Richard Dreyfuss on Civics, Public Education

[roxiejules]

Run time: 10:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6n0tr4TfEA   Posted on YouTube: June 20, 2011 By YouTube Member: immediacytv Views on YouTube: 1376   Posted on DU: July 10, 2011 By DU Member: roxiejules Views on DU: 492

 
Dreyfuss is a staunch supporter of a well-rounded public school education for all students and made this video for the Save Our Schools March.

"There can be no greater mandate in education than enabling and guiding our children to act as responsible citizens engaged in their community, nation, and the world around them. We know that our children will be the source of new ideas, new industries and new jobs; the source of solutions to new problems facing our world…

Teachers are not the problem. Teachers are the solution. But teachers must have the tools, knowledge and resources they need to convey these ‘truths we hold self-evident’ to the students they serve, who in turn serve our collective future."

- Richard Dreyfuss

http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/2011/07/04/richard-dreyfuss-on-civics-public-education/

[Ian David]

1. We're going to need a bigger curriculum. n/t

[Maccagirl]

2. Richard Dreyfuss must be a sad and frustrated person

as he remembers the America he, and I, grew up in.