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Examines public education in the United States and uncovers the ways in which American public education has declined. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve change through the stories of five students and their individual struggles and triumphs.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beck, Christophe, 1972- (Composer), Legend, John (Composer)
Other Authors: Guggenheim, Davis (Screenwriter), Kimball, Billy (Screenwriter), Strickland, Bill, 1947- (on-screen participant.), Canada, Geoffrey (on-screen participant.), Rhee, Michelle (on-screen participant.), Weingarten, Randi (on-screen participant.), Roland, Erich (director of photography.), Richman, Bob (director of photography.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2010]
Subjects:
Educational accountability > Law and legislation > United States.
Education > Standards > United States.
Education > United States > Evaluation.
School improvement programs > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Public schools > United States.
Streaming video.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis.
Vidéo en continu.
streaming video.
Education > Evaluation.
Education > Standards.
Educational accountability > Law and legislation.
Educational equalization.
Public schools.
School improvement programs.
United States.
Documentaries
Education (K-12)
Documentaries and Factual Films
Webcast
Online media.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Internet videos.
Documentaires.
Films éducatifs.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
Table of Contents:
  • Special features: Optional audio feature commentary by director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott
  • Changing the odds (ca. 6 min. ; a look at innovative programs that are changing public education)
  • Updates (text feature listing changes which have taken place since the making of the film)
  • A conversation with Davis Guggenheim
  • The future is in our classrooms
  • The making of "Shine" (the film's title track by musician John Legend)
  • Deleted scenes.