Filmmaker: Academic Pressure On Students Has Reached Dangerous Levels
Provocative film, 'Race To Nowhere' to be screened at the Wynn School.
Have increased academic standards and homework requirements implemented through programs like "Race To The Top" and "No Child Left Behind" raised the pressure level for students, teachers and parents to dangerous levels? That's the question examined in a powerful documentary film entitled, "Race to Nowhere." A screening of the film is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Wynn School Auditorium. "The movie "Race To Nowhere" is a documentary film that examines the pressures faced by young people, teachers, and parents in our high-stakes public and private education system, and our pressure cooker culture," said Jeannette Waugh, the parent who advocated for the film to be shown in Tewksbury. "I saw a screening of the…
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Bill Gilman
8:28 am on Monday, January 30, 2012
Diane, the error was on my part here. I neglected to add that the event is being used as a fundraiser by the Dewing School PAC. the money is used to help pay for the various programs that the PAC sponsors during the school year. more ›