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Posted: Jan 30, 2015 Weekend Roundup: Exciting Things to Do This Weekend; Check 'em Out and ... High Country Press Artist Reception: Appalachian Social Justice Educators and the Watauga Branch of the NAACP will screen the award-winning documentary, “Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture,” on Thursday, Jan. 29, from 7-9 p.m. in room 114 ... |
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Posted: Jan 28, 2015 1) February Programs at Elk Knob State Park High Country Press Appalachian Social Justice Educators and the Watauga Branch of the NAACP will screen the award-winning documentary, “Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture,” on Thursday, Jan. 29, from 7-9 p.m. in room 114 of Belk Library ... |
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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 Op-Ed: It is time to restore the innocence of childhood The CT Mirror Alas, this “race to nowhere” is littered with vain academic pursuits, anxious students, and child athletes pressed to unnaturally accelerate their development in unhealthy, harmful competitive environments. Over the past decade, schools have ... |
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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 Op-Ed: It is time to restore the innocence of childhood The CT Mirror Alas, this “race to nowhere” is littered with vain academic pursuits, anxious students, and child athletes pressed to unnaturally accelerate their development in unhealthy, harmful competitive environments. Over the past decade, schools have ... |
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Posted: Jan 21, 2015 Napa Valley Register (blog) Wednesday's first look: Big changes ahead Napa Valley Register (blog) "Race to Nowhere" is a film containing stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren't developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what's ... and more » |
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Posted: Jan 21, 2015 Napa Valley Register Wednesday's first look: Big changes ahead Napa Valley Register How mild is the weather this January? A bird of paradise flower blooms in a yard on B Street. You don't see this happening in Minnesota or Massachusetts. According to the National Weather Service, conditions become even warmer and sunnier this weekend ... and more » |
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Posted: Jan 20, 2015 One-Night Stands East Bay Express Parkway Classics (The New Parkway, Oakland, 9:30). Race to Nowhere (85 min., 2010). Post-film discussion and panel on alternative education (Berkeley Rose School, 7:00). Friday, January 23. This is Spinal Tap (82 min., 1984). Reel Rock (Parkway, 10:30). |
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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 San Ramon: Teen Council becomes highly-coveted city panel Paradise Post SAN RAMON -- For Caroline Lee, it was watching a documentary that captured hidden perils of the overtaxing, stressful culture of student achievement in the United States that opened her eyes. The movie, "Race to Nowhere," put a sorely-needed spotlight ... and more » |
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Posted: Jan 15, 2015 San Ramon: Teen Council becomes highly-coveted city panel Contra Costa Times SAN RAMON -- For Caroline Lee, it was watching a documentary that captured hidden perils of the overtaxing, stressful culture of student achievement in the United States that opened her eyes. The movie, "Race to Nowhere," put a sorely-needed spotlight ... and more » |
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Posted: Jan 11, 2015 We're On a Cruise to Nowhere SitNews Finally, I would like to suggest a “Nowhere” cruise. Everyone seems to have about something to Nowhere. A Road to Nowhere. A Race to Nowhere. A Pipeline to Nowhere. And, drum roll please, a Bridge to Nowhere. Well, and this will come as no surprise, ... |
