A Letter from Unity Village
Program KS1-3b • 29 mins
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Program KS1-3b • 29 mins
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Note: This is part of our series, “Kindred Spirits,” which contains four volumes of 12 half-hour segments.
In this episode we visit William J Ostiguy High School. It is a learning facility designed to help kids with a history of substance abuse—who support each other in their quest to remain clean and sober.
Conversation and readings by the inspirational poet.
The role of public schools in teaching basic values like compassion and tolerance is considered by a colorful roundtable of mothers whose children attend the school.
We visit a Sykesville, Maryland high school with a broad commitment to non-sectarian “character education” that aims to produce morally responsible citizens.
Barbara Cervone, a lifelong educator who started a network of small schools and later became a grantmaker involved in investing hundreds of millions of dollars in public schools, undertook a new venture in 2001. She founded What Kids Can Do as a national effort to amplify the voices of young people.
High school and college-aged winners of the Laws of Life essay contest tell personal stories about tolerance, optimism, family and other values they feel are essential to leading a life of meaning and integrity.
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