What if schools prepared kids for life?
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about the film
For decades, America’s data-driven college-for-all agenda has created a no-win choice for most high school graduates: take on the risk and expense of college or work a low-wage job. But in an economically-challenged Virginia community, one superintendent is demonstrating the immense power of career-based learning—not as a last-chance resort for some, but as foundational for all.
The film Multiple Choice immerses viewers in the district’s Innovation Center, where all students explore diverse careers, collaborate, and master traditional and new-economy skills. Amid political turmoil and tech upheaval, Multiple Choice offers an inspiring vision of kids finding purposeful paths, with a community united toward the goal of prosperity for all.
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sparking a movement
Ted Dintersmith’s documentary Most Likely to Succeed screened in over 10,000 communities, spurring schools and districts around the world to reimagine education. Multiple Choice follows that work with specific, achievable calls to action that have the power to create meaningful change for students everywhere.
“In 2015, Ted Dintersmith’s film Most Likely to Succeed identified the problems with our educational system: lack of student engagement or agency, standardized curriculum, and limited ideas about the pathway to success. Ten years later, Dintersmith’s new film, Multiple Choice, offers the solution.”
–Jennifer D. Klein, Speaker, Facilitator & Coach 〜 CEO, Principled Learning Strategies
“The energy in the room was electric. I watched as heads nodded, hands clapped, eyes welled, and people turned to one another and said, “That’s what we do.” …Multiple Choice is more than a film—it’s a movement.”
–Nick Martino, National Director of Programs and Training at Jobs for America’s Graduates
