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 [Students at Jackson/Mann Elementary School] Original Airdate: 1/10/1985 Length: 00:06:15 Item Type: newstape - original footage Go back to main record. Full Description 0:59:59 Visual: Meg Vaillancourt stands in a classroom at the Jackson/Mann Elementary School. A diverse group of young children is learning to read. Vaillancourt explains the "freedom of choice" plan for Boston schools. Vaillancourt reports that the plan reserves a certain number of seats in each school for each racial group; that parents choose schools on a first-come, first-served basis. Vaillancourt does several takes of the report for the news story. 1:02:05 V: A white teacher works with the students on reading. The students take turns answering questions and reading aloud. A white girl studies her book. A Hispanic boy reads aloud for the teacher. Shot of an African American boy; of white students studying their books; of two Asian American boys studying their books. A white girl gets up and stands next to the teacher to read in front of the class. Shot of an African American girl with beads in her hair; of the two Asian American boys raising their hands; of two Hispanic boys sitting at the front of the class; of two white girls sitting at the front of the class. Shots of a Hispanic girl and an African American girl sitting together; of an two African American boys. |
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