On Wednesday, October 30th, 5:30 –
8:00pm the secondary
education program/ DTE will host a screening of a new education documentary with the
filmmaker, Jyllian Gunther:
In the film, The New Public (http://www.thenewpublicmovie.com)
filmmaker Jyllian Gunther followed a brand new experimental Brooklyn public
high school in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York City
through its first four years to see how its unorthodox – and highly creative –
approach to educating would impact students, and to tell the story of their
first graduating class. What she ended up with was a documentary that, through
the prism of one school, tells the story of countless urban schools in
underserved communities around the country. The film’s honest and informative
look at the day-to-day challenges of creating successes in urban schools has
resonated deeply with educators. (Columbia Teachers College felt so strongly
about the film and its realistic look at public education, they're now creating
a curriculum so the film can be used as a training tool for pre-service teachers).
Please join us (and consider bringing your classes!) for the film
screening (approx. 90 minutes) followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and
area educators about the issues the film raises.
A preview of the film is available to any faculty interested in
viewing it.
