Beyond Measure
In Race to Nowhere, director Vicki Abeles unveiled the dark side of America's achievement culture. In her follow up documentary, Beyond Measure, Abeles sets out to challenge the assumptions of our cur…
Beyond Measure
In Race to Nowhere, director Vicki Abeles unveiled the dark side of America's achievement culture. In her follow up documentary, Beyond Measure, Abeles sets out to challenge the assumptions of our current education story. Rather than ask why our students fail to measure up, this film asks us all to reconsider the greater purpose of education. What if our education system valued personal growth over test scores? Put inquiry over mimicry? Encouraged passion over rankings? What if we decided that the purpose of school was not the transmission of facts or formulas, but the transformation of every student? And what if this paradigm-shift was driven not by politicians but by students, parents, and teachers? In Beyond Measure, we went in search of those answers and found a revolution brewing in public schools across the country. From rural Kentucky to San Diego, and from bucolic Massachusetts to El Paso, Texas, we feature schools that are breaking away from our outmoded, test-driven education culture and pioneering a new vision for our classrooms. These are schools that are asking our students to invent, to make, to think beyond their school walls. These are schools that are asking students to imagine how they can effect change in the world. They're transforming the roles of students and teachers, and putting more faith in the ingenuity of our children. They see critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity as the bedrock of a good education and the key to success after graduation. Best of all? They are dramatically and measurably improving outcomes for children of all backgrounds--becoming schools where practically every student graduates and goes on to finish college. Beyond Measure boasts a collection of scholars and experts who put the stories in context, including Sir Ken Robinson Ph.D., Linda Darling-Hammond Ph.D., Daniel Pink, Yong Zhao, Ph.D., Jo Boaler, Ph.D., and Alison Gopnik Ph.D. Beyond Measure fills a void that too many other education stories have left empty, offering a positive picture of what's innovative and possible in American education when communities decide they are ready for change.
Beyond Measure
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In Race to Nowhere, director Vicki Abeles unveiled the dark side of America's achievement culture. In her follow up documentary, Beyond Measure, Abeles sets out to challenge the assumptions of our current education story. Rather than ask why our students fail to measure up, this film asks us all to reconsider the greater purpose of education.
What if our education system valued personal growth over test scores? Put inquiry over mimicry? Encouraged passion over rankings? What if we decided that the purpose of school was not the transmission of facts or formulas, but the transformation of every student? And what if this paradigm-shift was driven not by politicians but by students, parents, and teachers? In Beyond Measure, we went in search of those answers and found a revolution brewing in public schools across the country. From rural Kentucky to San Diego, and from bucolic Massachusetts to El Paso, Texas, we feature schools that are breaking away from our outmoded, test-driven education culture and pioneering a new vision for our classrooms. These are schools that are asking our students to invent, to make, to think beyond their school walls.
These are schools that are asking students to imagine how they can effect change in the world. They're transforming the roles of students and teachers, and putting more faith in the ingenuity of our children. They see critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity as the bedrock of a good education and the key to success after graduation.
Best of all? They are dramatically and measurably improving outcomes for children of all backgrounds--becoming schools where practically every student graduates and goes on to finish college. Beyond Measure boasts a collection of scholars and experts who put the stories in context, including Sir Ken Robinson Ph.D., Linda Darling-Hammond Ph.D., Daniel Pink, Yong Zhao, Ph.D., Jo Boaler, Ph.D., and Alison Gopnik Ph.D. Beyond Measure fills a void that too many other education stories have left empty, offering a positive picture of what's innovative and possible in American education when communities decide they are ready for change..