Installment Three of the Crisis in American Schools: An Interview with Whitney Tilson
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Equity Center Radio | April 2, 2010 | Whitney Tilson Explains the Second of the Two Critical Gaps in Our Educational System that Create a Need for Genuine School Reform
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Now, in part 3 of our unique series about school reform with nationally known school reformer, Whitney Tilson, we reach what he believes is the crux of the crisis facing our school systems, the second achievement gap, the fissure ensnaring low-income, minority students from their more affluent peers.
Without restraint, in this broadcast, Mr. Tilson explains what Achievement Gap #2 is and why it is so important that the educational community within the United States overcome it. He makes a strong case about how we, as a nation, are failing our children and discriminating against a vast number of them. More importantly, he explains, as has the Equity Center in the past, why this disaster damages not only the children being deprived of a satisfactory education but the totality of all states and communities
Mr. Tilson, previously told our listeners about how he came to create his documentary. After seeing An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s documentary about global warming, he thought to himself, “That’s exactly what school reformers need as well!”, why not create a similar documentary about the need for school reform. He did just that creating A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine Education Reform. The PowerPoint presentation used in the documentary (approximately 240 slides long) is posted at The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform).
We deem the documentary as one of the most exhaustive examinations about the achievement gaps that threaten our nation’s future—between the U.S. and our economic competitors, and between low-income, minority students and their more affluent peers—ever filmed. In today’s podcast Mr. Tilson explains his second premise, and the subject of this broadcast; how “we are failing our children” and ourselves. “Simply put,” he maintains, “the failure of our public schools is the most pressing domestic issue our nation faces.”
Mr. Tilson’s film is a significant supplement to the corpus of reflective scholarship concerning the necessity for inclusive school transformation. He provides perceptive material and an outlook that is worth paying attention to; and Equity Center Radio is pleased to present his opinions–and we would like to hear your opinions about Mr. Tilson’s documentary. You may differ with particular proposals he has for mending the system, but we doubt that you will wrangle with his proposition that the condition of schooling is at a watershed and that our educational structure is, for many students, especially those in poor neighborhoods, a “Right Denied.”
A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform
Whitney Tilson
Whitney Tilson’s Documentary, A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform will be premiered on April 7, 2010; however, you can pre-order the DVD by clicking HERE.
The 2 Minute Trailer to A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine Education Reform
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