“One of the greatest challenges facing schools today is the push to raise the expertise of teachers. but if teachers are going to become experts, they need proven strategies and the training to make them work…plain and simple. In ’The strategic teacher,’ renowned education consultant Harvey Silver illustrates practical ways to make this happen in […]

Inspired by classical progressive rock bands of 40 years ago such as King Crimson, Emerson Lake, and Palmer and Pink Floyd, young bands of today have transformed progressive music into something new. Ignored by today’s music industry but empowered by the tools of the Internet, these young bnads are trying to find their audience while […]

This documentary features more than fifty interviews with trafficking victims and their advocates in government, law enforcement, civil society, and the private sector. DVD 9512 Distributor description: http://notmylife.org/about-film

Feminist Philosophers: In Their Own Words This series provides educators and scholars with in-depth, digitally filmed interviews with many of the scholars who generated and initially sustained feminist philosophy in North America. Susan Bordo – DVD 6924Sandra Bartky – DVD 6925Alison M. Jaggar: April 23-24, 2004 Chicago – DVD 9486Sara Ruddick: may 21-22, 2004 New […]

“The trials and triumphs of four people facing a lifelong struggle with learning. Dyslexia is the most common cause of reading and writing difficulties, affecting about 10 per cent of the population. [This documentary] is designed to raise awareness and provide an understanding of dyslexia, to bring a human face to this invisible disability and […]

“As cash-strapped schools struggle to pay for books and other materials, corporate sponsors are offering promotions, sponsorships, and even free curriculum. The line between corporate social responsibility and back-door marketing opportunities is blurring … This tough documentary asks: Should our schools be free of commercial messages? Or should they be a microcosm of the outside […]

In early 2000, two American lawyers in employment law, David Kovalik and Terry Collingsworth, embark on a crusade against the Coca-Cola empire. Indeed, in the offices of countries like Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey, it uses a paramilitary militia to remove or kill the workers trying to unionize. Denying their responsibility for these crimes, executives of […]

This documentary follows three very different African women working to create change at all levels of society: Amai Rose, a Zimbabwean housewife and businesswoman; Phuti Ragophala, a school principal in one of South Africa’s poorest communities; and Njoki Ngund’u, a human rights attorney and member of Kenya’s parliament. DVD 9240 Women Make Movies description: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c809.shtml

“A historic gathering of over fifty African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. Mr. Liu is one of thousands of Chinese entrepreneurs who have settled across the continent in search of new opportunities. He has just bought his fourth farm and business is booming. In northern […]

“The learning chronicles an emotionally charged year in the lives of four Filipino women as they leave their homeland to teach in Baltimore’s inner-city schools. With their increased salaries, they hope to transform their families’ impoverished lives back home. But the women also bring idealistic visions of the teacher’s craft and of life in America, […]