Trailer for "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For Superman"

A group of parents and educators with Grassroots Education Movement (GEMNYC) are responding to the "Waiting for Superman" film with a film of their own. They are the real reformers. As one patent activist says, "Are you waiting for Superman? YOU are the Real Heroes." This is the trailer. The film is expected to be released in late October.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Waiting for Superman
• An Inconvenient Truth
• Michelle Rhee
• Education Reform
• Real Reform

[tedmlewis]

This looks like an excellent rebuttal to the message of wealthy corporate school "reformers" who seek to privatize our education system. I got a great public education. Most folks I know also got a great public education. Instead of radically changing what generally works well, we should foster improvements where needed, especially in poorer neighborhoods.

[darmarsuperstar]

That's a good question. I don't know why Bill Gates has implemented policies and practices that would have hurt him as a child. He really should remove his voice from education and allow those who understand the learning and growing process to take the lead as Finland has done.

[funzy823]

This video speaks truth. The reason public education is suffering in certain places is because of money. And clearly those who have the money are selective of who can go to their school. If you want to bring back the day when only the rich and most competent receive an education that's fine. But then I don't want to hear about how "lazy" certain Americans are because they don't have jobs. We are a diverse country in a diverse world. Respect & Love.

[23emoore]

@tedmlewis I agree with you..When did you graduate? I got a great public education but now my 3 year old and my 17 year old are in private and charter schools respectively. The fact is that public education systems are failing to educate our children and it is at an alarming rate. These parents are funded by the teacher's unions who fight most things that would truly reform our systems. Why are unions for "real public accountability" but dead set against the elimination of tenure?

[vegetta00]

Public schools are nothing more than concentration camps where children are indoctrinated into statism. Public services are those services that are funded through the initiation of the user of force (taxes). You cannot address society`s problems with violence. There is nothing a child learns from grades k-9 that they couldn`t learn from their parents. Private schools give parents more control over the environment their children are in. And would be cheaper in the free market sans fiat currency.

[avyanez]

@bonnevie9 I guess you aren

t familiar wiht what happens to the rabble rousers after a revolution. they line them up and shoot them. Good luck.

[bonnevie9]

@cmccloud19 We should totally keep all unions and get rid of predatory multinational corporatists . Ceo's should be hung for any reason .

[bonnevie9]

@avyanez your wrong ,regressives are worthless and ignorant and should be culled from society

[cmccloud19]

@mjbarrowful Yes, we should totally get rid of unions. Than teachers can get fired for any reason.

[charrobSix]

continued from previous post: Children who want to learn should not be bothered by undisciplined children interrupting classes. And teachers should never be placed into disciplinarian positions: that is not their jobs-- their skill and their job is to teach. An undisciplined child should immediately be taken out of a class by a principle, and the principle, not the teacher, should deal with the parents about the child.  Get rid of the bureaucrats in the public schools- give teachers raises.

[charrobSix]

I was always urked by Michele Rhee and her style, and believed it was a detriment, not asset, to public education. Personally i would never hold school teachers at fault for the failings of their students: it's the student's responsibility to learn the subject at hand and to come to the teacher if help is needed. More emphasis needs to be placed on student accountability, not teacher accountability. And principals need to return to their old role: as disciplinarians for routy children.

[mjbarrowful]

The government monopoly hurts the children that need to be educated. This is propaganda to defend the teachers unions that are ruining education. They don't care about students. It's truly a crime what they have don't to this country