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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1980-05-18
Duration: 00:19:55
Subject: School management and organization; School buildings and classrooms; English High School; Busing for school integration - Students
People: Stevens, Sharon;
Clip Description
Footage of African American and white students at work in the pottery studio at English High School. Footage of an African American teacher teaching a history class at English High School. The class discusses social unrest in the 1960s and government efforts to fight poverty. Footage of African American and white students passing through a hallway and use escalators at English High School.Sharon Stevens (WGHB reporter) reports that Arthur Garrity (federal judge) has called for a new code of discipline for Boston Public School students. Stevens reports that school suspension guidelines have been called into question because minority students are given suspensions more frequently than white students.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
See also: http://main.wgbh.org/ton/programs/998_02
