Race To Nowhere trailer: Documentary about pressures kids face today.
Pressure. Overwork. Test scores. Stress related illness.
Lack of sleep. Suicide rates.
-- Just what do we consider "successful" children to be, anyway?
Time for people to comprehend all that is lost when don't make
our children and their emotional health a top priority in our society.
Looking forward to seeing more than just the trailer to this timely film.
Here's what the film's website, ReelLinkFilms, says about the documentary:
"Director Vicki Abeles turns the personal political by igniting a national conversation in this groundbreaking documentary about the pressures American schoolchildren and their teachers face moving into the 21st century
What started as a private family matter widened into a cogent examination of systemic pressures faced by youth and teachers today an increased focused on test scores, a shrinking global economy and increasingly unrealistic expectations of parents, universities, school districts and society at large. The demands have crushing, widespread consequences. Cheating has become commonplace, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and students arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.
Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people who have been pushed to the brink, parents who are trying to do whats best for their kids, and educators who are burned out and worried students arent developing the skills needed for the global economy, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic running rampant in our schools.
Race to Nowhere is a call to families, educators, experts and policy makers to examine current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become the healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens of the next century."
Lack of sleep. Suicide rates.
-- Just what do we consider "successful" children to be, anyway?
Time for people to comprehend all that is lost when don't make
our children and their emotional health a top priority in our society.
Looking forward to seeing more than just the trailer to this timely film.
Here's what the film's website, ReelLinkFilms, says about the documentary:
"Director Vicki Abeles turns the personal political by igniting a national conversation in this groundbreaking documentary about the pressures American schoolchildren and their teachers face moving into the 21st century
What started as a private family matter widened into a cogent examination of systemic pressures faced by youth and teachers today an increased focused on test scores, a shrinking global economy and increasingly unrealistic expectations of parents, universities, school districts and society at large. The demands have crushing, widespread consequences. Cheating has become commonplace, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and students arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.
Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people who have been pushed to the brink, parents who are trying to do whats best for their kids, and educators who are burned out and worried students arent developing the skills needed for the global economy, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic running rampant in our schools.
Race to Nowhere is a call to families, educators, experts and policy makers to examine current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become the healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens of the next century."
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