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The “Bard” comes to Lorain County. In this Dialogues program we learn how Great Lakes Theater Company of Cleveland brings Shakespeare into the classroom at high schools across Lorain County. David Hansen, the Educational Outreach Coordinator for Great Lakes Theater, explains how the week-long residencies introduce students to theatrical productions as they learn the context of the various characters and scenes.
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The Elyria Public School System, the City Administration and local law enforcement are taking action to educate the community on the risks posed by students misusing social media. In this Dialogues program, hear from Elyria Superintendent Ann Schloss on how they are calling on parents to monitor the social media activity of their children after three separate threats involving social media platform TikTok resulted in one student being arrested and charged with inducing panic.
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Should teachers be allowed to carry weapons in the classroom? In this Dialogues program hear from the President of National School Safety and Security Services…Ken Trump. He is an expert on school security and safety and he talks about what administrators need to do to combat the escalation of student violence and disruptive behavior during this pandemic and whether teachers should be allowed to carry weapons. He offers expert insight on the matter of school safety and security during this Dialogues interview.
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The escalating problem of violence involving students in our schools due to ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. These behaviors are discussed, and assistance is recommended in this Dialogues program featuring Rebecca Jones, Director of Children’s Behavioral Health Services with the Mental Health Addiction and Recovery Service Board of Lorain County. Jones offers some help for parents and educators including access to the Crisis Text line which teenagers are more likely to use.
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This Dialogues program features a local educator who had been nominated, and subsequently was named “National Teacher of the Year.” He came from a field of 3.2 million teachers and was one of four finalists at the time of this interview. He has taught history in Room 200 at Oberlin high school for 25 years. Russell explains his pursuit of teaching and history as his career. Learn how three pictures…of MLK, JFK, and Jesus Christ influenced the pursuit of his vocation. His national fame, punctuated with several later interviews by major media, may be short lived, but his value as an educator lives on and is treasured by students he has mentored over the years.
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Cynthia Andrews, the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Lorain County, a benefactor of Scholastic Games as well as countless other worthwhile activities in the region, provides us with an update of this areas philanthropic activity including opportunities for individuals to take part. She provides ample evidence of how the organization lives up to its motto of “People who care about causes that matter.” Examples include the foundation’s responses to critical needs during this Covid- 19 pandemic. Immediately, a more than quarter million-dollar grant was awarded to Second Harvest Foodbank to help locals in need. Andrews also talks about educational scholarships now offered to Lorain County students for various pursuits.
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The championship has finally arrived and this is one whale of a competition, nip and tuck, at least through the first portions of the program. One thing for sure is that these are two exceptional academic teams, all having adapted well to the challenges of the “Zoom format” during this unprecedented academic year. Taken from screen shots the team members are: For Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville, Ohio, left to right, Tyler Young, Finley Pasaatta, and Alex Masgras, and for Amherst Marion L. Steele High School, left to right, Donald Theisen, Grant Sooy, and John Perez Strohmeyer. Hear the show by clicking above, preferably where it indicates a separate window will be opened. If you can’t wait to read the final results, just click here to read our official news release. A “Dialogues” program interviewing the winning team and its advisor follows the quiz on this recording, by the way.
This program wraps it up for this year, folks. Thanks for following the broadcasts, and hopefully, we’ll see you next year with everything “back to normal.”
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It’s a wonderful opportunity for students: a special free, science-space program being offered at Cleveland’s NASA Glenn Research Center. Students learn about space flight and apply what they learn to an actual device that was designed by NASA Glenn scientists for the Mars landing of the Rover. Educational Specialist Roger Storm describes the program to interviewer Bob Tayek and explains how local students can become involved.
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New research indicates a drop in overall college enrollment numbers as well as in applications, particularly at Community Colleges. A disproportionate number in Black and Hispanic populations are affected, and the situation has been aggravated by the stress of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this Dialogues interview, the Executive Director of the Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland, Maggie McGrath, discusses the problems that can result and offers advice on what can be done to refocus these students so they will be more likely to attend college.
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Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, the Cleveland suburb, is ranked first in the country for student mobility, meaning that students from low income families are able to advance to middle and higher class positions with the jobs they obtain after graduation. Find out much more from College President, Sister Christine DeVinne, in this interesting profile of the school, which is one of those participating in the Scholastic Games Tuition Credit program, in this episode of Dialogues on Education.
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