Film on American schools, youth, learning, and the future. Long shot of a rural country schoolhouse in Kentucky. Children exiting the school, standing in a circle. Children washing their hands in a stream. An older female teacher standing in the doorway. Teenagers going inside the schoolhouse. Students at their desks. CUs of children studying. Sign: "Do unto others as ye would have them do unto you." Teacher speaking to the class. Young boys standing up and reading from a book. Shot from behind a boy of the teacher instructing him to sit down. A boy reads from the book, sits down, and the camera pulls back to show the entire classroom.