THE THING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT
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THE THING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT Book 1
4 parts · 14 h 54 min
Princeton, New York and the Rio Grande Valley, 1967 to 2016. A college senior writes a thesis proposing a national teacher corps, graduates, raises money from oil and chemical companies, and by the following autumn has put five hundred untrained graduates into classrooms that could not otherwise be staffed.
THE THING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT Book 2
4 parts · 13 h 48 min
Boston, New Orleans and the Santa Clara Valley, 1976 to 2026. A hedge fund analyst tutors a twelve-year-old cousin in New Orleans over a telephone line and a shared browser notepad, starts recording the lessons so she can watch them when he is at work, and discovers that she prefers the recording to him.
THE THING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT Book 3
4 parts · 14 h 36 min
California and Washington, 1995 to 2024. A graphic designer who taught herself the software teaches it to others: first in a rented room in Ojai, then as a shelf of recorded video a stranger can rent by the month.
THE THING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT Book 4
4 parts · 14 h 55 min
Guatemala City, Pittsburgh and a phone in a pocket, 1978 to 2026.
THE THING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT Book 5
4 parts · 15 h 6 min
Miami Beach, Mexico City and Geneva, 1981 to 2026.
THE THING THAT MUST BE TAUGHT Book 6
4 parts · 13 h 38 min
Islamabad, the Swat Valley and Birmingham, 1988 to 2026. A girl from a naval family in Islamabad volunteers in an earthquake relief camp at sixteen, wins a scholarship to California, and watches from a dormitory as a valley three hundred miles away is taken by men who forbid girls to attend school.