Backpack Full of Cash: Sneak Preview of a 90-Minute Documentary Film Narrated by Matt Damon

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The film makers who made the highly acclaimed PBS SCHOOL series about the history of public education will soon release a new documentary BACKPACK FULL OF CASH that traces the push for privatization and market based reform, exploring the impact on public schools and on the most vulnerable kids who rely on them. They will preview BACKPACK and discuss how they involved researchers and research in the making of the film.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Chair

• Jeannie Oakes, University of California - Los Angeles

Participants

• Sarah Mondale, Stone Lantern Films

• Vera Aronow, Turnstone Productions

• Cassie Schwerner, Schott Foundation

• Sanjiv Rao, The Ford Foundation

Discussant

• Kevin G. Welner, University of Colorado Boulder