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RSS FeedA cultural shift is needed to save education, said participants in a discussion about school reform in the Nelson Poynter library on Sept. 28. The discussion was hosted by the College of Education, the honors program and Kappa Delta Pi, an education honors society, to follow up to the screening of “Waiting for ‘Superman’ ”
There are no easy solutions in education reform, according to the documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman’,” which was presented at USFSP in the Steidinger Auditorium on Mon., Sept. 12 before a panel discussion on education. The film explores systemic and seemingly insurmountable problems in the American education system, specifically within schools in low-income areas—disinterested parents, meddling
Documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim delves into the realities of the U.S. education system with his educational-expose “Waiting for Superman.” Released last year, the director behind the Academy Award-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” uncovers the ways children are trying to get into better schools through magnet or charter lotteries. Parents fill auditoriums to play a sort
