Waiting for ""SUPERMAN"" How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools

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• ISBN13: 9781586489274
• ISBN10: 1586489275
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-14
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

Summary

Each book includes a $15 gift card from DonorsChoose.org to give to a classroom in need. The American public school system is in crisis, failing millions of students, producing 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. Waiting for"Superman"offers powerful insights from some of those at the leading edge of educational innovation, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Michelle Rhee, Geoffrey Canada, and more. Waiting for"Superman"is an inspiring call for reform and includes special chapters that provide resources, ideas, and hands-on suggestions for improving the schools in your own community as well as throughout the nation. For parents, teachers, and concerned citizens alike, Waiting for"Superman"is an essential guide to the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing America's schools.

Author Biography

Karl Weber is a writer and editor based in New York. He collaborated with Muhammad Yunus on his bestseller Creating a World Without Poverty and has edited two previous Participant Media Guides, Food, Inc. and Cane Toads and Other Rogue Species.

Davis Guggenheim is a critically acclaimed, Academy Award®-winning director and producer, whose work includes It Might Get Loud, the 2009 documentary featuring Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White; and An Inconvenient Truth featuring former Vice President Al Gore, which won the Oscar® for Best Documentary in 2007. More recently, Guggenheim directed Barack Obama's biographical film for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, as well as Obama's 30-minute primetime infomercial. Guggenheim has also directed many television series including Deadwood, NYPD Blue, and 24.

Table of Contents

Prologue-The Problem
A Nation Still At Risk	p. 3
The Film
Introduction: Waiting for "Superman"-The Story Behind the Movie	p. 15
Voices from Waiting for "Superman"	p. 23
The Making of Waiting for "Superman"	p. 27
The Road to Super Tuesday	p. 49
Francisco
Introduction: Francisco's Story	p. 67
How Schools Kill Neighborhoods-and Can Help Save Them	p. 69
The Difference Is Great Teachers	p. 81
Emily
Introduction: Emily's Story	p. 103
Calling All Citizens	p. 105
Anthony
Introduction: Anthony's Story	p. 125
Putting Kids First	p. 127
Five Foundations for Student Success	p. 143
Bianca
Introduction: Bianca's Story	p. 165
What Really Makes a Super School?	p. 167
Daisy
Introduction: Daisy's Story	p. 187
Bringing Change to Scale: The Next Big Reform Challenge	p. 189
Educating America's Young People for the Global Economy	p. 201
What You Can do
How You Can Make a Difference: The Alliance for Excellent Education	p. 215
Web Sites and Organizations Devoted to Children, Schools, and Education Reform	p. 229
Mom Congress Lesson Plan for Change: Editors of Parenting magazine	p. 253
Notes	p. 265
Index	p. 271
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