As one of the leading homeschool support groups, we were hoping you might be able to support something very important to the homeschool community: the world's first feature-length documentary aimed at educating the public about homeschooling.
The movie is called "Class Dismissed" and you can read more about it below. We also have a fundraising campaign ending in less then a month: http://www.indiegogo.com/Class-Dismissed-Fund
We appreciate your help in getting the word out about our film.
Thanks much,
Dustin Woodard
Co-producer of Class Dismissed
ABOUT THE FILM
BACKGROUND:
All across America, parents are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the state of public education, and a growing number are choosing to pull their children out of school and seek alternative ways to educate them.
The current state of our educational system requires us to assess the purpose of schooling, confront long-standing assumptions about education and seek out developments that will better serve the future. We live in a time where education is under siege from every angle; under-staffing, teacher layoffs, overcrowded classrooms, budget cuts, over-testing and failing grades.
Class Dismissed will focus on the topic of education, specifically the validity of homeschooling as an alternative to the industrial school model. Framed within the historical context of traditional schooling, and particularly at a time when education across the nation is in a state of crisis, the film will examine the numerous approaches to home learning, exploring both its history and recent growth. There are many choices when it comes to teaching our children, and Class Dismissed will ask some big questions:
- What is education?
- Is it possible to get a great education without attending school?
- What happens to children who never go to traditional school?
- Can homeschooling really provide a nurturing and educationally rich ground for children to grow and blossom?
- Can schools be reformed and if so what might that look like?
Class Dismissed will challenge its viewers to take a fresh look at what it means to be educated, and offer up a radical new way of thinking about the process of education.
SYNOPSIS:
From home study and kitchen table math, to perpetual recess and park days, Class Dismissed follows the story of an ordinary American family in their quest to educate their children outside the school system.
As they struggle to discover what path is best for them, the social ramifications of their choices come to light, family dynamics are revealed and they come to realize that homeschooling is not just an educational choice, but also a lifestyle choice that affects the very heart of the American family.
Truth and consequence, myth and assumption all come together in this fresh look at what it means to be educated in the 21st century.
