Waiting for Superman (2010) is a documentary about how America's public education system is failing its students, focusing on the controversial lottery to get placed in charter schools (similar to concertados). The film follows five children in urban centers across the U.S., including New York City, L.A., and D.C.. Although the documentary has been criticized for over-dramatizing the lottery process and limiting its vision to only successful charter schools, it was generally well-received and offers a critical view of the current state of American education.
The trailer is above, and you can find a review of the film in the New Yorker (magazine famous for its literary and film criticism) here.
I encourage you all to watch it online if you have the time!
I don't know in USA but in here going to a public school doesn't mean to have a "crappy" education, just the opposite in my humble opinion. Spanish public schools have the most prepared and motivated teachers and the most important, it is a system who cares about the kids and not about the money the school can earn. I hope we will never be in the situation I see in the video.
ReplyDeleteInteresting documentary, but demagogic. Another article about it (in Spanish) here:
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