Waiting for Kryptonite II
Rick Ayers is a professor of education at the University of San Francisco. He reviews the faux doc Waiting for Superman on Huffington Post.
Waiting for Superman accepts a theory of learning that is embarrassing in its stupidity. In one of its many little cartoon segments, it purports to show how kids learn. The top of a child’s head is cut open and a jumble of factoids is poured in. Ouch! Oh, and then the evil teacher union and regulations stop this productive pouring project. The film-makers betray no understanding of how people actually
