The Economist published an article about this new documentary in this week’s edition (October 2, 2010). And while you need a subscription to read the whole article, here’s an excerpt that shows how interesting this documentary promises to be:
“FOR America’s children the education system is often literally a lottery. That is the main message of a new documentary about America’s schools, “Waiting for ‘Superman’.” Made by the team that gave us “An Inconvenient Truth”, and supported with the sort of marketing budget that other documentary makers can only dream of, it is intended to create a surge in public support for education reform at least as great as the clamour to do something about climate change generated (for a while) by Al Gore’s eco-disaster flick.” The Economist, October 2nd – 8th 2010
To see more, take a look at the Trailer and Official Site for Waiting for Superman. The Nation has published a review and commentary on the movie that is not quite so glowing. And here’s the Christian Science Monitor’s review.
Very basically, the documentary implies that Charter Schools are the nation’s educational system’s only hope; and that teachers unions are detrimental to progress in our schools.
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