From Jim Metrock: This movie contest is on Channel One’s website Channelone.com. This is the site that students in high school to elementary school go to find out more information after seeing the Channel One News show in their classrooms. Channel One rarely posts the MPAA ratings...
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From the Houghton Mifflin/ Channel One News script: Last up, at least 25 people were killed in a plane crash yesterday, crashing into a bridge in Taiwan’s capital city, Taipei. A car’s dashboard camera captured the moment the plane came careening sideways out of the sky toward traffic; the plane’s wing clipping...
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From Jim Metrock: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt made a bad decision when they took over Channel One News.HMH evidently thought they could convert Channel One’s old videos and transcripts into a product that schools would not only desire, but would actually buy (with real money). It hasn’t happened. It won’t happen. Houghton Mifflin acquired a...
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From Jim Metrock: Our Wastin’ Time & Tax Dollar$ Award is back and Parkway High School in Bossier City, Louisiana is our first winner for 2015. Congratulation to Dr. Nichole Bourgeois the principal of Parkway High, and her Board of Education members Billie Jo Brotherton, Brad Bockhaus, Frank Kelly, William Lott,...
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Should schools be responsible for introducing news to children? http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/09/16/39365/should-schools-be-responsible-for-introducing-news/#comments
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Houghton Mifflin’s Channel One News intentionally shows students executioner holding knife before beheading. Why show any pictures of this brutal act of terrorism? Is Houghton Mifflin CEO Linda Zecher pushing Channel One to get edgier with kids? From Jim Metrock: The good news is Channel One News did not use the word “beheading” in...
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HMH quarterly earnings conference call: Progress made coming out of bankruptcy. Channel One News not mentioned by HMH CEO Linda Zecher. Channel One and other acquisitions will have “no impact” on company in short term. Total cash paid out for three companies, including Channel One: $9.5 million. (Channel One was sold for $240...
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Required reading for Houghton Mifflin’s CEO Linda Zecher and SVP CJ Kettler. http://adem.alabama.gov/programs/land/landforms/CRTInd.pdf From Jim Metrock: Channel One thought that they could quickly and painlessly remove millions of dollars of equipment disposal fees from their balance sheet (before they were acquired by Houghton Mifflin) by dumping the disposal costs...
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Houghton Mifflin’s quest to enter classroom advertising business will draw ire of teachers. 1992 Resolution still NTCE’s position. From Jim Metrock: Early on, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) passed this resolution opposing Channel One. This position statement is as strong as it gets. The NCTE urges teachers...
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From Jim Metrock: Since May 13 Channel One News has been under the control of Linda Zecher the CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The arrangement for Channel One’s CJ Kettler to report directly to Ms. Zecher shows the closeness Zecher is to decision making at Channel One. When Houghton Mifflin Harcourt acquired Channel One,...
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