Here are a few Get Schooled PSA's that Marcus Livesay, Ben Hieger and I co-wrote at Radical Media. Get Schooled is a joint effort by Viacom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reform America's education system, which is in desperate need of a makeover. At the rate we're going, the next generation of high school grads will be the first American generation to be less educated than their parents. Dropout rates are rising and fewer people are going to college, all while the rest of the world becomes more educated. Teachers are handcuffed to curriculums that prioritizes meeting quotas over molding young minds. They can't teach how or what they want, which leads to complacency on both sides of the classroom. School isn't inspiring a future generation of leaders. Students just want to get it over with.
So it's a good thing when someone like Bill Gates decides to toss a few hundred million dollars at education reform. It's even better when he recruits Obama, LeBron and other A-Listers to get students excited about their future, convince the undereducated to go back to school and point the disillusioned towards a career they can fall in love with. It's a noble cause. One you can follow on Twitter.
The Office's Craig Robinson:
Lo Bosworth from MTV's The Hills:
The Simpsons' Hank Azaria:
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