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Episode Detail: Celebrating Teachers - Merrow Report

Profiles of successful teachers. Included: Edward James Olmos, Jesse Jackson and Phylicia Rashad recall their school days. Also: interviews with former teachers of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
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Premiered: October 28, 1993, on PBS
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Premise: A survey of American social issues from Peabody-winning journalist John Merrow. Topics included a look at violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood; the role of educators in shaping the value systems of adolescents; methods to educate children with physical, mental or learning disabilities; and efforts to save public-school arts education, with comments from singer-songwriter Billy Joel, actor Danny Glover and pianist Andre Watts.

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