Show # 2
Initial Air Dates:
October 27 at 6:30 pm
November 1 at 7 am

Integration - More than 80 different languages are spoken at Edison High School. Because of the diversity, teachers are working with students to create an acceptance of different cultures within the school. In addition to producing a Tolerance Quilt, a literary magazine, and a Holocaust Mosaic, the students are participating in a multicultural day. This program is funded through a grant from the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education.

Japanese - Kearny High School was the first New Jersey school to offer Japanese as a credit course. Today the award-winning program has grown into a four-year sequence of courses. Many of the students have won scholarships to go to Japan.

Agriculture - Northern Burlington Regional High School in Columbus offers a course on hydroponics, which is an alternative to conventional food production. The students are experimenting with the changing trends of the agricultural industry by reducing the amount of time it takes to produce a crop. The goal was to harvest lettuce from seed to harvest in about a month.

Elizabeth Allen - Classroom Close-up goes back in time to learn more about a female teacher who made a dramatic mark on New Jersey's education system. She was an outspoken advocate for teacher's rights at a time when women couldn't even vote.