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Emily Hanford
Reports and features by Emily Hanford
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NC Voices: Put to the Test Part 6
Thursday, January 17 2008 Emily HanfordOur series from Western Guilford High School about the effects of No Child Left Behind on education concludes today with a look at what happens to struggling students after they catch up. Teachers say there's still work to be done after the test scores improve. Emily Hanford reports.
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NC Voices: Put to the Test Part 5
Wednesday, January 16 2008 Emily HanfordToday we continue a series about the impact of the “No Child Left Behind” law. It’s the end of the 2006 school year at Western Guilford High School in Greensboro. Teachers and administrators are anxious about whether the school is going to make the federal government’s testing goal. Students take the tests and the results do not look good; it appears Western has failed. But, it’s close. Everything gets re-checked, and it turns out some scores were counted that shouldn’t have been. With the errors fixed, Western begins the new year back on the government’s list of successful schools. Emily Hanford picks up part 5 of our series here.
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NC Voices: Put to the Test Part 4
Tuesday, January 15 2008 Emily HanfordAs our series on No Child Left Behind picks up today, it’s the spring of 2006. Teachers and administrators at Western are under pressure to raise test scores. The students we are following have been put in a special set of classes; it’s part of an effort to help the poorest performing 9th graders get up to speed. Emily Hanford has part 4 of our series “Put to the Test.”
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NC Voices: Put to the Test Part 3
Monday, January 14 2008 Emily HanfordThis week we continue a series exploring the impact of the “No Child Left Behind” Law. We’re reporting from Western Guilford High School in Greensboro. On Friday, we met two struggling 9th graders, Jessica Giardullo and RJ McLaughlin. The 2005 school year is underway. Western is under intense pressure to raise test scores. And the school has put RJ, Jessica and 83 other freshmen in a special set of classes designed to bring them up to speed, fast. Emily Hanford has part 3 of our series “Put to the Test.”
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NC Voices: Put to the Test Part 2
Friday, January 11 2008 Emily HanfordOur story began in the fall of 2005: the school had just failed to meet the federal government’s testing goals. The principal is under intense pressure to raise scores. And he’s focusing attention on the students who need help the most – the school’s poorest performing 9th graders. Emily Hanford has part 2 of our series “Put to the Test.”
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NC Voices: Put to the Test Part 1
Thursday, January 10 2008 Emily HanfordSix years ago this month, President George W. Bush signed “No Child Left Behind” - a law that requires states to create testing programs to measure student progress in school. The goal is to get every student to pass the tests by the year 2014. Is it working? To look for answers, reporters from W-U-N-C’s “North Carolina Voices” project teamed up with American RadioWorks, the documentary unit of American Public Media. They spent two years at one North Carolina high school to observe up-close how “No Child Left Behind” is working. Emily Hanford has part one of a series from Western Guilford High School.
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NC Voices: Health of Elders
Tuesday, October 16 2007 Emily HanfordPeople are living longer now than ever before in human history. As we wrap up our series, “North Carolina Voices: Diagnosing Health Care,” Rose Hoban takes a look at whether the health care system is ready for the coming flood of frail seniors.
