthly guide to PBS programming on your Community Idea Stations and their SOL Correlations.

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Where We Stand: America’s Schools in the 21st Century—This program examines the major challenges for U.S. schools in the face of global competitiveness.  Topics addressed include teacher training; measuring student progress; preparing students for a future in a rapidly changing world; ensuring that all students achieve; and the current school funding system.
Airs: September 17 at 11 pm (WCVE/WHTJ)

Nature: Supersize Crocs—Crocodiles instill fear in most people at any size. But crocodile conservationist, Romulus Whitaker's fear is that the most colossal of these creatures might no longer exist. Rom suspects that human hunting may have selectively killed off crocs surpassing 20 feet in length.  Teacher resources may be found at the following website: www.pbs.org/wnet/nature.
Airs: September 18 at 10 pm (WCVE/WHTJ)
SOLs: Science-3.10, LS.12, BIO.8

NOVA: Hitler’s Sunken Secret—NOVA follows a team of underwater archeologists to the bottom Lake Tinn in Norway to locate and determine the historically significant contents of a ferry sabotaged in World War II.  Teacher resources may be found at the following website: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova.
Airs: September 20 at 8 pm (WCVW)
SOLs: History-WHII.10, WHII.11

American Experience: Reagan—In 1989, after two terms in office, Ronald Wilson Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century—and one of the most controversial.  Teacher resources may be found at the following website: www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex.
Airs: September 22 at 9 pm (WCVE/WHTJ)
SOLs: History-CE.5

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