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Most Likely to Succeed is a 2015 feature-length documentary produced by Ted Dintersmith and Tony Wagner and directed by Greg Whiteley.
The film follows students into the classrooms of High Tech High, a public charter school in San Diego, California. The film combines commentary by a variety of people and follows two groups of ninth graders over the course of a year. The director's experiences with his daughter's school shape the opening to the film and inform his approach to the content and pedagogy of High Tech High. The film takes a closer look at the experiences of several individual students enrolled at the school.
Responses to the film were mixed. A columnist from Education Week, David B. Cohen encourages people to see the film but raised concerns about the single narrative presented in the film. [1] Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Glenn Heath, Jr. remarked the movie is "an engaging look" at 21st-century education but acknowledges the uncertainty the model offers.[2] A classroom teacher who attended a screening of the film described the film as a "paid infomercial" for a particular approach to curriculum design.[3]
Following the film's premiere, Executive Producer Ted Dintersmith took the film on a 50-state tour, screening the film for learning communities across the country.[4] Following his tour, Dintersmith released a new book, What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America. In July 2019, the film was made available on numerous streaming platforms, including free streaming for Amazon Prime members.[citation needed]
A central theme of the film is based on the need for disruption. This disruption is needed, according to the producers and director of the film, because American education hasn't changed in more than a century. In effect, the film is advocating the misleading "factory model" theory related to the evolution of American public education. This claim has been refuted by multiple education historians.[5][6]
There are multiple inaccurate statements in the film and the book it is based on.[7][8] These include:
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