When looking at educational policy, many politicians forget to consult experts—scholars! Video clips demonstrate the debate over educational policy. After watching the views of education secretaries and politicians, pupils decide how to make their voices heard on educational policy and achievement.

Concepts

education, american education, american history

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask learners to write their Congress representatives about concerns in their school districts after viewing and discussing the clips
• Create a chart about trends in educational policy based on clips and other resources 

Classroom Considerations

• Teachers must create a free C-SPAN account or use the credentials: Username: students, and password: C-SPANCLASSROOM
  

Pros

• Clips profile an issue important to class members
• Videos are short and easy to incorporate into a variety of instruction

Cons

• Some clips are about detailed policy and may be difficult to follow

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.10