The Gatekeeper: Math in America

In Film

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A film about the math crisis in America: how it hurts individuals and society, and the inspiring leaders working to end it. -  Note from Director, Vicki Abeles There’s no shortage of good causes in need of support on Kickstarter; below is the reason I think this project is particularly worthy. The Gatekeeper’s origins are close to my heart. I was compelled to make my first film, Race to Nowhere, after the suicide of a child in my community: a straight-A student and high achiever whose parents speculated that mounting  anxiety over her eighth-grade algebra class& ...

Read More mdash;and a recently failed math test—led her to question her intelligence and self-worth. As a mother watching academic anxiety building in my own young kids, this girl’s tragic death was a call to action. I could no longer be complacent about the pressure putting our children’s health and well-being at risk.  

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