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One of the best articles that I have read on change, reform, school bashing, Waiting for Superman,...

Really liked this! I sent it to all my teacher friends. She does a good job addressing a much better way to enact change in our districts than the method used by media and Hollywood. I think Waiting for Superman is a cop-out. A bonafide cop-out. It's so easy for the media and entertainment industry to just throw sticky-bombs at public schools. The ironic thing is there are so many privileged individuals in the media industries that were taught in elitist environments. When is someone going to make a movie bashing parents who do nothing to help their children succeed? Lastly, I loved her comment about the decision being dumber the further the person making is from a real classroom. Classic. Thanks again for sharing.

Glad you found it helpful. I thought it was very clear, well written, and offers some solutions... solutions that require social and moral change, not just political and hegemonic change.

A film is being created that should generate discussion on the real needs of education reform from the people who know best -- teachers. A great rebuttal to Waiting for Superman.

Step aside Waiting for Superman and Race to Nowhere.   For an up-close and analytical film about building a world-class education...

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We are in trouble if folks like Klein, Rhee, and others dictated this conversation...

Excellent perspectives here! Love this concluding line:  "Beware CEOs who say teachers are the problem. And beware CEO solutions. You might find yourself in a room without windows."