No superheroes

In Waiting for 'Superman' adult special interests mar children's education | Megan Basham

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Four years ago director Davis Guggenheim put more than a few conservative noses out of joint with his Oscar-winning global warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. This year, he may do the same to liberals with Waiting for "Superman," a scathing look at the U.S. public-school system and those who stand in the way of reforming it.

The stakes Guggenheim lays out are stark. Decent-paying factory and manufacturing jobs are no longer a certainty; in fact, they're not even a probability. American students' math, science, and reading scores are pitiful—yet U.S. pupils are first in the world in how good they feel about their abilities. Unless something radically changes in our education system, today's kids will be in for a rude awakening when they discover they're not qualified to fill the jobs of tomorrow's global economy.

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September 11, 2010, Vol. 25, No. 18

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