The Cartel
Directed by: Bob Bowdon - USA - 98 min.
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For at least a generation, American public schools have been growing progressively worse. According to the U.S. Department of Education, only 35% of American high school seniors are proficient in reading. Only 23% are proficient in math. On the global stage, America ranks last in educational effectiveness among large industrialized countries despite the highest spending.

'The Cartel' searches for an answer by examining public education in New Jersey - which ranks first in the country in spending per pupil.

With spending as high as $483,000/classroom, NJ students fare only slightly better than the national average in reading and math, and rank 37th in average SAT scores.

'The Cartel' investigates what is causing this vast underachievement, and what can be done to turn things around.


8:30 pm
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Carter Center
$8

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