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Nursery University DVD

In communities across the United States, competition to get into the best schools is starting early and New York City is at the center of this phenomenon. Nursery University follows five Manhattan families during the year-long preschool application process, and also gains access into the school admissions departments themselves to reveal the behind-the-scenes antics of this intensely outrageous private school realm.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Nursery University DVD

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I am a Promise DVD

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I am a Promise DVD

As seen through the viewpoint of devoted principal Deanna Burney, I Am A Promise paints an unflinching portrait of the children of Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia, an inner-city neighborhood where 90% of the students live below the poverty line. For these at-risk kids, the only hope for their future survives only in the success of their education.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 1993
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Independent Lens: Please Vote For Me DVD

Eight-year-old children compete for the position of class monitor in the first school election of its kind held in China. Aided and abetted by parents and teachers, the young candidates reveal the nature of democracy in a rapidly changing country.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 58 minutes on 1 Disc
Subtitles: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Independent Lens: Please Vote For Me DVD

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High Tech Lincoln DVD

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High Tech Lincoln DVD

Hollywood special-effects wizards worked with historians and museum specialists to create a new way to experience history. Join us for an unforgettable tour of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. The facility spreads over 200,000 square-feet and houses the Illinois State Historical Library's 12-million items, like the Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Speech.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2005
Length: 50 minutes on 1 Disc
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Autism: The Musical DVD

Celebrating the hardship and triumphs of five children with autism, an incurable disease which locks children into an isolated world from which communication is difficult at best, Autism: The Musical transports viewers into an amazing new understanding of the widespread affliction. Innovative acting coach Elaine Hall takes the children and their parents on a rollicking musical adventure that will leave audiences cheering in the aisles.

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Production Year: 2008
Length: 93 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Autism: The Musical DVD

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NOVA: Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial DVD

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NOVA: Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial DVD

In a tiny town of Dover in eastern Pennsylvania, in 2004, the local school board ordered science teachers to read to their high school biology students a statement that suggested there is an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution called "Intelligent Design." NOVA captures the emotional conflict in the historic six-week trial, Kitzmiller v. Dover School District, which was closely watched by the world's media.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 112 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

These Kids Mean Business DVD

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page looks at the role of entrepreneurship education as a positive, character-building outlet in the lives of at-risk youth. Centered on budding entrepreneurs across the country and the programs created to foster their interest and understanding of the free-market, the documentary tells the tale of underserved youth creating and living their own versions of the American success story.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 56 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

These Kids Mean Business DVD

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Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts DVD

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Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts DVD

This film follows students, staff and parents through the first four years of the High School for Contemporary Arts, an experimental "small school" housed within one of the most dangerous schools in the Bronx.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG+L
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Discounted Dreams: High Hopes and Harsh Realities at America's Community Colleges DVD

Community Colleges represent the fastest growing segment of American higher education; their open admissions, low tuition and flexible scheduling draw students from all walks of life. They are the gateway to the American dream for millions. Vital yet flawed. Huge but virtually invisible. Government generally spends five times as much on prison inmates as it does on community colleges. Resolving these issues is essential for the American future.

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2007
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Discounted Dreams: High Hopes and Harsh Realities at America's Community Colleges DVD

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Independent Lens: A Touch of Greatness DVD

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Independent Lens: A Touch of Greatness DVD

Emmy Nominated! In the 1960's, Albert Cullum rejected Dick and Jane for Shakespeare and Sophocles in his elementary school classroom, where students swam down the Mississippi river and hurled themselves from the walls of Troy without leaving school grounds. This portrait of America's most influential educator's shows how Cullum ignited the imagination of a generation of children, teaching them how to find their own inner greatness.

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Color: No
Stereo: No
Production Year: 2005
Length: 54 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: No
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk DVD & Book Hardcover Save $5

Declining by Degrees looks at what's really going on in higher education. This monumental project gathers sixteen essayists that ask tough--and long overdue--questions about our colleges and universities. Declining by Degrees blows higher education's cover, showing that the multi-billion dollar enterprise of higher education has gone astray. Offering prescriptions for change, this book shows our nation to be at great risk if we do nothing.

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Color: No
Stereo: No
Length: 120 Minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: No
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk DVD & Book Hardcover Save $5

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Degrassi: Junior High Season 2 DVD 3PK

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Degrassi: Junior High Season 2 DVD 3PK

Sometimes moving, sometimes shocking, but always believable, Degrassi Junior High is a classic for teens of all ages. All your favorite characters and storylines are waiting-find your seat-school's open!

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Production Year: 2005
Length: 345 minutes on 3 Discs
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk Book Hardcover

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Production Year: 2005
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk Book Hardcover

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Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk DVD

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Declining By Degrees: Higher Education at Risk DVD

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Color: Yes
Stereo: Yes
Production Year: 2005
Length: 120 minutes on 1 Disc
Closed Captioned: Yes
Subtitles: No
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

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