Waiting for Superman notes.

Waiting for Superman:

The narr. starts of telling us how he made a documentary in the 90's about public schools, but 10 years later he goes against what he thought about public schools and took his kids to a private school.
The film shows us a few different kids who are a part of the public school system, and how they feel about school.
The narr. tells us about the no child left behind program, and what the average percent of proficiency that 8th graders have in different states.
A researcher from john Hopkins univ. claims that schools like Roosevelt have been called "drop out factory's"
A former student from a "drop out factory" tells how most of his classmates ended across the city in the jail.
The movie progresses with more scenes about worried parents and how they are concerned about their child's education.
We learn about policy's and paperwork imposed upon them from the teachers union and other systems.
The narr. tells us about the lottery system of charter schools, then we learn about Kipp schools, and the success rates of these schools.
The lottery system only allows a few students into the schools. The rest are left looking for education at a different school.
The movie portrayed a strong sense of bias throughout the whole movie, but it did give more of a macro sense of some of the problems faced in K-12 education vs. Chalk which focused on a smaller, more personal level.

The movie definitely raised some problems with K-12 education. Such as: The difference between the success rate of students with a good teacher vs. a "lemon" teacher. Another point it raised was the thoughts on the teachers union.
The main thing about this movie that gets me is the Bias. I understand this is a documentary, but it only showed one side. A majority of the students in this film were struggling family's with students who live in a poor side of town. The film only recognised the problems of the schools, but didn't provide any solutions. They expanded on the idea of charter schools and getting rid of the "Ten Year" rule. I found this theory interesting because a vast amount of schools that choose not use this policy or give it to a teacher. This movie did bring up some good questions about K-12 Education.