Closing The Racial Gap In American Schools; Barry Levinson
Closing The Racial Gap In American Schools
According to author Abigail Thernstrom, the usual reasons given for the racial achievement gap; a shortage of money, racial isolation, poorly trained or uncredentialed teachers, large class size, and the like; do not in fact explain the skills and knowledge gap between the average Asian or white student and the typical black or Hispanic youngster. Ms. Thernstrom, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a commissioner on the US Commission of Civil Rights, co-authored a new book, along with her husband Stephan, called NO EXCUSES: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning. In it, the Thernstroms study the problem and also offer solutions to the controversial topic of race and academic achievement in American schools.
Barry Levinson
Larry Mantle talks with Academy award-winning director and author Barry Levinson about his new novel Sixty-Six that takes place in Baltimore, circa 1966, and revolves around a group of young men whose lives are about to be changed forever by the confusion and exhiliration of the 1960s. Larry will also discuss Levinson's long and successful career in Hollywood.