Waiting for "SUPERMAN": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools
The American Public School System is an crisis, failing millions of students, producing almost as many drop-outs as graduates, and threatening our economic future. By 2020, the United States will have 123 million high-skill jobs to fill-and fewer than 50 million Americans qualified to fill them.\ Educators, parents, political leaders, business people, and concerned citizens are determined to save our educational system. This book, which delves more deeply into the issues raised by the...
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Inspired by the Sundance award-winning documentary, leading educational reformers explore how to fix our broken public school system
Prologue---The Problem1 A Nation Still At Risk 3PART I THE FILMIntroduction: Waiting for "Superman"---The Story Behind the Movie 15Voices from Waiting for "Superman" 232 The Making of Waiting for "Superman" Davis Guggenheim Guggenheim, Davis 273 The Road to Super Tuesday Lesley Chilcott Chilcott, Lesley 49PART II FRANCISCOIntroduction: Francisco's Story 674 How School Kill Neighborhoods---and Can Help Save Them Bill Strickland Strickland, Bill 695 The Difference Is Great Teachers Eric Hanushek Hanushek, Eric 81PART III EMILYIntroduction: Emily's Story 1036 Calling All Citizens Eric Schwarz Schwarz, Eric 105PART IV ANTHONYIntroduction: Anthony's Story 1257 Putting Kids First Michelle Rhee Rhee, Michelle 1278 Five Foundations for Student Success Randi Weingarten Weingarten, Randi 143PART V BIANCAIntroduction: Bianca's Story 1659 What Really Makes a Super School? Jay Mathews Mathews, Jay 167PART VI DAISYIntroduction: Daisy's Story 18710 Bringing Change to Scale: The Next Big Reform Challenge Geoffrey Canada Canada, Geoffrey 18911 Educating America's Young People for the Global Economy Melinda Gates Gates, Melinda 201PART VII WHAT YOU CAN DO12 How you can Make a Difference The Alliance for Excellent Education 21513 Web Sites and Organizations Devoted to Children, Schools, and Education Reform 22914 Mom Congress Lesson Plan for Change Editors of Parenting magazine 253Notes 265Index 271
