The feature-length documentary Most Likely To Succeed examines the history of education in the United States, revealing the growing shortcomings of conventional education methods in today’s innovative world. The film explores compelling new approaches that aim to transform learning as we know it. After seeing this film, the way you think about “school” will never be the same. Over a century ago, American education underwent a dramatic transformation as the iconic one-room schoolhouse evolved into an effective system that produced an unmatched workforce tailored for the 20th Century. As the world economy shifts and traditional white-collar jobs begin to disappear, that same system remains intact, producing potentially chronic levels of unemployment among graduates in the 21st Century. The film follows students into the classrooms of High Tech High, an innovative new school in San Diego. There, over the course of a school year, two groups of ninth graders take on ambitious, project-based challenges that promote critical skills rather than rote memorization. Most Likely To Succeed points to a transformation in learning that may hold the key to success for millions of our youth – and our nation – as we grapple with the ramifications of rapid advances in technology, automation and growing levels of income inequality.
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Most Likely to Succeed

非常好的反思,🤔教育需要改革。
A 30 minute movie that takes 90 minutes to watch. Really disappointing for me. I tutor and mentor 4th to 12th grade students on science and math projects and was really unimpressed. The kids I work with are in regular school all day and work with me after school and during free time. So they get the regular curriculum AND do creative projects. They can also come to me with classroom mental blocks.
It seems that the class in the film was broken into only two large groups for the big project. What I've seen under those circumstances is that the kids fill all of the evolutionary niches, e.g. aggressive nerd, loudmouth pseudo-leader, introverted but smart avoider, etc. I strongly feel that small (1-3) student projects are more fulfilling for students.
The projects shown I thought were really unimpressive. Half the film was taken up with breathless waiting. What a waste. The Rube Goldberg machine represented what? Obviously various small groups had to do cookie cutter small parts of a large mural designated by whom? The teacher? The play showed what? One young woman's progress in expressing herself? What did they learn?
I am the first to criticize especially our standard curriculum. For example I rail against trig classes making kids memorize, say, the Law of SInes. All I remembered throughout my engineering career was SOHCAHTOA and had to figure problems out as they presented themselves. THAT's what trig should be.
Anyway, if you value your time, find something better to watch.
This is something everyone needs to think about.
A very good documentary on how charter schools are changing American high school.
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