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Race to Nowhere is an award-winning documentary that highlights the unintended consequences of our pressure-cooker culture and education system. An eye-opening call to action, the film challenges our deepest-held assumptions about how we can best prepare young people for the future.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Race to nowhere (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Congdon, Jessica, 1972- (Film editor, Screenwriter), Attia, Maimone (Screenwriter, director of photography.), Constantinou, Sophia (director of photography.), Adler, Mark (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); optional Spanish or Mandarin subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Published: [Lafayette, Calif.] : [Reel Link Films], [2011]
Subjects:
Education > United States.
Academic achievement.
Overpressure (Education)
Education > Philosophy > 21st century.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States.
Competency-based education.
Education > Social aspects > United States.
Education > United States > Evaluation.
Education > United States > Philosophy.
Educational acceleration.
Advanced placement programs (Education)
Educational change > United States > History > 20th century.
College entrance achievement tests > United States.
Competency-Based Education
Forte pression scolaire.
Éducation > Philosophie > 21e siècle.
Éducation basée sur la compétence.
Enseignement accéléré.
Programmes de formation accélérée (Éducation)
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Universités > Admission > Tests de rendement > États-Unis.
College entrance achievement tests.
Education.
Education > Aims and objectives.
Education > Evaluation.
Education > Philosophy.
Education > Social aspects.
Educational change.
United States.
1900-2099
Streaming video.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Webcast
Streaming videos.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Feature films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films éducatifs.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Race to Nowhere is an award-winning documentary that highlights the unintended consequences of our pressure-cooker culture and education system. An eye-opening call to action, the film challenges our deepest-held assumptions about how we can best prepare young people for the future.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 86 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material involving stress on adolescents.
Production Credits:Cinematography by Maimone Attia and Sophie Constantinou ; edited by Jessica Congdon ; music by Mark Adler.