Vicki Abeles

About the Author

Vicki Abeles is an acclaimed filmmaker, author, and advocate for educational reform, whose work challenges the status quo of modern schooling and its impact on young lives. With a background in documentary production, she brings a compassionate yet unflinching lens to the issues facing today's youth, drawing from extensive research and personal insights as a parent. Her debut book, Beyond Measure: Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation, exposes the hidden costs of high-stakes testing and over-scheduling, offering a roadmap for fostering creativity, resilience, and true learning in children. Abeles continues to inspire change through her writing and activism, urging parents, educators, and policymakers to rethink how we measure success and nurture the next generation's potential.