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Television

Post date: Apr 21, 2011

CNN: Teachers watch 'Race to Nowhere'

"Race to Nowhere" says U.S. students are stressed out. CNN's Julie Peterson talks with a group of teachers about film.
Post date: Mar 28, 2011

CNN: Parents opt out of school testing
Post date: Mar 10, 2011

CBS News: Katie Couric's Notebook
Post date: Mar 8, 2011

NBC Nightly News: 'Race to Nowhere' targets academic pressures

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Post date: Mar 7, 2011

CNN: Are we pushing kids too hard, too fast
Post date: Mar 1, 2011

@katiecouric: Race to Nowhere
Post date: Dec 25, 2010

CBS News Highlights Changes At A NJ High School Inspired By Race To Nowhere
Post date: Dec 16, 2010

12/16/10: Race to Nowhere on the Today Show

Race to Nowhere was featured on the Today show, Thursday, Dec. 16. It's great to see these important issues receiving the attention our young people and educators deserve.
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

CNN: How schools 'Race to Nowhere'
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

Oprah.com: Are Your Kids in a Race to Nowhere?
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

CNN Covers Race to Nowhere 9/4/2010
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

CNN Coverage of Race to Nowhere
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

Are Your Kids in a Race to Nowhere?
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

NBC Bay Area
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

Dr. Phil Teens Under Pressure
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

CBS Healthwatch - New Film Shows Pressure Facing Teen Girls
Post date: Dec 2, 2010

KPIX Healthwatch

Radio

Posted: Aug 11, 2012

BAM Radio

"BAM!" is an acronym for "body and mind" and was conceived in 2007 to draw attention to the need for a healthy mind and a healthy body for each developing child. BAM radio is the largest education radio network in the world, offering programming from the nations' top
Posted: Dec 18, 2010

Race to Nowhere Featured on NPR On Point

Live this morning at 11 ET on On Point with Tom Ashbrook. Joining director, Vicki Abeles, will be Dr. Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at Stanford University and co-founder of Challenge Success and Yong Zhao, author of Catching Up or Leading the Way and a professor at Michigan State University.
Posted: Dec 2, 2010

Oprah Radio: The Derrick Ashong Experience
Posted: Dec 2, 2010

Oprah Radio

Oprah Radio host Dr. Mehmet Oz talks with experts Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, author Sara Bennett and filmmaker Vicki Abeles about why children need time to play every day. Plus, they talk about about how effective homework is and about why children cheat.
Posted: Dec 2, 2010

Countdown to College Radio

Print

Posted: Feb 19, 2011

Boston Globe Coverage
Posted: Dec 11, 2010

Parents Embrace Documentary on Pressures of School

Thanks to everyone for taking the lead in bringing the film to your community. Shining a light on the issues the film raises helps create the movement our youth and educators need.
Posted: Dec 2, 2010

Washington Post Review: 'Race to Nowhere' film highlights stress students face in high-pressure academics

"A growing grass-roots phenomenon" — Donna St. George, Washington Post
Posted: Dec 2, 2010

The New York Times: The Overscheduled Child

Reaches out to children hounded by a confluence of circumstances.
Posted: Dec 2, 2010

Los Angeles Times: Movie Reviews

Collecting the testimony of those who have been through the stress machine and those who have observed it firsthand, the documentary is a dire warning and solid piece of advocacy journalism.
Posted: Dec 2, 2010

NY Times Video Op-ed: Advanced Placement