PBS Episode 3

In this episode of the PBS "School" series, it traced some of the reforms in the school systems that took place from 1950 to 1980. One of the things that I knew never was that the books that the African Americans were using were usually a couple of years behind; I had never realized that before. I also never realized that many African American teachers lost their jobs after integrating the schools. I was also really impressed with the views and stands that Lyndon Johnson took; I had never recognized him as the educational advocate that he was. He implemented the Bilingual Education Act, The Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Civil Rights Act. He also started Head Start and low cost college loans. Another section of this episode that was interesting to me was the piece on the Hispanics in the Southwest; their struggles is an area of the civil rights struggle that I had never really learned about. I really liked the part about the School Board being voted out and four new Hispanic members being voted in and the School Board meetings on Monday nights being "better than football."