Waiting for “Superman” (2010) is a documentary film from director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott. The film analyzes the failures of American public education by following several students through the educational system.
Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, [...]
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. - John Dewey When dads are involved with a child’s education they do well with exams, better with school, demonstrate self confidence and become more responsible. The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think – rather [...]
High expectations achieves the almost near impossible. A zero percent drop out rate and 100% of children that graduate from Capital Prep Magnet School will go to a 4 year college. Steve Perry is the principal and founder of Capitol Preparatory Magnet School in Connecticut. Before that he managed a homeless shelter, campaigned as a candidate for [...]
