Waiting for Superman may be starting to wind down its run across the country, but that doesn’t mean the conversation about education reform is waning. A handful of related documentaries will soon be making their way to the big screen or to DVD. We encourage you to check them out. The Films Teached deals with [...]
Guggenheim does The Colbert Report
October 11, 2010 By
We love The Colbert Report for a numerous of reasons. But all laughter aside, Stephen Colbert asks this of Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim: “I got mine, Jack. Why should I care about other people’s children? Make the care why I should care about other humans.” We cringe. We laugh. But unfortunately, he sums [...]
Best Waiting for Superman interview
October 5, 2010 By
It seems that Davis Guggenheim is everywhere these days promoting Waiting for Superman. But we still love this interview of Guggenheim and Harlem Children’s Zone founder Geoffrey Canada done by 10-yr-old award-winning film critic Perry Chen at the L.A. Film Festival this summer. His question is a great one. Canada’s answer is darn good too.
NYC unveils new tenure policy
October 5, 2010 By
From the New York Post: …Mayor Bloomberg on Monday unveiled a new policy for how we grant teachers tenure in New York City. Right now, as Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, likes to say, teachers can get tenure if they just keep breathing for three years. This week, that ends. Under a [...]
You’ve seen Waiting for Superman – now what?
October 4, 2010 By
Our worst enemy in education is apathy and complacency. It is a fact that we haven’t paid attention to our education system for a very, very long time. Now (hopefully) you’ve seen the movie Waiting for Superman. You are no longer complacent. You want to help. What can you do right now: Get people to [...]
Done Waiting
October 1, 2010 By
This week marks the Seattle opening of Waiting for Superman, the Davis Guggenheim-directed documentary on the state of public education in America. This powerful movie follows five kids and their families in their quest to improve the odds of academic success – and the chance to deliver on their dreams of going to college. It’s [...]
Waiting for Superman's Guggenheim interviewed by KUOW
September 30, 2010 By
Waiting for Superman director Davis Guggenheim was a guest this morning on KUOW’s “The Conversation.” (The movie opens tomorrow in Seattle.) Later in the interview, Guggenheim has a fascinating – and at times a little punchy – debate with Olga Addae, president of the local teacher’s union, the Seattle Education Association. Listen here for yourself, [...]
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Waiting for Superman showtimes
September 30, 2010 By
Heard all the buzz around Waiting for Superman? Want to see the movie? The film, by director Davis Guggenheim, also of An Inconvenient Truth, will open in just three theaters tomorrow in the Seattle area. With all the media attention surrounding the film, make sure to buy tickets online: AMC Pacific Place 11 600 Pine [...]
We don't need a superhero to revolutionize education – we just need you.
September 29, 2010 By
Oprah wraps up week with more on ed reform
September 27, 2010 By
After a powerful show last Monday on the documentary Waiting for Superman, Oprah continued the education reform discussion on Friday’s episode with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Harlem Children’s Zone founder Geoffrey Canada and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. As you undoubtedly heard by now, Zuckerberg has committed $100 million to Christie [...]
