Rise Above the Mark -- February 28, 2014, Butler University

A few NEIFPE members (who weren't at the NPE Conference in Texas) attended the screening of Rise Above the Mark at Butler University in Indianapolis on February 28, 2014.

The following videos, taken by our friend Clyde Gaw [Indiana Art Education Advocacy Action Blog], is of the discussion after the film.

Featured in the film along with other educators and parents, are...

Diane Ravitch, educational historian and co-founder of The Network for Public Education, author of Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
Karen Francisco, editorial writer, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, author of The Flat World And Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
Pasi Sahlberg, visiting Professor of Practice at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, author of Finnish Lessons
Marc Tucker, CEO, National Center on Education and the Economy, author of Tough Choices or Tough Times
Jamie Vollmer, former business executive, author of The Blueberry Story and Schools Cannot Do It Alone

Diane Ravitch with NEIFPE co-founder Donna Roof and Stephanie Bush.

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Rise Above the Mark

Ravitch tangles with school reformers on Butler panel

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