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-- WITH PHOTO -- TO EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, AND FILM EDITORS:
WTTW Chicago, Scrappers Film Group, and PBS Digital Studios present
the groundbreaking digital series CENTRAL STANDARD@: ON EDUCATION
CHICAGO, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WTTW Chicago,
Scrappers Film Group, and PBS Digital Studios have created a new
short-form documentary web series, Central Standard@: On Education,
presenting everyday experiences within Chicagoland's institutions.
This dynamic and groundbreaking web documentary series focuses on
education in Chicago and the surrounding region as seen through the
eyes of five 8th grade students attending very different
publicly-funded schools as they strive to make it into one of the
region's top public high schools. The program is designed to provide a
close-up view of issues important to local communities within Chicago
and across the country.
The inaugural season of Central Standard: On Education, consisting of
nine 15-minute episodes, is scheduled to launch on the PBS Digital
Studios YouTube Channelon Monday, April 14, 2014. Each week, a new
episode in the nine-part series will be posted.
The students and their schools are:
-- Robert - Creative Communications (District 149 S.T.E.M.)Academy
(Calumet City)
-- Gina - Marquette School of Excellence, Chicago Lawn (Chicago)
-- Natalia - UNO Esmerelda Santiago, Humboldt Park (Chicago)
-- Kyle - Walt Disney Magnet School, Buena Park (Chicago)
-- Emma - Wilmette Jr. High (Wilmette)
Along the way, we watch them deal with factors that may affect their
educational experience, such as participation in extracurricular
activities, challenging financial situations, testing, social
pressures, and much more. We also hear the perspectives of their
parents, teachers, and other individuals involved in the education
sphere, in order to provide a window to the on-the-ground reality of
education across our region.
At a time when education models are in the national spotlight daily -
with closures, strikes, and privatization - Central Standard examines
how students and families highly invested in their children's futures
make their school choices in fragmented system. This innovative new
web series aims to go beyond the clichés that define class and
geographic difference between rich and poor, urban and suburban, to
provide fresh and useful insights into the contemporary education
experience.
Central Standard: On Education is produced by filmmakers Ben Kolak and
Brian Ashby of Scrappers Film Group in collaboration with WTTW
Chicago. The series is made possible, in part, by PBS Digital
Studios, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and supporters of
the initiative via Indiegogo.
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