Rise Above the Mark (2012)
The next great ambition in public education, Rise Above the Mark, aims to make the United States a world leader once again.
2012 · 1h 5m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: Jack Klink
Cast
Peter Coyote as NarratorDr. Diane Ravitch as former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education and Education HistorianDr. Linda Darling-Hammond as Charles Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford UniversityDr. Marc Tucker as President and CEO of the National Center on Education and the EconomyDr. Pasi Sahlberg as Director General of National Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation in the Ministry of Education in Helsinki, FinlandJamie Vollmer as Author, speaker and supporter of public schoolsMore like this
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