"The Texas Promise" Movie To Be Hosted by Parents4LISD & Parents Across America-Northeast Texas
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Parents4LISD and Parents Across America-Northeast Texas will host a free community screening of The Texas Promise on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 1:00pm at Briarhill Middle School located at 2100 Brairhill Blvd, Highland Village, TX 75077 followed by a post-screening question-and-answer session led by LISD Trustee Kristi Hassett who serves as LISD’s representative to the Texas House Public Education Committee. This free screening is open to the public. This critically acclaimed movie is 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Our goal for this community screening is to inspire deeper understanding of the challenges our Texas public schools face and understand how Denton County voters can positively impact education policy – the policy that affects what every child does every hour of every day in school.
Our goal for this community screening is to inspire deeper understanding of the challenges our Texas public schools face and understand how Denton County voters can positively impact education policy – the policy that affects what every child does every hour of every day in school.
Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth’s The Texas Promise, a much-anticipated documentary about the high-stakes battle over funding for public education in Texas is a must-see for anyone concerned about the future of Texas.
When Texas cut $5.4 billion from public schools, affecting 5 million students and making Texas 49th in the country in per pupil spending, Texans protested and school districts sued the state and won. The Texas Promise is the gripping story of equity, politics, money, and our children as Texas and the nation make historic decisions about opportunity, the economy, and our democracy.
The Austin Chronicle says, “Roth truly impresses… the film’s grasp of all the key education issues, in all their nuances, feels right.” Additionally, Liz Mims, Senior Film Programmer for the Austin Film Festival, where the film had its premiere says, ”The Texas Promise is eye opening. Compelling at its core and empowering through its content”.
Set within courtrooms, classrooms and the Austin capitol, the film features Wendy Davis and State Rep. Mike Villarreal arguing to restore funding while now Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and State Sen. Donna Campbell beat the drum for vouchers and charters rather than investing in “failing” schools.
The film also features an inspirational valedictorian from the Rio Grande Valley, an 80-year-old principal devoted to an inner city school in Houston, a mother-turned-protester, a wise oracle of a demographer, a pastor who "The Texas Promise" Movie To Be Hosted by Parents4LISD & Parents Across America-Northeast Texas - Parents4LISD: