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Documentaries to Watch This Summer: Part 2

Documentaries can enhance your professional development and suggest innovative ways of improving instruction, classroom climate and school policy. These films do everything from validating educators' trials and tribulations to exploring highly controversial issues.

Summer is the perfect time to watch an education-focused documentary. Below are five noteworthy ones. Get five more suggestions in Part 1 of this article.
 

Summer is the perfect time to watch an education-focused documentary. Here are five noteworthy ones: - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/best-educator-education-documentari...
Summer is the perfect time to watch an education-focused documentary. Here are five noteworthy ones: - See more at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/best-educator-education-documentari...
  1. Ten9Eight: Shoot for the MoonThis documentary looks at a group of inner-city teens growing up in Compton's schools as they compete in an annual business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). 
  2. Expelled: No Intelligence AllowedFinancial columnist, media figure and former Nixon White House speechwriter Ben Stein looks at the issue of academic freedom as it relates to the debate over teaching intelligent design (ID). Scientific American objected to the documentary, calling it a "a shameful antievolution film" that "tries to blame Darwin for the Holocaust."
  3. The LotteryFollow four children as they enter a high-stakes lottery in hopes of attending one of the best schools in New York. Looking at the crisis in public education, The Lottery reminds viewers that any child can succeed.
  4. Us and Our Education: This documentary examines the experiences of students with learning disabilities as the young people navigate schools and the workplace. 
  5. Two Million Minutes: A Global ExaminationIn this documentary, six students, both male and female, from USA, China and India are moving on to college and preparing for a career in science and engineering. 

Article by Kassondra Granata, EducationWorld Contributor
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