Monday’s Churn: Big week for “Superman”
What’s churning:
If you’re not already, by the end of this week you may be tired of hearing about “Waiting for Superman,”the school reform documentary opening Friday in Colorado. The film has received pre-release hype rivaling “Star Wars” or “Avatar,” thanks in large part not to the studio but a concerted push by advocacy groups. Advocates forObama-Arne Duncan (the U.S. education secretary)-style reforms hail the film as a powerful catalytic agent that will fuel outrage and spur a grassroots movement to push meaningful change to our system of public schools. Critics of the film say it oversimplifies complex issues and scapegoats teachers’ unions and traditional public schools, while treating charter schools as a panacea.
Various groups are holding private screenings of “Superman” tomorrow in Boulder, Centennial, Colorado Springs