Flunked Movie Trailer

The American education system is failing. It's time to do something. "Flunked", narrated by Joe Mantegna, is a full-length documentary designed to be both informative and entertaining, without compromising the truth of the crisis we are facing in education today. Most people are well aware of the declining test scores and competitiveness of the average American student, as well as myriad other problems facing education today. However, complaining about the problem, while easy to do, produces little productive results. Instead, "Flunked" focuses on many of today's schools nationwide that are "getting it right"---attaining great results in terms of college preparation, high test scores, and graduating competent workers for tomorrow's economy. Flunked is coming soon!

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[jcastillo81]

Education is not a right because it is not endowed to you simply by being born. That is what a right is. Education must be provided to you by others. Education is a privilege. Everyone who wants it, DESERVES a shot at it, they do not have a right to it. The difference my sound like a semantics but it is important.

[whoo689]

Decentralization is also key to fixing public schools. The feds don't know a damn thing about how to fix this problem. The Dept. of Education was never needed, and it's only 30 years old. Public schools in America were the best in the world in the 18th and 19th Centuries, but excessive centralization and federal control screwed them up.

Competition, like charter schools and vouchers, are the way to success. Bureaucrats don't know a damn thing about fixing education. Experts do.

[nativedaughter111]

my cousin kicked him in the ass before lol

[whoo689]

In many, if not all, of the top-performing European nations in education have voucher systems. Why don't we? It makes no sense! I mean, liberal unitary states in Europe have vouchers. So even they must know it works.

[whoo689]

Public education in America should be run the same way universities are: no excessive interference or obstacles from teacher unions, no crippling regulations to firing bad teachers, no federal gov't telling them everything they must do. Universities in America have become some of the best in the world precisely because of deregulation and competition that introduces efficiency into the system. Professors actually research often and know what the hell they're talking about.

[shake916]

Your right on one thing. The media is the one doing all this convincing. We need truthful information and our news broadcast and papers push us a bunch of fear mongering. Once our media isnt corrupt maybe people will wake up on my subjects.

[adusc83]

Getting kids in school, find money for them to attend college, then holding them accountable via their scholarships for grades is the only practical way I know to change the system right here, right now, from the ground and not from DC. The system is a mess, but in my case, the majority of money I've found for kids for school comes from private foundations & private donors. That is also part of the solution. At some point, maybe I can increase the ratio and I try, but it isn't an easy issue.

[adusc83]

Ideally, your comment is right, but the bottom line goes back to that feed a man a fish/teach a man to fish saying. We have to teach kids to fish, but until they learn how we do have to feed them a bit.

[specialtymachining]

Man what a great movie! It's like Dawkins is so blinded by his estimation of his own intelligence, he can't see the forest for the trees.