The Regis Tremblay Radio Show
Since 2005, the Regis Tremblay Radio Show has aired every Saturday morning on Maine's WJAB. Featuring in-depth interviews with local and national experts on youth sports and education, the show's mission is to inform its listeners about the impact that education, sports, exercise, and play have on the growth and health of children and their families.
Every month, staff members from the Great Schools Partnership are invited onto the show to discuss the latest issues and trends in the world of education. For each episode, we bring along a diverse panel of students, teachers, school administrators, community members, policy makers, business leaders, and experts. This unique partnership has created a vibrant and ongoing public conversation about the changing educational needs of our students and the future of our schools.
The Great Schools Partnership thanks Regis Tremblay and this nonprofit organization for allowing us to make these programs available here.
The Regis Tremblay Radio Show
"Where Kids' Needs Come First"
Saturday mornings from 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
WJAB 1440 AM / 95.5 FM
www.thecenterforkidsfirst.org
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April 19, 2008
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Members of the Maine Boys Network, a group that promotes the healthy development and educational success of all boys from preadolescence through young adulthood, discuss the declining academic achievement of male students in recent years and what parents, educators, and boys can do about it. Featuring Layne Gregory, executive director, Boys to Men; Jeff Morrill, substance abuse and mental health coordinator, Safe Schools/Healthy Students; Stephan desRochers, assistant professor of psychology, University of Maine at Farmington; and two Sacopee Valley High School students, Duncan Mixer and Logan Nee, who have participating in Boys to Men's Reducing Sexism and Violence Program.
March 15, 2008
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Educators and students from the New School in Kennebunk, Rippleffect in Portland, and the forthcoming Coastal Studies for Girls program in Freeport discuss innovative approaches to educating today's youth. Featuring Marylyn Wentworth, founder and principal, The New School, and three students—Megan Gates, Landon Knittweis, and Chase Stevens; Aaron Frederick, co-founder and executive director, Rippleffect; Pamela Erickson, founder and executive director, and Tara Treichel, director of education, Coastal Studies for Girls.
January 12, 2008
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Educators and students from two of Portland's public high schools discuss how they are creating more challenging and personalized learning opportunities for students. Featuring Mike Johnson, principal, and Beth Arsenault, alternative education teacher, Portland High School; Ken Kunin, principal, Deering High School; and Portland High School student Anthony Toppi.
September 29, 2007
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Staff members discuss the mission of the newly formed Great Schools Partnership, and Jeff Patten, dean of Noble High School, talks about his school's involvement in the Maine Smaller Learning Communities Consortium, a five-school partnership that received a multimillion-dollar federal grant to create more equitable and personalized learning opportunities for their students.
August 4, 2007
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Deborah Mitchell, principal of Massabesic High School, talks about the many challenges facing her students and community, and what her faculty is doing to ensure that students graduate prepare for college, work, and citizenship.
March 10, 2007
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Guests from Searsport District High School discuss real-world learning opportunities offered by the school, including its sister-school partnership with the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Brooklyn, New York, and a recent mock trial of a landmark Supreme Court case conducted under the guidance of attorneys from Drummond, Woodsum, and MacMahon, a Portland-based law firm.
January 20, 2007
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University of Southern Maine mathematics professor Scott Perry and two USM students discuss college readiness—the reasons why students are unprepared for postsecondary education and the growing gap between traditional high school programs and academic expectations at the collegiate level.
2006 PROGRAM ARCHIVE
November 18, 2006
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Marylyn Wentworth, principal of the New School in Kennebunk, and four students talk about place-based learning, an educational approach that connects classroom teaching to the history, culture, economy, environment, art forms, and career opportunities of the local community.
September 23, 2006
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Students and educators from Wells High School and Lewiston High School talk about early college programs, which allow juniors and seniors to take college courses for both high school and college credit, and how these opportunities are raising student achievement and aspirations in their communities.
August 5, 2006
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The principals of Noble High School and South Portland High School discuss the particular challenges confronting larger high schools in the 21st century, as well as a few of the innovative strategies the two schools are using to create more personalized and equitable programs for their students.
July 1, 2006
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Two teachers from Sacopee Valley High School talk about how the summer months are used to improve learning opportunities, and how—in a time when more schools and states are moving toward standards-based approaches to education—students can take advantage of summer sessions to accelerate learning and increase their preparation for college and careers.
June 3, 2006
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Students and teachers from Hall-Dale High School and Noble High School discuss how the traditional senior-year experience—taking as few classes as possible, leaving school early—is failing to prepare our youth for college, and what the two schools are doing to make the senior more challenging and meaningful for students.
May 6, 2006
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David Ruff and Mark Kostin talk about how educational needs have evolved over the past century, why our educational system needs to be updated, and some promising strategies for better preparing our students for a new millennium.
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