If you watch Waiting for Superman you also need to watch Race to Nowhere to balance it. I am a public school teacher of 16 years and while there are a few "dud" teachers who are in it to "get summers off" the overwhelming majority of us in education are there to make a difference for our students. Public education has areas that are certainly screwed up but overall, in the free world, we have one of the best systems around. I think it would be a big help if federal legislators would stop legislating on something they know nothing about and if schools could return to being institutions that are under local control.
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