The Best School & Education Documentaries

Internet & Digital Life - 114 free documentaries about school & education.

Start with How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists (21 min, DW Documentary), then Most Dangerous Ways To School (48 min, Free Documentary). All 114 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on school & education is Educated by Tara Westover.

How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists (21 min, DW Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | NICARAGUA (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | HIMALAYA (India) (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | MEXICO (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | NEPAL (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | OIMJAKON (Russia) (48 min, Free Documentary)
Parents, Teachers & Students Debate the US Education System (43 min, VICE)
The Teacher Who Made Me Feel Seen When No One Showed Up For Me | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | BOLIVIA (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | PHILIPPINES (48 min, Free Documentary)
Why Some Call The Philippines The "Bullying Capital Of The World" | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
“I Just Eat And Study": Why Indian Students Are So Stressed Out | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | COLOMBIA (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | PAPUA NEW GUINEA (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | Uganda (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | PERU (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | KENYA (48 min, Free Documentary)
The Biggest Myth In Education (14 min, Veritasium)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | ETHIOPIA (48 min, Free Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | MONGOLIA (48 min, Free Documentary)
School Bentos In Singapore: Healthy, But Do Kids Like Them? | Talking Point (23 min, CNA Insider)
Education Crisis & Reform In Asia’s Schools: A Look At Indonesia, China, India | Shifting Horizons (47 min, CNA Insider)
One Texas High School’s Efforts to Help Students Graduate (113 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
Regardless Of Grades: Why Are Singaporeans So Obsessed With PSLE? (47 min, CNA Insider)
Most Dangerous Ways to School | Brazil (48 min, Free Documentary)
The Largest School in India and Funniest School in USA | Planet School | S01 E02 (48 min, Free Documentary)
College, Inc. (55 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
How Politics Is Behind Malaysia’s Education Reform Difficulties | Insight (48 min, CNA Insider)
We Dropped Out Of Secondary School: Here Are Our Stories | On The Red Dot: Dropouts - Part 1/3 (23 min, CNA Insider)
We Are Not "Problem Children": Inside A Normal (Tech) School | Inside Crest Secondary - Part 1/3 (45 min, CNA Insider)
When 7-Year-Old Deaf and Hearing Preschoolers Learn Side By Side (19 min, CNA Insider)
Teen Dropouts Try To Get Lives Back On Track: Will They Make It? | On The Red Dot: Dropouts - Pt 3/3 (23 min, CNA Insider)
Inside A Normal (Tech) School: My Last Chance To Get My ITE Course | Inside Crest Secondary - Part 3 (46 min, CNA Insider)
Three Awesome High School Science Projects (12 min, Veritasium)
Is the College Experience Worth It? | Balls Deep (22 min, VICE)
Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down (11 min, Academy of Ideas)
Exposing Scientific Dogmas - Banned TED Talk - Rupert Sheldrake (18 min, After Skool)
The future of education - Virtual learning (42 min, DW Documentary)
How To Survive School Bullying (47 min, Real Stories)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | Kyrgyzstan (48 min, Free Documentary)
School in New Zealand and Argentina | Planet School | S01 E03 (48 min, Free Documentary)
Alain de Botton on Emotional Education (62 min, The School of Life)
Why Our Society Has School Shooters - Theo Von (8 min, After Skool)
Private vs. Public School: Surviving The American Education System (134 min, Real Stories)
How My School Teachers Influenced Me - Smarter Every Day 284 (13 min, Smarter Every Day)
Learning to Live with the Voices in Your Head (21 min, VICE)
Remote School In The Philippines Teaches Kids The Tricks Of Organic Farming | Never Out Of Reach 2 (47 min, CNA Insider)
Has China's Private Tuition Ban Passed The Stress Test? | Undercover Asia (46 min, CNA Insider)
A 15-Year-Old Violin Virtuoso + A 13-Year-Old Chess Prodigy | On The Red Dot - Super Teens (23 min, CNA Insider)
Rudolf Steiner and his Waldorf philosophy (43 min, DW Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | MADAGASCAR & MALI (50 min, Free Documentary)
Inside The School That Fights Taliban Brainwashing (56 min, Real Stories)
There are NO Justified Resentments - Wayne Dyer (15 min, After Skool)
School Bullying: Can We Do More To Protect Our Children? | Talking Point (46 min, CNA Insider)
School Dropouts As Teenagers: Find A Job Or Return To School? | On The Red Dot: Dropouts - Part 2/3 (23 min, CNA Insider)
Find My Teacher: Reuniting With The Teachers Who Changed Our Lives - Part 1/2 | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
School, pressure & innovative education - Founders Valley (1/5) (26 min, DW Documentary)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | SOUTH & WEST MEXICO (50 min, Free Documentary)
Science Fair: the Series | Back to School Special MEGA EPISODE (127 min, National Geographic)
The School of Anxiety is The School of Greatness (10 min, Academy of Ideas)
Inside A Normal (Tech) School: More Than Just Grades | Inside Crest Secondary - Part 2/3 (45 min, CNA Insider)
How To Conquer Mount Everest: Children Study Climbing In Remote Nepal School | Never Out Of Reach S2 (46 min, CNA Insider)
Ken Robinson on Passion (51 min, The School of Life)
Public Schools, the Fixation of Belief, and Social Control (13 min, Academy of Ideas)
Hong Kong’s Teachers Are Leaving. Is The National Security Law Behind It? | Insight (46 min, CNA Insider)
Meritocracy In Singapore Schools: Can It Breed Inequality? | Measuring Meritocracy (47 min, CNA Insider)
Most Dangerous Ways To School | Philippines & China (50 min, Free Documentary)
Boat School in Bangladesh and Roleplay School in Denmark | Planet School | S01 E01 (48 min, Free Documentary)
Japan’s Overworked Teachers: Long Hours, Heavy Workload Take Toll (22 min, CNA Insider)
Schools for Afghanistan - a project in peril (26 min, DW Documentary)
Meet the Students in America's Top Civics Competition | Citizen Nation (55 min, PBS)
At 12, He's Taking Two University Degrees | On The Red Dot - Super Teens (23 min, CNA Insider)
My Irish Great-Great-Grandfather: A Teacher & An Undertaker? | On The Red Dot: Family Mysteries (23 min, CNA Insider)
How Do Teens With Incurable Health Conditions Navigate School? | On The Red Dot - Chronic - Part 1/4 (23 min, CNA Insider)
Can This Experimental Boarding School Transform Students In Just One Year? - Part 4 | Dare To Dream (47 min, CNA Insider)
Gender Free Kids: Questioning Gender Based Prejudice (54 min, Real Stories)
Still Separate, Still Unequal: Education in America Seventy Years After Brown | Past Forward (59 min, American Experience)
Are Asian Students And Workers Still Welcomed In USA? | Insight (46 min, CNA Insider)
No School, No Work: What Is The Fate Of Myanmar's Disrupted Youth? | Insight (46 min, CNA Insider)
Find My Teacher: Thanking The Teachers Who Believed In Us - Part 2/2 | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)

Top-Rated Books About School & Education

Educated by Tara Westover (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley - View on Amazon
Mindset by Carol S. Dweck (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
Educational administration by Frederick C. Lunenburg - View on Amazon
For the children's sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay - View on Amazon
Strategic marketing for educational institutions by Philip Kotler - View on Amazon