Government fails poor kids
BY CAL THOMAS
TMSEDITORS@TRIBUNE.COM
The new film Waiting for Superman by documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of An Inconvenient Truth, should be mandatory viewing for every member of Congress.
As a synopsis on the Fandango movie site says, this film ``explores the tragic ways in which the American public education system is failing our nation's children . . . ''
Not only do we see children and their parents on the edge of their seats during a lottery that will determine who gets the educational equivalent of a ``get out of jail free'' card, we also watch the crestfallen faces of those who don't draw the magic numbers for decent schools, a better education and, thus, a hope for the future. Is this how a poor child's destiny should be decided, by lottery ?
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