2016 Writing Murrow Award Application — Dan Carsen

| January 3, 2016 

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This compilation includes three stories:

Alabama’s Science Standards Get A Makeover

00:00 – 03:33 Alabama schools are getting new science standards for the first time in a decade. The state Board of Education voted unanimously today to replace old standards that some teachers say were behind the times the moment they were approved. Aired September 10, 2015 on NPR’s All Things Considered nationally and locally.

Teaching Tough Topics: The South’s Real History

03:37 – 08:13 Teaching subjects that trigger strong emotions and political divides is challenging. In the South, many of those fault-lines — racial, religious and otherwise — are intimately tied to its history. As part of the Southern Education Desk’s series on how teachers tackle tough topics, WBHM’s Dan Carsen starts with an overview of some the major challenges, and some of the ways teachers can get around them. Aired on WBHM and Southern Education Desk partner stations on November 30, 2015.

Bilingual Education In The South, Part One: It Is Happening, Even Here

08:20 – 12:45 The number of Latinos in America’s schools is rising faster than any other group’s. And their share of the school population is rising fastest in the South. Many don’t speak English as their first language, making them “language-minorities.” And the question of how best to educate them is becoming crucial in places with relatively little practice or bilingual history – places like Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. In this first installment of a four-part series, WBHM’s Dan Carsen crosses the border (into Georgia) to see an innovative school and a counterintuitive concept in action.