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First Year Teachers: A Year in the Life
Season 10
Episode 4
This documentary investigates why 25 percent of new teachers quit within four years. How this problem is impacting our state both financially and socially is examined as well as the issues causing the crisis. KVIE follows two area teachers for a year to get an inside perspective of the day-to-day challenges new teachers face. Will either of these teachers quit of will they go on to a second year?
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26:52
Follow the story of three resilient teens as they share their stories.

26:40
Examine the challenges facing the Sierra Nevada, California’s essential water source.

26:52
Go inside the past, present, and future of an iconic California golf course.

26:55
Follow a Sacramento choir preparing for a benefit concert supporting the homeless.

26:46
Discover the poignant stories of some of those living on Sacramento's streets.

26:53
Jessie Beck's care packages for troops in Vietnam forged life-changing friendships.

26:56
UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center study the health effects of smoke.

56:52
Explore the hard-fought campaign to preserve the Marin County coastline.

26:52
Discover the Sacramento Pioneer Association, dedicated to preserving the state's history.

27:05
Nearly 200 years after the Great Western Migration, rediscover the paths the pioneers took

26:42
Marvel at the amazing story of the world's greatest railroad to mark the 150th anniversary

59:05
Chronicle the story of the Transcontinental Railroad, from its design to completion.