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Marc Steiner talks to Baltimore City Public School teachers about violence in schools!
(BALTIMORE - April 27, 2008) - No one would ever claim that a Baltimore City Public School teacher has an easy job, but the attack on art teacher Jolita Berry has made everyone realize just how dangerous a teacher's job can be. Teachers are beginning to speak up loud and clear about the dangers they face in the classroom and are complaining that they do not receive the support they need from their principals and union representatives.
To continue our series of podcasts on the issue of school violence, Marc Steiner sat down with three teachers to get their thoughts on why schools can become so violent-and what should be done about it.
Click here to listen to the interview.
Marc Steiner also talked to BCPSS CEO Dr. Andres Alonso. Click here to listen!
He also sat down with three BCPSS students.
Marc interviews Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz
The official tab for the Iraq War is hovering above $500 billion dollars-10 times the amount the Bush administration estiminated it would cost.
Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz says that $500 billion is only a small piece of the pie. He says that the true cost of the Iraq War will end up being three trillion dollars.
The former Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank talked with Marc today about his new book.
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Marc Steiner moderates UMBC panel on housing crisis
It's not often that representatives from the Federal Reserve are able to speak openly and candidly about the housing crisis, so join us for this special event when not one, not two, but THREE people (an economist, an analyst, and a visiting scholar of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond) will be discussing how the housing crisis has spilled into the financial sector and shaken the U.S. and global economy-and what can be done about it.
Join Marc Steiner in a conversation with Bob Carpenter, Dale T. Klein, and Breck Robinson, at UMBC on April 28th from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
JUST ANNOUNCED! Maryland Secretary of Labor, Liscensing and Regulation Tom Perez will also be joining the conversation!
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