Discussing this autumn's surprise blockbuster film "Race to Nowhere" on
teaching-to-anything-but-the-test:
http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/12/education-race-nowhere
That's NPR's national radio call-in show, at 11AM EST today -- do
call-in if you can (*800-423-8255*) or comment on blog above! Radio
show inspired by last week's front-page NY Times article here:
Parents Embrace Documentary on Pressures of School
http://nytimes.com/2010/12/09/education/09nowhere.html
Radio show guests are:
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Vicki Abeles <http://www.racetonowhere.com/film/team>*, director of the
new education documentary "Race to Nowhere."
<http://www.racetonowhere.com/> She's an attorney, a mother of three,
and first-time filmmaker. She made the film 'Race to Nowhere' after her
own 13-year-old daughter was treated for school-induced stress.*
Denise Pope <http://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/dpope>*, senior lecturer at
the Stanford University School of Education. She's author of /Doing
School: How we are creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic,
and mis-educated students/. She's also co-founder of Challenge Success,
a national research project to reduce unhealthy pressure on youth
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