"Boys of Baraka" is a welcome antidote to the kind of "educratic" nonsense about child-centered education I see all the time as a public school teacher in Los Angeles.
The lessons are that any motivated child can learn if enough attention can be paid, and if destructive influences can be kept at bay. The teaching methods shown in the film are old-fashioned, the students are black, and the teachers are white, and education and growth happens.
This film should be mandatory viewing for all Superintendents, School Board Members, School Administrators and teachers of inner city African-American students.
The lessons are that any motivated child can learn if enough attention can be paid, and if destructive influences can be kept at bay. The teaching methods shown in the film are old-fashioned, the students are black, and the teachers are white, and education and growth happens.
This film should be mandatory viewing for all Superintendents, School Board Members, School Administrators and teachers of inner city African-American students.