Central Council will be hosting another showing on Sunday, January 22nd at Hewlett High School at 2 in the afternoon. Once again, Central Council will be sponsoring the cost instead of running the showing as a fundraiser. All of the PTA Presidents feel so strongly that everyone should have the opportunity to see this movie and the decision was unanimous.
We know that many of the people who needed to see the movie saw it the first time. We were pleased to see students, parents, residents, community leaders, school support staff, teachers, administrators, and members of our Board of Education. Ironically, not many students were present for the showing due to the stress and demand of homework that evening. Hopefully by showing it on a Sunday afternoon we will be able to accommodate them and even more members of our community.
Once again, we urge everyone who has not seen “Race to Nowhere” to join us on the 22nd. If we once again “sell” all 500 available seats, please still come to the door…there is a good chance we will be able to accommodate you. Similar to the first showing, there will be a discussion session afterwards.
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For those people that have already seen the movie and for people who will see it on the 22nd, there will also be a follow up meeting on Monday January 23rd at 7:30 PM at the Woodmere Education Center at 1 Johnson Place. The goal of that evening is to discuss what concrete changes we would like to see in our education system and in our school district.
There is not one person that lives here that is not a stakeholder in the lives of our children’s education. Everyone needs to see this movie.
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The movie raises important questions about the education system in this country and specifically, the pressures on teenagers to perform well on tests. The NY Times calls it a MUST SEE movie.
The movie is open to all residents and is free, but tickets must be reserved by clicking on the link here or below.
The movie is appropriate for all parents and students in grades 8 and above. Here is an excerpt from the synopsis:
A concerned mother turned filmmaker aims her camera at the culture of hollow achievement and pressure to perform that has invaded America’s schools. It is destroying our children’s love of learning and feeding an epidemic of unprepared, disengaged, and unhealthy students.
This remarkable new film shines a light on the price our kids pay for this “race to nowhere.”
Cheating is commonplace, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and ironically, young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.
Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people who have been pushed to the brink and educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t 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 in the 21st century.
