It's been just three days since Davis Guggenheim's much heralded documentary "Waiting for 'Superman' " opened in theaters in New York and Los Angeles. There is an enormous amount to praise in this film -- its cleverly animated factoids on the grim realities in our educational system and its heartbreaking stories of five families who relentlessly seek good public, religious or charter schools for their children. Because the schools these five families decide upon for their children are coveted, there are far fewer spaces than applicants. Admission -- thus fate of these five children -- is decided by against-the-odds-luck in lotteries. The documentary is intended to inspire us to act on the belief that "together we can fix education" and with a call-to-action web site. If ever there was a film that could move the debates about education front and center, this one can.
There are also flaws in Waiting for Superman and John Merrow of Learning Matters has done a solid job of pointing these out.
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