CHILDREN ARE THE HOPE OF THE WORLD

This video examines the educational system in Cuba, visiting a preschool, elementary school, middle school, a boarding school for special education students, a ballet academy and a sports academy. Interviews with both principals, teachers and students are featured, in which they discuss both the problems they confront due to the country's economic hardships as well as the value they place on a good education.

Directed by Lazaro Farinas
1998, 30 minutes
Purchase: $210 Classroom Rental: $55

"effectively highlights the diversity of programs within the Cuban educational system...would be useful in comparative education classes, as well as general social studies classes, and is appropriate for use in high school or college courses."-MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship

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