Education Video Samples

This
work was produced to support a monograph developed by Johns Hopkins
University, under contract to the Department of Defense. The monograph
studies the effects of school environment on academic success. Johns
Hopkins has identified four factors that are critical to the success of
a school program: caring environment; safe/structured environment;
academic environment; and a participatory environment “Best
Practices” is a documentary that looks at four schools
selected
by Johns Hopkins as the “best of the best”
– schools
that exemplify the principles that make effective school programs
work. The audience for this program is school supervisors,
principles, teachers, and parents throughout the country. "Best
Practices" won an Honorable Mention at the Columbus International Film
and Video Festival, and combined with the printed monograph, won the
Certificate of Excellence in Media of Print.

“Military Voices”, presents the problems parent and
children face when parents are deployed or reassigned, advocating that
schools need to play a more active role in helping the children cope
with these changes. This work was produced to support a monograph
developed by Johns Hopkins University, under contract to the Department
of Defense. The audience for this program is school supervisors,
principles, teachers, and parents throughout the country.