The Reel World: The Depiction of Schools on Film

This course will investigate documentary films as social and political texts in order to identify historical and contemporary views on schools and the purpose(s) of education. The May X will examine primarily films addressing poverty, class, race, and privilege as they intersect with the purposes and realities of public education in the U.S.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Hartsville SC

South Carolina and Education Reform: A Reader  … -

A Town Where a School Bus Is More than a Bus, Sam Chaltain

180 Days (PBS) - Hartsville SC
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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Home « Go Public Project

Home « Go Public Project
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The Billionaires' War Against Public Education

The Billionaires' War Against Public Education
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Why schools should stop using exit exams

Why schools should stop using exit exams
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The Biggest Misconceptions About Teachers’ Unions—Debunked

The Biggest Misconceptions About Teachers’ Unions—Debunked
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Friday, May 24, 2013

What is the Color of School Closures? | Open Society Foundations (OSF)

What is the Color of School Closures? | Open Society Foundations (OSF)
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Recommended: Educational Documentaries | the becoming radical

Recommended: Educational Documentaries | the becoming radical
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Schools on Film

“No, there isn’t any ‘magic bullet’ solution offered in the film for schools like Douglass. We feel strongly that offering simple solutions to complex problems is inherently misleading in documentary filmmaking.”—Alan Raymond, “Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card”

Recommended Reading

  • A Hope in the Unseen
  • Savage Inequalities
  • Monkey Girl
  • Summer for the Gods

Education on the Web

  • Bridging Differences
  • Center on Education Policy
  • Hoover Institution
  • Living in Dialogue
  • Manhattan Institute
  • NEPC
  • The Freire Project
  • Thomas B. Fordham Institute
  • U. S. Department of Education
  • Walt Gardner's Reality Check

Course Links

  • Conventional Language
  • Critical Pedagogy
  • Living & Learning in Poverty
  • May Experience Home Page
  • Overview of the Devlopment of Documentaries
  • Syllabus
  • the becoming radical

Documentaries

  • 180 Days: Hartsville
  • 2 Millions Minutes
  • American Teen
  • Chalk
  • Clearcut
  • Consuming Kids
  • Corridor of Shame
  • Crenshaw
  • Defies Measurement
  • Expelled
  • Expelled Exposed
  • Flock of Dodos
  • Go Public: A Day in the Life of an American School District
  • Grain of Sand
  • Hard Times at Douglass High
  • Heart of Stone
  • High School
  • Kicks like a Girl
  • Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later
  • Prom Night in Mississippi
  • Waiting for "Superman"
  • Être et avoir

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