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Waiting for Superfraud « Failing Schools

Waiting for Superfraud « Failing Schools

Waiting for Superfraud

JANUARY 7, 2011
by markfriedman1

An excellent analysis of the issues and powers surrounding Waiting for Superman that we face in education by Arizona School Board Association Research Analyst Michael T Martin:

“Waiting for Superfraud”

by Michael T Martin

Public schools have to fail. There is no alternative. So give up trying to argue otherwise with facts and logic.

The mockumentary Waiting For Superman made this clear. Funded by millionaires, the movie told the story of some privatized schools in Harlem portrayed as saviors of children otherwise condemned to public schools. Privatized schools mostly funded by hedge fund millionaires on Wall Street. They spent two million dollars to promote