[Original Airdate: September 17, 2010]
URBAN TEACHING: THE TOUGHEST JOB IN AMERICA?
Teaching poor, unprepared children calls for extraordinary dedication and skill. Are teacher training programs - and teachers - up to the challenge? With host RAUL VASQUEZ and with guests TERRENCE FALK, Elected School Board Member, District 8, Milwaukee Public Schools, Former Public School Teacher; WILLIAM HENK, EdD, Dean of the College of Education, Marquette University; VERONICA MANCHENO, Teacher, Loyola Academy High School; and STEPHANIE WALTERS, Assistant Executive Director, Milwaukee Teachers' Association, Rethinking Schools Co-editor of The New Teacher Book and Keeping the Promise.