Evolver Calgary March Spore: Education

Join Evolver Calgary this month as we partner with NUTV and the Education Student's Association to explore our current education system and its impact on shaping our society.

We will be hosting a screening of the documentary, "Race to Nowhere" - a film that "Raises important questions that educators and parents must confront... a provocative, conversation starter of a film".

Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uem73imvn9Y

This screening is being advertised to thousands of university students and a few other networks and has a capacity of 200 seats. We highly recommend purchasing your ticket asap so you won't miss out! :)

Doors at 6:30, movie at 7pm. Open discussion to follow.

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Tickets: $10 online at http://rtnuofcalgary.eventbrite.com/
$15 at the door. You also have the option of passing on $10 to us personally and we can order the ticket for you and have it ready at the screening.

100% of all proceeds go towards ChildReach International!
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“An education film that gets it. ”

“Another inconvenient truth.”

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Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what’s best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic in our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.

Race to Nowhere is a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.

In a grassroots sensation already feeding a groundswell for change, hundreds of theaters, schools and organizations nationwide are hosting community screenings during a six month campaign to screen the film nationwide. Tens of thousands of people are coming together, using the film as the centerpiece for raising awareness, radically changing the national dialogue on education and galvanizing change.