Go Public: Film Project Gives 'Day in the Life' Perspective to Public Schools - Education - GOOD

Go Public: Film Project Gives 'Day in the Life' Perspective to Public Schools - Education - GOOD:

Go Public: Film Project Gives 'Day in the Life' Perspective to Public Schools

LIZ DWYER
Education Editor

Think you know what it's like to learn and work in a public school in the United States? Spend a little time watching Go Public, a film project that followed students, parents, volunteers, teachers, and school district staff in a suburban Los Angeles school district for one day last spring, and you'll see public education with fresh eyes.

The project followed 50 individuals from sunup to sundown and filmed at 28 different campuses and reveals the nuances of "what goes on during a typical day in a public school setting" in the racially, ethnically, and economically diverse Pasadena Unified School District. Entertainment industry vets James and Dawn O'Keefe, whose own kids attend public school in PUSD, came up with the concept after a local