Waiting For Superman is finally out on DVD and I had a chance to watch it again.
There are many times in the film that I felt energized and a renewed hope that we can make our schools great. But I couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness at the end when so many kids and parents had their own sense of hope squashed because they lost in the lottery.
There are many great teachers AND strategies exposed. We're so close to getting it right, yet the bureaucracies step in and squander what could be.
Up until the 1970s, American schools were the best in the world. Now, among 30 other countries, we rank 25th in Math and 21st in Science. How did this happen?
Our kids spend the majority of their day at school. In my opinion, schools should be palaces and teachers should be paid a king's ransom.
If you get a chance to see Waiting For Superman, do so. It will take a lot of effort by a lot of people to fix our schools. It's something we have to do.
