| Schools: Equality Please! |
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| Directed By:
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Milton Bullock, Shanti Dawson, William Knox, Joseph Lawler, Tiffany Ray, Shinel Taylor, Gerardo "Promise" Vargas, and EVC Documentary Workshop Co-Director Ivana Espinet
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USA, 2003
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20 minutes
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Youth-Produced Documentary
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English
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Education, Youth Activism, Youth-Produced
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| Distributor:
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Educational Video Center
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Synopsis:
SCHOOLS: EQUALITY PLEASE! explores different issues concerning the New York City education system such as economic inequalities amongst school districts, the assigning of less experienced teachers to the most needy districts, and the influence of school size and curriculum in student achievement. In addition, the youth producers look at the impact of parents' and students' civic participation in transforming the school system and proposing solutions to these problems.
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