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Ten O'Clock News; Desegregation, quality of education
03/08/1982
The Boston School Committee holds a meeting in the School Committee chambers. Members of the School Committee discuss school business. John O'Bryant (Boston School Committee) reports on the need for school repairs; Robert Spillane (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) reports on staffing issues. Sharon Stevens (WGBH reporter) interviews Kathleen Kelly (President, Boston Teachers Union) about a proposed school choice plan. Kelly says that many parents support a school choice plan because the current system allows little flexibility. Kelly says that the school choice plan must be considered carefully to prevent a return to segregated schools. Stevens interviews O'Bryant about the proposed school choice plan. O'Bryant says that the plan promotes greater access to schools across the city; that the current system is archaic and inflexible. Stevens interviews Barbara Gray (parent) about the proposed school choice plan. Gray says that parents should be allowed to choose a school with programs suited to the needs of their children. Gray says that the schools need to be improved; that the Boston Public Schools are not truly integrated because there are few white students. Stevens has extended conversations with interviewees while cutaways are shot. Takes of Stevens doing standup about supporters of the school choice plan working on an official proposal for the end of the month. The audio quality on this tape is uneven.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Desegregation, quality of education
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:21:33
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- School boards
- School management and organization
- Education
- School integration
- Boston (Mass.). School Committee
- School choice
- Locations
- Boston (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Stevens, Sharon (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Desegregation, quality of education,” 03/08/1982, GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7D9B64687D5445B08DA01B45EB017F44.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Desegregation, quality of education.” 03/08/1982. GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7D9B64687D5445B08DA01B45EB017F44>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Desegregation, quality of education. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7D9B64687D5445B08DA01B45EB017F44