Rise Above the Mark (movie)

Name: Rise Above the Mark
Director: Jack Klink
Released: 2012-11-12
Rating: 9
Cast: Peter Coyote, Dr. Diane Ravitch, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Dr. Marc Tucker, Dr. Pasi Sahlberg

User score: 9
Production country: United States of America
Producer: Jack Klink
Production companies: West Lafayette Schools Education Foundation, Jack Klink Productions
Genre: Documentary
Release date: 12/12/2012
Run time: 65 min.

Movie description

The purpose of Rise Above the Mark, narrated by Peter Coyote, is to educate the general public about the “corporate takeover” of Indiana public schools and what parents, community members and educators can do to protect their local public schools. Legislators are calling the shots and putting public schools in an ever-shrinking box. WLCSC Board of School Trustees and Superintendent of Schools, Rocky Killion, want to secure resources and legislative relief necessary to achieve the school district’s mission of creating a world-class educational system for all children. The school district’s strategic plan will introduce a model of education that puts decision making back into the hands of local communities and public school teachers, rather than leaving it in the hands of legislators and ultimately lining the pockets of corporations.