Waiting for “Superman” is a new film about America’s malfunctioning education system by Davis Guggenheim….
…the film succeeds because it also lays out the solutions, something no one could credibly attempt to do until very recently. Today, several decades into America’s long fight over how to upend the status quo in public education, three remarkable things are happening simultaneously. First, thanks partly to the blunt instruments of No Child Left Behind, we can now track how well individual students are doing from year to year ”” and figure out which schools are working and which are not. Second, legions of public schools ”” some charters, some not ”” are succeeding while others flounder. These schools are altering fundamentals that were for so long untouchable, insisting on great teachers, more class time and higher standards. The third novelty is in Washington, where a Democratic President is standing up to his party’s most dysfunctional long-term romantic interest, the teachers’ unions.
“Where a Democratic President is standing up to his party’s most dysfunctional long-term romantic interest, the teacher’s unions.” – Tell that to the school children in Washington, DC (one of the worst school districts) who had their school voucher program defunded – a program that worked very well and allowed some DC students to attend the same private school as the president’s daughters.