Rise Above the Mark

Story

Synopsis

The purpose of Rise Above the Mark, narrated by Peter Coyote, is to educate the general public about the “corporate takeover” of Indiana public schools and what parents, community members and educators can do to protect their local public schools. Legislators are calling the shots and putting public schools in an ever-shrinking box. WLCSC Board of School Trustees and Superintendent of Schools, Rocky Killion, want to secure resources and legislative relief necessary to achieve the school district’s mission of creating a world-class educational system for all children. The school district’s strategic plan will introduce a model of education that puts decision making back into the hands of local communities and public school teachers, rather than leaving it in the hands of legislators and ultimately lining the pockets of corporations.

Director

Jack Klink

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

12 December 2012

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Peter Coyote

  Narrator

• Dr. Diane Ravitch

  former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education and Education Historian

• Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond

  Charles Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University

• Dr. Marc Tucker

  President and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy

• Dr. Pasi Sahlberg

  Director General of National Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation in the Ministry of Education in Helsinki, Finland

• Jamie Vollmer

  Author, speaker and supporter of public schools