Category Archives: Education

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes What makes some men succeed where others fail? Is it smarts? Skills? Street sense? On the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, just one thing separates the … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes The world’s largest and most lucrative business-plan competition is held… not in the United States or in any western country, but in communist China. Beyond … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes Most Americans have long known that our public schools aren’t getting the job done, but as our country increasingly falls behind our economic competitors and … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes For 25 years, report after report has shown that American students are falling further and further behind the rest of the world intellectually. As the … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes In 2007 the provocative documentary film Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination premiered. Comparing and contrasting the two million minutes of high school in India, … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes In 2007 the provocative documentary film Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination premiered. Comparing and contrasting the two million minutes of high school in India, … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes Regardless of nationality, as soon as a student completes the 8th grade, the clock starts ticking. From that very moment the child has approximately – … … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Dave Compton, Broken Pencil Productions & Two Million Minutes Finland’s education system has consistently ranked among the best in the world for more than a decade. The puzzle is, why Finland? Documentary filmmaker, Bob Compton, … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Evergreen Freedom Foundation. Special thanks to Steven Maggi. The iLearn Project was created in 2010 when the Evergreen Freedom Foundation recognized that online learning is changing the way the world does school — for … Continue reading →

Presented with the kind permission of Evergreen Freedom Foundation. Special thanks to Steven Maggi. 12 Episodes of Skooled From July 08 2009 to October 21 2009 These shorts are a series of candid discussions on some controversial issues in education … Continue reading →