More Information on Issues Raised In

More Information on Issues Raised in Race to Nowhere

WEBSITES www.racetonowhere.com The film’s website has an extensive list of websites and books under “Resources.” www.challengesuccess.org Challenge Success is a project of the Stanford University School of Education and counts two of the film’s advisors as its founders. Parents may refer to a page of “Parenting Guidelines” to “support healthy development and prepare your child for real success.” Schools may participate in workshops or become Challenge Success members in creating changes “to reduce student stress and increase health and engagement.” www.essentialschools.org Founded by Theodore Sizer, the Coalition for Essential Schools (CES) aims to create and sustain personalized, equitable, and intellectually challenging schools where all students have the chance to reach their fullest potential. www.ctcl.org Colleges That Change Lives is dedicated to a student-focused college search process. www.positivecoach.org Founded by Stanford University, the mission of this organization is to "transform youth sports so sports can transform youth."

“Doing School”: How We are Creating a Generation of Stressed-out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students by Denise Clark Pope (Yale Univ. Press, 2001).

The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine (Harper, 2008).

Moral Questions in the Classroom: How to Get Kids to Think Deeply About Real Life and Schoolwork by Katherine G. Simon (Yale Univ. Press, 2003)

The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of A Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn (Da Capo Press, 2006)

College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy by Lloyd Thacker, Editor (Harvard Univ. Press, 2005)

Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Loren Pope (Penguin, 2006)

Positive Sports Parenting: How Second-Goal Parents Raise Winners in Life Through Sports by Jim Thompson (Balance Sports Publishing, 2008)