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01 Dec 2009

Education Revolution

Re: Bob Compton (MBA 1984)
Topics: Education-Schools, Libraries, MuseumsEntertainment-FilmGovernance-Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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COMPTON: Making the case on film that America’s education system is falling short globally.

Photo by Matthew Craig/Memphis Commercial Appeal

“I don’t even talk about education reform any more, I talk about education revolution,” documentary filmmaker and venture capitalist Bob Compton (MBA ’84) told the Memphis Commercial Appeal (September 17, 2009) at the premiere of his latest documentary film, Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution, which focuses on a successful charter school in Arizona. His 2007 film, Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination, followed students in several countries and found the American education system falling short, especially in science and math. “If we don’t take control of our schools,” Compton said, “we are condemning our children to a life of struggle and declining standards of living, and that’s not the life I want to give my children.”

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