Education Law

NBC’s School Pride takes on school renovations

Tonight, NBC will be launching a new reality show called “School Pride.”

According to NBC this will be a “proactive, alternative series that tells the stories of communities coming together to renovate their aging and broken public schools. While transforming the school, the community also restores its sense of value and school pride.”

This reality show will “follow students, teachers and parents as they roll up their sleeves and rebuild their own schools, concluding with the unveiling of a brand new, completely transformed school” and that together with a team of professionals “will lead the community through the makeover process.”

The schools and communities highlighted in the series include Enterprise Middle School in Compton, Calif.; Lanier Elementary School in Baton Rouge, La.; Kingston Springs Elementary in Nashville, Tenn.; Communication and Media Arts School in Detroit, Mich.; Needles High School in Needles, Calif.; Hollenbeck Middle School in Los Angeles, Calif.; and Los Angeles Center for Enrichment Studies in Los Angeles, Calif.

Recently our Center for Public Education released a report on the dire state of funding for the nation?s K-12 schools. The report, ?Cutting to the Bone: How the Economic Crisis Affects Schools,? notes that most districts are suffering from declines in both state and local funding and are cutting their budgets everywhere they can including deferring bulding maintenance.

So NBC, we need “School Pride” to help more than just a few schools!

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).