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    Discussing this autumn's surprise blockbuster film "Race to Nowhere"
    on teaching-to-anything-but-the-test:<br>
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    That's NPR's national radio call-in show, at 11AM EST today -- do
    call-in if you can (<strong>800-423-8255</strong>) or comment on
    blog above!  Radio show inspired by last week's front-page NY Times
    article here:<br>
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        Parents Embrace Documentary on Pressures of School<br>
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    Radio show guests are:<br>
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          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
        href="http://www.racetonowhere.com/film/team" target="_blank">Vicki
        Abeles</a></strong>, director of the new education documentary <a
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      target="_blank">“Race to Nowhere.”</a> She’s an attorney, a mother
    of three, and first-time filmmaker. She made the film ‘Race to
    Nowhere’ after her own 13-year-old daughter was treated for
    school-induced stress.<strong><br>
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          <a moz-do-not-send="true"
        href="http://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/dpope" target="_blank">Denise
        Pope</a></strong>, senior lecturer at the Stanford University
    School of Education. She’s author of <em>Doing School: How we are
      creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic, and
      mis-educated students</em>. She’s also co-founder of Challenge
    Success, a national research project to reduce unhealthy pressure on
    youth
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