Nick Martel

She makes documentaries that make a difference, including one about a preschool in Harlem trying to close the achievement gap between Black students and their white counterparts. 1966 is three years since MLK's I Have a Dream speech. It's two years since the Civil Rights Act, and it's one year since President Lyndon Johnson created Head Start.

She makes documentaries that make a difference, including one about a preschool in Harlem trying to close the achievement gap between Black students and their white counterparts. 1966 is three years since MLK's I Have a Dream speech. It's two years since the Civil Rights Act, and it's one year since President Lyndon Johnson created Head Start.

She makes documentaries that make a difference, including one about a preschool in Harlem trying to close the achievement gap between Black students and their white counterparts. 1966 is three years since MLK's I Have a Dream speech. It's two years since the Civil Rights Act, and it's one year since President Lyndon Johnson created Head Start.

a program designed to help preschool kids from low-income families. So there's a lot going on for civil rights right now. But there's still a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots that often breaks along racial lines. Because of unequal access to pre-K programs and other systemic inequalities, Black first graders are scoring lower on tests than 85% of their white counterparts.

a program designed to help preschool kids from low-income families. So there's a lot going on for civil rights right now. But there's still a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots that often breaks along racial lines. Because of unequal access to pre-K programs and other systemic inequalities, Black first graders are scoring lower on tests than 85% of their white counterparts.

a program designed to help preschool kids from low-income families. So there's a lot going on for civil rights right now. But there's still a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots that often breaks along racial lines. Because of unequal access to pre-K programs and other systemic inequalities, Black first graders are scoring lower on tests than 85% of their white counterparts.

And this puts them about a grade level behind by the age of six. So Joan and her colleagues, they're constantly talking about this problem. In fact, one of tonight's dinner party guests is an expert on the subject. His name is Lloyd Morrissette. He's a mild-mannered child psychologist and vice president of the Carnegie Corporation.

And this puts them about a grade level behind by the age of six. So Joan and her colleagues, they're constantly talking about this problem. In fact, one of tonight's dinner party guests is an expert on the subject. His name is Lloyd Morrissette. He's a mild-mannered child psychologist and vice president of the Carnegie Corporation.

And this puts them about a grade level behind by the age of six. So Joan and her colleagues, they're constantly talking about this problem. In fact, one of tonight's dinner party guests is an expert on the subject. His name is Lloyd Morrissette. He's a mild-mannered child psychologist and vice president of the Carnegie Corporation.

Carnegie Corporation is a philanthropic foundation dedicated to learning. And Carnegie has been giving out hundreds of thousands in grant money to elementary schools. And it's still one of the largest education nonprofits in the country. Now, Jack, this is promising work, but honestly, each of their grants, it's only reaching a few hundred kids at most. Their efforts aren't scaling.

Carnegie Corporation is a philanthropic foundation dedicated to learning. And Carnegie has been giving out hundreds of thousands in grant money to elementary schools. And it's still one of the largest education nonprofits in the country. Now, Jack, this is promising work, but honestly, each of their grants, it's only reaching a few hundred kids at most. Their efforts aren't scaling.

Carnegie Corporation is a philanthropic foundation dedicated to learning. And Carnegie has been giving out hundreds of thousands in grant money to elementary schools. And it's still one of the largest education nonprofits in the country. Now, Jack, this is promising work, but honestly, each of their grants, it's only reaching a few hundred kids at most. Their efforts aren't scaling.

Meanwhile, there is something that has scaled, and it's reaching millions of American children every day. You know what I'm thinking? Yeah, it's television. In 1966, more U.S. households have TVs than bathtubs. Or daily newspapers. Okay. There's more families with TVs than with telephones. Kids, they're watching on average 55 hours of TV a week. They're learning all the commercial jingles.

Meanwhile, there is something that has scaled, and it's reaching millions of American children every day. You know what I'm thinking? Yeah, it's television. In 1966, more U.S. households have TVs than bathtubs. Or daily newspapers. Okay. There's more families with TVs than with telephones. Kids, they're watching on average 55 hours of TV a week. They're learning all the commercial jingles.

Meanwhile, there is something that has scaled, and it's reaching millions of American children every day. You know what I'm thinking? Yeah, it's television. In 1966, more U.S. households have TVs than bathtubs. Or daily newspapers. Okay. There's more families with TVs than with telephones. Kids, they're watching on average 55 hours of TV a week. They're learning all the commercial jingles.

They're driving their parents crazy. Soccer boppers, goldfish, you name it, they got it memorized. When I was eight, I got banned from singing the Goldfish commercial in the house. So at this dinner party, Joan is refilling everyone's Chardonnay while her husband is clearing the beef bourguignon when Lloyd Morissette begins telling a story about his three-year-old daughter named Sarah.

They're driving their parents crazy. Soccer boppers, goldfish, you name it, they got it memorized. When I was eight, I got banned from singing the Goldfish commercial in the house. So at this dinner party, Joan is refilling everyone's Chardonnay while her husband is clearing the beef bourguignon when Lloyd Morissette begins telling a story about his three-year-old daughter named Sarah.

They're driving their parents crazy. Soccer boppers, goldfish, you name it, they got it memorized. When I was eight, I got banned from singing the Goldfish commercial in the house. So at this dinner party, Joan is refilling everyone's Chardonnay while her husband is clearing the beef bourguignon when Lloyd Morissette begins telling a story about his three-year-old daughter named Sarah.

Early one morning, before anyone else was up in the house, Lloyd actually found her in the living room watching the test pattern on the TV. It's like the test signal that comes before the show starts. She would watch literally nothing on TV rather than read or play. And that's concerning. It was concerning. Now, as Lloyd sees it, there are two seemingly distinct problems going on.

Early one morning, before anyone else was up in the house, Lloyd actually found her in the living room watching the test pattern on the TV. It's like the test signal that comes before the show starts. She would watch literally nothing on TV rather than read or play. And that's concerning. It was concerning. Now, as Lloyd sees it, there are two seemingly distinct problems going on.