When the Children Who Need the Most Receive the Least
2023 EMMY NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY
2023 EMMY NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY
Executive produced by Nicky Mendez and directed by Stephanie Ramones, Divided Attention follows four students from Toby Farms, a public middle school in the historically underfunded Chester Upland School District, as they learn and practice mindfulness amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the school to prison pipeline, and the threat of charter takeover.
Divided Attention is meant to serve as a call to action to address inequitable school funding for varied audiences such as students, parents, and community members. The film also serves to model how mindfulness skills instruction could be implemented in schools to impact students' social-emotional wellbeing and potentially replace punitive practices.
Divided Attention is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council; in part by grant number 2001PASCDD-02, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy. https://www.paddc.org/
