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Chase Award winners “Our Town,” “Water Around the World,” “Books of Hope,” and “Darfur . . . When They Hurt, We Hurt”

David Warlick, Jane Goodall, Ken Kay, and Milton Chen; Chase Award winners “Butterflies Be Free” and “The Earthquake Guys.”

Astronaut Barbara Morgan and explorer Will Steger; Snook the sloth explores the Celebration

Chase Award winners “Comparing Hemispheres” and “Think Globally, Act Locally”

Meredith Brokaw, Neal Shapiro, Terrel Cass, Gwen Wright, Megan McCormick, Jean-Michel Cousteau, and Milton Chen

Chase Award winners “Farming the Future” and “Environmental Health”

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Teachers express their appreciation for the Teaching &Learning Celebration.

Sagamore Middle School and the Chase Multimedia in the Classroom Awards Competition.

Lucy Hawking visits the Great Neck School District.

Learning Curve visits the Dolan DNA Learning Center and the Harlem DNA Lab.

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Neal Shapiro’s opening remarks
Richard P. Mills welcomes teachers and administrators
Terrel Cass’ opening remarks
Jearlyn Steele, Billy Steele and the Edward R. Murrow High School Gospel Choir
Jearlyn Steele addresses Celebration attendees

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Roy Romer, Eliot Spitzer, Michael Flanagan, and Billy Cannaday discuss the status of educational progress in the U.S.
Panelists discuss what we can learn from the world’s top performing countries, and discuss the roles of testing, motivation, and resources in improving education in the U.S.
Panelists examine the question of local standards vs. national standards for education.
Panelists discuss the best ways to recruit and retain teachers and look at education as a national political issue.
Panelists answer a teacher’s question about whether the number of required assessments are making teachers less creative.
Panelists address the issue of whether the government should take a long-term approach to tracking student performance.
The panel concludes by discussing where we are headed and what else we need to do to improve education in the U.S.

This video does not include Cousteau’s clip from Return to the Amazon. For a preview, please visit http://pbs.org/oceanadventures.