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What culprit-seeking ‘Superman’ lacks: complexity | Thoughts on Public Education

What culprit-seeking ‘Superman’ lacks: complexity | Thoughts on Public Education

What culprit-seeking ‘Superman’ lacks: complexity - by Peter Schrag

Teachers union members last week leafleted outside the Oakland movie house where I saw Davis Guggenheim’s film Waiting for Superman. And no doubt there’ve been countless protests elsewhere. The film, “and its unprecedented hype (and) … misleading or factually incorrect claims,” said the leaflets, “risk leading us dangerously astray from real solutions to real problems.” No [...]