Early Learning
(1996) 

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John Merrow
TRT:
56 min
MPAA RATING:
NR
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This documentary shows four different approaches to reforming schools: The Accelerated Schools Project, the Core Knowledge Sequence, the Roots & Wings program and the School Development Program.


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FULL SYNOPSIS

Most American parents believe that their children's schools are at least okay, but American students are outperformed by students in nearly every other industrialized nation. That' s the bad news. The good news is that it doesn't have to be that way, as our program,"Early Learning," clearly shows.

"Early Learning" reports on four approaches: Henry Levin's "Accelerated Schools," E.D. Hirsch's "Core Knowledge Schools," Robert Slavin's "Roots and Wings" program and James Comer's "School Development Program."
As we learned, only about ten per cent of our elementary schools are using these new approaches. Why so few? It may be that the good news hasn't gotten around, but Dr. Lauren Resnick of the University of Pittsburgh says that's not the only barrier. "Our children are capable of far more than we ask or expect of them, but schools don't ask or expect enough because, deep down, we believe that only some children are smart, and only some children can learn."

When it comes to schooling, we apparently have an attitude problem. In other endeavor, like athletics and business, we know that hard work pays off, but somehow we seem to thing that academic success is a matter of natural ability, genes, or social class. That's just not true, and "Early Learning," the latest research, and the new report by the Carnegie Task Force on Learning in the Primary Grades all prove that point.

As Dr. Sam Stringfield of Johns Hopkins University says, "The research proves that we know how to teach virtually every child, which means that we've run out of excuses. It's time to teach the children." - John Merrow

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Documentary  

SUBJECTS

Elementary School, Education, Education Levels

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LA Times review NY Times review St. Paul Pioneer Press review

EXTERNAL LINKS

Learning Matters official site

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