Heart of Stone is a 2009 documentary film about Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey, the United States, directed by Beth Toni Kruvant, with Zach Braff serving as executive producer. The film relates the struggles of Principal Ron Stone and the rest of the school's administration, plus students and alumni to return the school, working with African American and Jewish alumni, to its previous glory in the years before the 1967 Newark riots.
Gloria Jean Merriex was an average teacher at Duval Elementary School in Gainesville, Fla., until her students failed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in 2002. This prompted her to overhaul her teaching methods and approach. Along with her colleagues, Merriex helped make great changes to the overall curriculum at the school.
, 2h25 GenresDrame, Comédie, Documentaire ThèmesLe thème de l'éducation Note73% Une analyse des logiques de la scolarité moderne et de la manière de comprendre l'éducation, tout en montrant des expériences éducatives différentes et non conventionnelles qui soulèvent la nécessité d'un nouveau paradigme éducatif.
, 1h28 OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDocumentaire ThèmesLe thème de l'éducation Note73% Chris Mburu is a United Nations human rights advocate. As a child in Kenya, he was a good student, but would not have been able to enter secondary school, as only Primary School is free of cost in Kenya. Due to his outstanding grades, Chris was selected for a direct scholarship, provided to him by a Swedish woman named Hilde Back, who had fled Nazi Germany because of her Jewish heritage.
, 1h35 Réalisé parCevin Soling OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDocumentaire ThèmesLe thème de l'éducation Note76% The film begins by studying the Zero Tolerance policies in public schools in the 1990s, which were designed to eradicate drugs and weapons at schools. By arbitrary application of this policy via unchecked authority, soon nail clippers, key chains, and aspirin were considered dangerous and violations of the rules. This policy, combined with Columbine-inspired fear, has resulted in kindergartners being suspended for using pointed fingers as guns in games of cops and robbers and students being suspended for having Midol and Alka-Seltzer. Increasingly, issues once dealt with by the guidance counselor or a trip to the principal’s office are now handled by the police. [...]Voir plus...