Education Issues

Waiting for Superman

 "The Movie that could revolutionize America's Schools" -Oprah 
"Students Caught in the School Squeeze," NY Times, September 23, 2010
"An emotional crash course on the state of public education in the U.S.- ChristianityToday, Oct 2,2010
NOT Waiting for Superman
"No nation in the world—certainly not Finland—has improved its education system by belittling and firing teachers and principals. People who know nothing about education and whose ideas have no basis in research or practice are calling the shots. Left to their own devices, they will destroy public education. They have already demoralized our nation's teachers. Eventually, their bad ideas will fail, because they are wrong." - Diane Ravitch

"Learning from Finland, Pasi Sahlberg,"The Boston Globe, Dec.27,2010
"10 Things Charter Schools Won't Tell You," Sarak Morgan, Wall Street Journal, Dec.6, 2010
 "How to fix our schools," Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute, October 14, 2010
"Stop Trashing Teachers!,”Diane Ravitch,The Daily Beast, September 29, 2010
"What ‘Superman’ got wrong, point by point," Rick Ayers, Washington Post, Sept.27.2010
"An Inconvenient Superman: Davis Guggenheim's New Film Hijacks School Reform," Rick Ayers, HuffingtonPost, Oct,2,2010
"Critics Say Much-Hyped Education Documentary Unfairly Targets Teachers Unions and Promotes Charter Schools," Rick Ayers on Democracy Now.
  "4,100 Students Prove ‘Small Is Better’ Rule Wrong," NY Times,September 27, 2010
  My Crush on Finland: A Country That Values Its Teachers - Lesley Chilcott.Producer, Waiting for 'Superman'
 Video - Conversation: Diane Ravitch




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