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Last updated: October 26, 2009 5:31 p.m.

Coming soon to a screen near you ...

Karen Francisco | The Journal Gazette

Two new documentaries are available for viewers interested in education. One, "The Principal Story," will be shown on Fort Wayne's PBS affiliate at 5 p.m. Sunday. It was broadcast weeks ago on other Indiana affiliates, but was delayed here for a pledge drive broadcast.

The documentary was financed by the Wallace Foundation, which has invested millions in education leadership initiatives (full disclosure: I have attended three Wallace-supported conferences on the subject).

Sunday's documentary includes two Indiana-produced programs featuring interviews with Fort Wayne Community Schools officials, including Superintendent Wendy Robinson. There are links to watch the videos here.

A link to "The Principal Story" is here.

The second documentary of interest is "2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution." Its Indianapolis premiere is at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Keystone Arts Cinema. RSVP at (888) 705-5324 or by e-mailing orders@2mminutes.com The cost is $10.

The latter program is a follow-up to venture capitalist Robert A. Compton's first documentary, which contrasts the educational background of two Carmel High School students with counterparts in India and China. 2 million minutes is roughly the time a student in the U.S. spends in high school between freshman year and graduation.

Spoiler alert: Compton's "solution" to the lackluster experience of the Indiana students is a Texas charter school.

CORRECTION: Make that "an Arizona charter school." Sorry for the error.

Venture capitalist. Solution. Charter school.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

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Karen Francisco, senior editorial writer for The Journal Gazette, has been an Indiana journalist since 1981. She writes frequently about education for The Journal Gazette opinion pages and here, where she looks at the business, politics and science of learning as it relates to northeast Indiana, the state and the nation. She can be reached at 260-461-8206 or by e-mail at kfrancisco@jg.net.
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