California's Public Schools: From First to Worst

USC Annenberg dean Geoffrey Cowan and USC Rossier School of Education dean Karen Symms Gallagher hosted the Los Angeles premiere of the PBS documentary, First to Worst. The film "chronicles the rise and fall Californias public school system, the largest in the nation and home to one of every eight American students" and was produced by former NPR and PBS education reporter John Merrow. Following the film, Merrow, Gallagher and William Celis, author, USC Annenberg journalism professor, and former education reporter at the New York Times, participated in a roundtable discussion led by Martin Kaplan, associate dean, USC Annenberg School and director of the Norman Lear Center.

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Education

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• USC
• University of Southern California
• USC Annenberg School for Communication
• Geoffrey Cowan
• Karen Symms Gallagher
• PBS
• First to Worst
• John Merrow
• William Celis
• Martin Kaplan

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Poor recording quality.