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Rise Above the Mark (2012)

★ 9.0/10 65 min Documentary United States English
Director: Jack Klink
Streaming: Not available
The next great ambition in public education, Rise Above the Mark, aims to make the United States a world leader once again.

Description

The purpose of Rise Above the Mark, narrated by Peter Coyote, is to educate the general public about the “corporate takeover” of Indiana public schools and what parents, community members and educators can do to protect their local public schools. Legislators are calling the shots and putting public schools in an ever-shrinking box. WLCSC Board of School Trustees and Superintendent of Schools, Rocky Killion, want to secure resources and legislative relief necessary to achieve the school district’s mission of creating a world-class educational system for all children. The school district’s strategic plan will introduce a model of education that puts decision making back into the hands of local communities and public school teachers, rather than leaving it in the hands of legislators and ultimately lining the pockets of corporations.

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Top Cast

Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote Narrator
Dr. Diane Ravitch former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education and Education Historian
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond Charles Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University
Dr. Marc Tucker President and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy
Dr. Pasi Sahlberg Director General of National Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation in the Ministry of Education in Helsinki, Finland
Jamie Vollmer Author, speaker and supporter of public schools

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