Court TV and Time Warner Donate Choices and Consequences Curricula to Indianapolis Schools: 600,000 Local Children to Benefit From Donation.INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1999--Time Warner Cable and Court TV today announced the donation of the innovative violence-prevention curricula, Choices and Consequences, to public and parochial schools parochial school (pərō`kēəl), school supported by a religious body. In the United States such schools are maintained by a number of religious groups, including Lutherans, Seventh-day Adventists, Orthodox Jews, Muslims, and in Indianapolis and suburban Marion County Marion County is the name of seventeen counties in the United States of America, mostly named for General Francis Marion:
Court TV's youth-oriented program is designed to teach adolescents the consequences of their actions. It is comprised of four lesson plans and accompanying videotapes on "Teen Pranks," "The Stop Sign Case," "Hate Crimes," and "Daring Your Friends." A joint effort among Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Court TV, Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County Township township: see town. Schools, the Archdiocese arch·di·o·cese n. The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction. arch  di·oc of Indianapolis Parochial Schools and the Marion County Sheriff's Department, Court TV's curricula is expected to reach over 600,000 students. "Court TV's Choices and Consequences is designed to help keep kids out of court and to enhance their thinking skills when dealing with complex issues," said Dick Beahrs, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for Court TV. In addition to providing curricula to the school system, Court TV will also support the Indianapolis efforts by making 70 sets of the curricula available to the Marion County Sheriff's Department and by offering a $2,500 grant that will recognize innovative efforts by local educators in using Choices and Consequences. "The curricula will also be available to educators through the Indianapolis Public Schools' in-house media distribution system," said Duncan "Pat" Pritchett, superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools. The Indianapolis announcement marks the second Court TV success in introducing Choices and Consequences into a school system. In fall 1998, the Chicago Public System -- the country's third largest -- agreed to distribute the curricula into nearly 600 middle, senior, and alternative high schools throughout Chicago. Court TV, in conjunction with Cable in the Classroom, the National Middle School Association (NMSA NMSA National Middle School Association NMSA New Mexico Statutes Annotated NMSA National Meteorological Services Agency NMSA National Manufacturing Skills Academy (UK) NMSA Nominal Maximum Size of Aggregate ) and the nation's leading cable companies, launched Choices and Consequences as a response to the National Television Violence Study, which stressed the negative results of television's portrayal of violence. Since it was launched in 1997, Choices & Consequences has been implemented in hundreds of communities nationwide. It also includes the award-winning teen program, "Your Turn." Last summer, "Your Turn" videotaped a show on "Teen Entrepreneurs" during Indiana Black Expo Indiana Black Expo is a non for-profit organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana that is responsible for overseeing the state's two largest cultural events: the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration, and the Coca-Cola Circle City Classic. ; it was seen nationwide in August. |
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