Title The lottery - winning an education. [Kanopy electronic resource]

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[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.

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Description	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 81 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
	digital
	video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note	Title from title frames.
Event	Originally produced by Great Curve Films in 2010.
Summary	In a country where 58% of African American 4th graders are functionally illiterate, The Lottery uncovers the failures of the traditional public school system and reveals that hundreds of thousands of parents attempt to flee the system every year. The Lottery follows four of these families from Harlem and the Bronx who have entered their children in a charter school lottery. Out of thousands of hopefuls, only a small minority will win the chance of a better future. The film explores the debate surrounding the education reform movement and highlights the opposition from the teachers' unions to charter schools, and the contest between charter and public schools for building space. The Lottery, Madeleine's first documentary sparked a renewed debate on the future of public education and was shortlisted for the 2011 Academy Awards.
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject	Charter schools -- United States.
	Charter schools -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Educational change -- United States.
	African American children -- Education -- Case studies.
	African American children -- Education.
	Charter schools.
	Educational change.
	New York (State) -- New York.
	United States.
Genre	Documentary films.
Added Author	Sackler, Madeleine, film director.
	Kanopy (Firm)
Music No.	1127926 Kanopy

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