Who is Accountable?
An Education Documentary
âWho is Accountable?â is a film documentary that examines the root causes of why the academic achievement gap between white children and minority children has not narrowed since the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.
In public schools across the country, white children perform at four to five grade levels higher than children of color. âWho is Accountable?â explores the reasons why this achievement gap exists and how it has been
sustained. This riveting documentary also reveals the reasons behind the large disparities in resource allocations between public schools in high income, low minority schools compared to low income, high minority schools.
Through interviews with State Superintendent of Californiaâs Public Education Jack OâConnell, City of Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa, USC Professor of Education and Fiscal Funding Expert Larry Picus and many others, âWho is Accountable?â reveals the impact that District Fundin...
