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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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href="http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/12/education-race-nowhere">http://www.onpointradio.org/2010/12/education-race-nowhere</a><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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href="http://nytimes.com/2010/12/09/education/09nowhere.html">http://nytimes.com/2010/12/09/education/09nowhere.html</a><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
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.racetonowhere.com/"
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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