Synopsis
Problems of underfunded and outdated schools.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- Jam Handy Organization (JHO)
- Released
- 1949-07-20
- Running time
- 17 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · I'VE GOT A FIELD TO PLOW · Spuzz · 2016-02-08
Not a bad film, though I was confused for the majority of the film what it's central point was. Education in rural areas? Freedom and democracy? Politics? It's actually about getting more involved in the education system. Something which I'd be pretty positive would have been met with a lot of red tape, then and now.
★★★ · Influence of the cold war · ERD. · 2014-01-18
Obviously, the beginning of the cold war and McCarthyism strongly effects this 1950 film that tries to show the importance of maintaining an effective educational system in our country. Interesting, how we still hear many of the same complaints when it comes the present conditions of our schools and education
★★ · JH Production to Promote Millage "Yes" Votes · JayKay49 · 2014-01-27
"It will take time, effort, and your vote..." Not a peep about money - and lots of it. Millage after millage after millage and the products of the new modernized schools are dumber then the ones who attended 40+ pupil classes in old "depressing" schools 20 yrs earlier. I attended an old high school comprised of students from every conceivable socioeconomic and racial class and we had more National Merit scholars per capita and higher SCAT STEP scores then any other public school in the nation. Most classes were >35 students. The students and their households and the teachers at that school…