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A principal who thought he worked for Channel One instead of his students. (1990)

March 1, 2012
A principal who thought he worked for Channel One instead of his students. (1990)

   From Jim Metrock: This is a short clip from the video Schools for Sale. I have always been fascinated with this video from Fargo, ND since 1997 when I first saw it.  The principal Ed Raymond was very willing to suspend students for THREE DAYS if they did not go to the classroom...
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A classic video: Schools for Sale (1995)

February 27, 2012
A classic video: Schools for Sale (1995)

  In 1995 the Walt Whitman Center in association with Pacific Street Films produced this video to help parents and educators remove Channel One News from their schools. They hired the comedian Lewis Black to play the role of Jerry Adman. The film has been broken into two parts. Part ONE  of Schools for...
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