Education: MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
Education: Takes In-Depth Look at Outdated US Education
Education is a persistent topic in national and local politics â with all parties proposing their own solutions to fix the problems in the traditional U.S. education system. This topic is considered in great detail in the Sundance documentary MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED, with an examination of how many American educational methods have remained in place for far too long, as well as how the problems in the system are having a profound impact on the U.S. economy. The documentary is discussed with director Greg Whiteley and executive producer Ted Dintersmith in a special BYOD episode direct from Sundance with host Ondi Timoner.
Education is a persistent topic in national and local politics â with all parties proposing their own solutions to fix the problems in the traditional U.S. education system. This topic is considered in great detail in the Sundance documentary MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED, with an examination of how many American educational methods have remained in place for far too long, as well as how the problems in the system are having a profound impact on the U.S. economy. The documentary is discussed with director Greg Whiteley and executive producer Ted Dintersmith in a special BYOD episode direct from Sundance with host Ondi Timoner.
FILM INFO & GUEST BIO:
Where a college diploma once meant a guaranteed job, now more than half of America’s new college graduates are unable to find employment. Director Greg Whiteley (Mitt, 2014 Sundance Film Festival) locates the source of the problem not in the economy but in our educational system, which was developed at the dawn of the Industrial Age to train obedient workers and has changed little since, despite radical changes in the marketplace wrought by technology and the outsourcing of labor. With a world of information available a click away, and the modern workplace valuing skills like collaboration and critical thinking, our rote-based system of learning has become outdated and ineffective.
Charter schools like San Diego’s High Tech High, which replaces standardized tests and compartmentalized subjects with project-based learning and a student-focused curriculum, offer an alternative. Whiteley follows students, teachers, and parents to see if this different model can reawaken the love of learning and offer the potential for a paradigmatic shift in education.
Greg Whiteley is a director and producer – known for RESOLVED, MITT and NEW YORK DOLL â who founded his own production company One Potato Productions.
ADDâL LINKS:
http://www.sundance.org/projects/most…
https://www.facebook.com/pages/One-Po…
https://twitter.com/dintersmith
http://thelip.tv/show/byod-bring-your…
http://thelip.tv/
BYOD Full Episodes Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVjVE…
BYOD Short Clips Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjsw…
http://www.youtube.com/theliptv
https://www.facebook.com/BYODOC?direc…
https://www.facebook.com/thelip.tv?re…
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
00:44 Introducing Greg Whiteley and the film’s subject
00:59 Clip from MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
03:22 How the filmmakers embedded in a San Diego tech high school
03:55 Qualcomm executive’s role in starting the tech high school
04:53 Clip from MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
08:05 Ted Dintersmith on the importance of innovative education
10:33 How Whiteley was given the freedom to tell his own story
11:56 Discovering successful schools across the country
13:55 Clip from MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
16:46 Problems with the traditional classroom learning environment
19:22 Results of education experiences compared
22:44 The problem of high number of unemployed college graduates
23:33 Clip from MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
25:05 Conclusion and goodbye
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