The Public School Wars - Documentary Film
The battle to save public education: Chicago, NY, LA, Seattle, nationwide. These are the stories.
The Public School Wars - Documentary Film is a sponsored project of Tribeca Flashpoint Academy
"The Public School Wars," currently in production.
Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, nationwide, standardized tests, charter schools, poverty, opting out, privatization, Teach for America, the future of teaching and democracy. These are the stories.
To date: 32 interviews, 65 hours of footage, locations including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Las Vegas, Seattle, Washington, DC. A great start!
Now you can help us finish strong.
RECENT EDUCATION NEWS
At least 150,000 boycott standardized tests in New York state.
-Syracuse Post-Standard, 4/27/15
Student forced to "sit and stare" after opting out of standardized test.
"On the first exam day, he had to sit in the testing room with his peers but do nothing. He couldn't read, draw or do anything for at least two hours and 40 minutes, double the time of the 80-minute math test."
-Chicago Tribune, 3/24/15
Secretary Arne Duncan: U.S. Dept. of Education has "obligation to step in" if testing opt-out continues.
-Education Writer's Association, 4/27/15
Federal Investigators Probe $20,500,000 no-bid contract; Chicago CEO of Schools Barbara Byrd-Bennett Steps Aside.
-Chicago Tribune, 4/17/15
"Feud Threatens UNO Schools;" Charter chain owes $3 million, could "leave parents scrambling to find a new school..."
-Chicago Sun-Times, 4/30/15
Director-Producer Bill Baykan has worked for Harpo Studios, Big Idea Productions ("Veggietales") and HBO in Los Angeles after graduating from UCLA's Film & TV program. He currently teaches media production at Tribeca-Flashpoint College in Chicago, combining his love of visual storytelling and education.
