RACE TO NOWHERE Screening @ CRLS - EXTRA CREDIT for those students who attend
Posted by Kira LeeKeenan on Friday, June 3, 2011
Mark your calendars!
The film, Race to Nowhere, will be shown Wednesday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, in the Fitzgerald Theater. Filmmaker and mother, Vicki Abeles, aims her camera at high-stakes, high-pressure school culture and its impact on students. The film asks families, educators, and the community to question our assumptions on how to best prepare our youth to become caring, engaged, and contributing adults.
The showing will be followed by a short discussion. Tickets may be purchased on the Race to Nowhere web site and at the door (if not sold out). The film is co-sponsored by the CRLS Student Council and School Council. More information below.
What is it? Race to Nowhere, a documentary inspired by a parent's desire to understand how schools were causing stress in kids, has been making the rounds in nearby communities. The grassroots phenomenon has parents across the country talking about homework policies and promising to lower stress on their kids and has students thinking deeply about the meaning of education. Many people in Cambridge saw the movie in other places, and the buzz led a few to organize a showing.
Why this movie? It's a thought-provoking movie that inspires parents, teachers, students and community members to ask questions about our education system. The CRLS Student Council and SChool Council are co-sponsors. In the words of one senior who saw it in another town " I think parents and teachers NEED to see it."
When? Wednesday, June 8 7 pm
How much? Tickets are $10 in advance (plus processing fee) or $15 at the door. Every adult who buys a ticket can order one free student ticket. The film distribution company charges a license fee and requires admission fees -- but shares proceeds with a nonprofit. For the CRLS showing, all proceeds beyond the licensing fee will go to Friends of CRLS.
Tickets? Buy online at: rtncrls.eventbrite.com
As part of the agreement, the filmmakers handle ticketing for all community screenings.
If the link doesn't work, go to the website www.racetonowhere.com -- click on screenings and find the June 8 CRLS showing.
Read what a CRLS teacher wrote after seeing the movie:
I went into this screening without any prior knowledge of the film, nor an idea of "who" the film was targeting (cynically assuming a film like this had to target one group or another).
During the next eighty minutes I sat and watched - at times, ashamed, saddened by what was being said and seen before me, reflecting on my role as an educator and parent; I was angered by some, empathized with most. At the end of the screening three professors in the education department at Tufts answered questions and responded to comments for 25-30 minutes or so. Many individuals, from the Medford, Boston, and Somerville public schools were present. A lot of undergraduate education students from Tufts were present, and used this time to comment on the film in light of their recent experiences in high school. I sat back and listened, thinking to myself, yes, something needs to change....I feel passionately about this film, and believe that it is something the community should definitely see.
The film, Race to Nowhere, will be shown Wednesday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, in the Fitzgerald Theater. Filmmaker and mother, Vicki Abeles, aims her camera at high-stakes, high-pressure school culture and its impact on students. The film asks families, educators, and the community to question our assumptions on how to best prepare our youth to become caring, engaged, and contributing adults.
The showing will be followed by a short discussion. Tickets may be purchased on the Race to Nowhere web site and at the door (if not sold out). The film is co-sponsored by the CRLS Student Council and School Council. More information below.
What is it? Race to Nowhere, a documentary inspired by a parent's desire to understand how schools were causing stress in kids, has been making the rounds in nearby communities. The grassroots phenomenon has parents across the country talking about homework policies and promising to lower stress on their kids and has students thinking deeply about the meaning of education. Many people in Cambridge saw the movie in other places, and the buzz led a few to organize a showing.
Why this movie? It's a thought-provoking movie that inspires parents, teachers, students and community members to ask questions about our education system. The CRLS Student Council and SChool Council are co-sponsors. In the words of one senior who saw it in another town " I think parents and teachers NEED to see it."
When? Wednesday, June 8 7 pm
How much? Tickets are $10 in advance (plus processing fee) or $15 at the door. Every adult who buys a ticket can order one free student ticket. The film distribution company charges a license fee and requires admission fees -- but shares proceeds with a nonprofit. For the CRLS showing, all proceeds beyond the licensing fee will go to Friends of CRLS.
Tickets? Buy online at: rtncrls.eventbrite.com
As part of the agreement, the filmmakers handle ticketing for all community screenings.
If the link doesn't work, go to the website www.racetonowhere.com -- click on screenings and find the June 8 CRLS showing.
Read what a CRLS teacher wrote after seeing the movie:
I went into this screening without any prior knowledge of the film, nor an idea of "who" the film was targeting (cynically assuming a film like this had to target one group or another).
During the next eighty minutes I sat and watched - at times, ashamed, saddened by what was being said and seen before me, reflecting on my role as an educator and parent; I was angered by some, empathized with most. At the end of the screening three professors in the education department at Tufts answered questions and responded to comments for 25-30 minutes or so. Many individuals, from the Medford, Boston, and Somerville public schools were present. A lot of undergraduate education students from Tufts were present, and used this time to comment on the film in light of their recent experiences in high school. I sat back and listened, thinking to myself, yes, something needs to change....I feel passionately about this film, and believe that it is something the community should definitely see.