Across North America, many high school students are separated based on their perceived ability in a practice known as "streaming". Due to subconscious biases, many capable kids, and particularly Black and marginalized students, mistakenly ...See moreAcross North America, many high school students are separated based on their perceived ability in a practice known as "streaming". Due to subconscious biases, many capable kids, and particularly Black and marginalized students, mistakenly end up in these lower streams, ultimately barring them from many post-secondary options so early on in their life, and perpetuating a cycle of systemic poverty. By the time a student realizes, it's often too late or nearly insurmountable to change. Filmed in a Toronto high school at the height of the pandemic, DE-STREAMED follows a group of tenacious educators and their students as they radically overhaul this harmful practice. Written by
Paul Stavropoulos
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