The War on Kids (2009)

Directed by

Cevin Soling

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary argues that U.S. public schools have become authoritarian systems that harm democracy rather than educate students. It looks at how schools treat kids and questions what the education system is really doing.

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What happens

The War on Kids is a 2009 documentary film about the American school system directed by Cevin Soling. The film examines American public education and argues that many public school systems are not only failing to educate, but are increasingly authoritarian institutions that are eroding the foundations of American democracy. The War on Kids opened to generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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