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Beth Fertig

  • The Construction Kids program in Brooklyn offers hands-on workshops throughout the year.
    Putting Power Tools In The Hands Of 5-Year-Olds
    Beth Fertig
    To move kids away from computer screens, a new wave of learning programs is emphasizing hands-on activities. Like building stuff.
  • Teacher Tenure Fight Spills Into N.Y., Where A New Lawsuit Brews
    Beth Fertig
    A new salvo has been fired in the fight over teacher tenure. A group led by former TV anchor Campbell Brown filed a complaint in New York state court, arguing that tenure laws are preventing the state from providing every child with the "sound, basic education" its constitution guarantees.
  • Campbell Brown of the Partnership for Educational Justice, with plaintiffs in their New York teacher tenure lawsuit.
    Teacher Tenure Lawsuits Spread From California To New York
    Anya Kamenetz
    Why are so many low-income and minority kids getting second-class educations in the U.S.? That question is at the center of the heated debate about tenure protections and who gets them.
  • Students from CUNY's AstroCom NYC program meet for a weekly class at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Dennis Robbins, an associate professor of science education at CUNY's Hunter College, teaches Betsy Hernandez (from left), Jaquelin Erazo, Ariel Diaz and Mario Martin.
    Changing The Face Of Astronomy Research
    Beth Fertig
    An apprenticeship program in New York City helps lower-income and minority students break into advanced sciences. For one, the love of the stars was motivation to tackle the tough field of astronomy.
  • Transport Workers Union Leader Roger Toussaint
    Beth Fertig
    Beth Fertig of member station WNYC discusses the Transport Workers Union, its pugnacious leader, Roger Toussaint, and the various pension, pay and health care issues that are at the center of the New York City transit labor dispute.
  • Rescue crews were working to help survivors even as the storm was coming ashore Saturday.
    Copters, Boats Rescue Survivors in Vermilion
    Beth Fertig
    Boats and helicopters are being used to search for people stranded by floodwaters in southwestern Louisiana. Sunday in low-lying areas of Vermilion Parish, less than 100 miles from the Texas border, rescue workers are hoping to remove the last of those who stayed behind. Beth Fertig of member station KRVS reports.
  • 9/11 Fire Dept. Dispatch Tapes Released
    Beth Fertig
    The New York Fire Department releases dispatch tapes from the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, along with transcripts of firefighters' oral histories recorded after the event. From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports.