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DescriptionMark Ford, a student of Arizona State University Online, interviewed Bruce Hall, a high school History teacher at Episcopal Collegiate in Little Rock, Arkansas. The questions covered the topics of the educational culture, academic expectations, and issues of integration and equal opportunity experienced by a private school.
ContributorsFord, Mark Everett (Interviewer)
Created2018-11-07
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This is an audio interview with Allyson Bogie a librarian at Fred Korematsu Middle School in the West Contra Costa Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay area of northern California. This interview was recorded for the Connecting to Community Oral History Project (C2C). The interview includes Ms. Bogie’s

This is an audio interview with Allyson Bogie a librarian at Fred Korematsu Middle School in the West Contra Costa Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay area of northern California. This interview was recorded for the Connecting to Community Oral History Project (C2C). The interview includes Ms. Bogie’s background, her training as a teacher through the Teach for America program, her transition to library work and her perspective on some local issues of diversity within her school environment. She discusses topics including parental involvement and expectations, and working in a school with a multi-ethnic student body.
ContributorsFrankel, Lisa (Interviewer)
Created2017-11-13
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This interview is with a retried Special Education & Elementary School teacher, Jeanne Gaia. She taught from about 1969-2009 in Yolo & San Joaquin County. Covered in the interview is her personal, family & education background; her experiences as both a special education and 2nd grade teacher; key changes in

This interview is with a retried Special Education & Elementary School teacher, Jeanne Gaia. She taught from about 1969-2009 in Yolo & San Joaquin County. Covered in the interview is her personal, family & education background; her experiences as both a special education and 2nd grade teacher; key changes in education such as curriculum, teacher autonomy, carrying out the mandates of the "No Child Left Behind" Act, the influx of children of Southeast Asian refugees & migrant workers; cultural and language issues; changes in technology; personal issues that affect children & their education; charter schools and the importance of improving public schools; violence & the 1989 Cleveland School Shooting in Stockton, CA; changes in society, future of teaching & possible solutions.
ContributorsGaia, Jeanne (Interviewee) / Fong, Kathryn (Interviewer)
Created2017-11-10
DescriptionAudio interview with Kindergarten teacher Nancy Malek and her experiences in teaching in New Mexico at a year round, multi level school and in Washington State at both public and private schools. Issues of politics in education, bilingualism, funding, and charter schools are also discussed.
ContributorsRamirez, Erin (Interviewer) / Malek, Nancy (Interviewee)
Created2016-09-24