 | New School Orderby Gini Reticker, and Jerry Kupfer The rapid expansion of a once sleepy community prompts a painful contest for control of the public schools. |
 | On This Islandby Stephanie Slewka On an isolated island off the coast of Maine, a disagreement about arts education threatens to tear apart a once close-knit community until a former Broadway producer attempts to heal the rift with an original musical based on the islanders' stories. Independent Lens |
 | The Order of Mythsby Margaret Brown Beneath the surface of pageantry at America’s oldest Mardi Gras lies a complex story about race relations and the ever-present racial divide in America. Independent Lens |
 | Paper Wordsby Joyce Lee A 3-D-animated short about a bright, five year old from China who uses her imagination to cope with her new life in America. Global Voices |
 | Please Vote for Meby Weijun Chen Please Vote for Me follows 8-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for class monitor. Independent Lens, Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection |
 | Precious Knowledgeby Ari Luis Palos and Eren Isabel McGinnis When a highly successful Mexican American Studies program at a high school in Tucson comes under fire for teaching ethnic chauvinism, teachers and students fight back in a modern civil rights struggle. Independent Lens |
 | The Revisionariesby Scott Thurman The theory of evolution and U.S. history are caught in the crosshairs when an unabashed creationist seeks re-election as chairman of America’s most influential board of education. Independent Lens |
| School Prayer: A Community at Warby Slawomir Grunberg and Ben Crane Profile of a Mississippi mother of six who sues her school district to remove prayer and religious instruction from public schools. POV |
| Shaker Heights: The Struggle for Integrationby Stuart Math Documents a town's efforts to create an integrated community. |
 | Skipping Upby Jimmy Mendiola and Faith Radle Skipping Up follows a group of eighth graders in San Antonio as they finish their year in the Middle School Partners Program, a successful dropout-prevention project that has generated national interest as a model for schools with significant Latino populations. |
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