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Resource Guide to “Waiting for ‘Superman’”The documentary “Waiting for 'Superman’” is helping shine a national spotlight on the challenges of public education in the United States, especially in urban communities. To help journalists cover the film and its impact, the Education Writers Association has compiled a resource guide of articles and reports on issues raised in the documentary, as well as links to coverage and critiques of the movie. In addition to the guide, EWA also offers a list of experts on topics such as charter schools, teachers’ unions, and American education’s standing in the world. We also covered an appearance on May 13 by the film’s director, Davis Guggenheim, at EWA’s National Seminar in San Francisco. And EWA staff members Linda Perlstein and Caroline Hendrie blogged about the film after viewing screenings before its release. The guide is organized into several categories: Opening dates and locations Opening DatesSeptember 24: Los Angeles, New York October 1: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Washington October 8: Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Montreal, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, St. Louis, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Vancouver, West Palm Beach/Boca Raton Charter SchoolsNational Alliance for Public Charter Schools data dashboard Education Sector’s charter school resource page The Life-Changing Lottery, Marcus A. Winters, City Limits, Summer 2010 The Evaluation of Charter School Impacts: Final Report, U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, June 2010 Study: On average, charter schools do no better than public schools, Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 2010 Despite Push, Success at Charter Schools Is Mixed, Trip Gabriel, New York Times, May 1, 2010 Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation’s Best Charter Schools, Education Sector, Nov. 23, 2009 Spin Cycle: How Research Is Used in Policy Debates: The Case of Charter Schools, Jeffrey Henig, Russel Sage Foundation, November 2009 How New York City Charter Schools Affect Achievement, Caroline M. Hoxby et al., National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2009 Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States, Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, June 2009 Teachers’ Unions and Contract IssuesTeacher Quality: What you need to know, Joyce Foundation Letter to the Media about "Waiting for 'Superman,'" Randi Weingarten, AFT NEA President Comments on Release of "Waiting for Superman," Dennis Van Roekel Teachers, Teacher Quality and Human Capital Project, Center on Reinventing Public Education Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One-Sidedness of "Superman," Paris Bhayani, Huffington Post, Oct. 4, 2010 Tell Me More Interview with Randi Weingarten, Michel Martin, NPR, Sept. 29, 2010 Filed Away? Ben Joravsky and Dave Glowacz, Chicago Reader, Sept. 13, 2010 Union Leaders and the Generational Divide, Susan Moore Johnson, Education Week, March 9, 2010 LAUSD’s Dance of the Lemons, Beth Barrett, LA Weekly, Feb. 11, 2010 How Teachers Unions Lost the Media, Richard Whitmire and Andrew J. Rotherham, Wall Street Journal, Oct. 1, 2009 The Rubber Room, Steven Brill, The New Yorker, Aug. 31, 2009 Teachers Unions and High School Reform—Are unions a barrier? Mitch Price, Center for Reinventing Public Education, Jan. 2009 Dance of the Lemons Podcast, Selly Thiam, Learning Matters, Oct. 7, 2008 Teachers Unions and Student Performance: Help or Hindrance? Randall W. Eberts, The Future of Children, Spring 2007 International RankingsNational Center for Educational Statistics International Reports Library, compilation of all international rankings reports. See also NCES’s International Data Explorer and International Activities Assessments and Surveys. Boston College International Study Center, the U.S. center for the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement and its data on TIMSS and PIRLS OECD International Education at a Glance 2010 Education Commission of the States Summary on International Rankings, summary of reports and research on international rankings The Spaces Between Numbers: Getting International Data on Higher Education Straight, Clifford Adelman, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Nov. 2009 International Exams Yield Less-Than-Clear Lessons, Sean Cavanaugh and Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, Education Week, April 21, 2009 Short Sighted: How America’s Lack of Attention to International Education Studies Impedes Improvement, Alliance for Excellent Education policy brief, March 2009 U.S. Must Learn from International Peers, Report Says, David Hoff, Education Week, March 24, 2009 Harlem Children's ZoneHarlem Children’s Zone website U.S. Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods page The Harlem Children’s Zone, Promise Neighborhoods, and the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, Grover “Russ” Whitehurst and Michelle Croft, Brookings Institution, July 20, 2010. (Geoffrey Canada’s response is here.) Hope or Hype in Harlem, Helen Zelon, City Limits, March 2010 Harlem’s Education Experiment Gone Right, Anderson Cooper, CBS News, Dec. 6, 2009 Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America, Paul Tough, Mariner Books, Sept. 2009 Harlem Children’s Zone Breaks Poverty Pattern, Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, July 28, 2009. Coverage of the MovieEducation Nation and "Waiting for 'Superman,'" NBC News Not Waiting for Superman, Rethinking Schools The Real Facts about Waiting for Superman, Fairtest Waiting for 'Superman': Education Reform Isn't Easy, Andy Rotherham, TIME Magazine, Oct. 7, 2010 'Waiting for Superman' and the Education Debate, Brent Staples, The New York Times, Oct. 1, 2010 'Waiting for Superman' film fuels Dallas panel discussion on improving education, Holly K. Hacker, The Dallas Morning News, Oct. 1, 2010 Strengths and Weaknesses of “Superman,” Mark Phillips, The Washington Post, Sept. 28, 2010 Debate-igniting “Waiting for Superman” to open here Friday, Beth Hawkins, MinnPost.com, Sept. 27, 2010 Fired-up teachers gather at Rockefeller Center to protest “Waiting for Superman,'” Lore Croghan, New York Daily News, Sept. 27, 2010 Schoolwork, Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, Sept. 27, 2010 Film director Davis Guggenheim hopes to reveal inconvenient truths about schools, Linda Shaw, Seattle Times, Sept. 25, 2010 “Waiting for ‘Superman’”: A simplistic view of education reform? Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 24, 2010 Not Everyone Is Waiting for Superman, Danielle Moss Lee, The Daily Beast, Sept. 24, 2010 What Makes a School Great, Amanda Ripley, TIME Magazine, Sept. 23, 2010 Grading “Waiting for Superman,” Dana Goldstein, The Nation, Sept. 23, 2010 “Waiting for Superman”—If Only…, Beth Fertig, WNYC, Sept. 23, 2010 @katiecouric: “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” Katie Couric, CBS News, Sept. 23, 2010 “Waiting for Superman”: Debate Over Our Schools, George Stephanopoulos, ABCnews.com, Sept. 22, 2010 New documentary “Waiting for ‘Superman’” argues against education as a game of chance for America’s poor kids,” Maureen Downey, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sept. 21, 2010 Davis Guggenheim, Looking For A Hero At Your House, All Things Considered, NPR, Sept. 21, 2010 Education’s “Inconvenient Truth? Dom Giordano, Philly.com, Sept. 21, 2010 “Cracking the Code,” or Ed Reformers on Crack? Michael Petrilli, Education Next, Sept. 21, 2010 'Superman' documentary draws praise, controversy, Dakarai I. Aarons, Education Week, Aug. 30, 2010 Schools in the Documentary and CoverageThe SEED School, Washington, D.C.: Test results. (Select 2010, Report card, Public charter school) Film's D.C. Student Succeeding in Charter School, Lisa Gartner, Washington Examiner, Sept. 30, 2010 How the SEED School Is Changing Lives, Byron Pitts, 60 Minutes, May 23, 2010 Harlem Success Academy, New York: Test results The Patron Saint (and Scourge) of Lost Schools, Jeff Coplon, New York Magazine, April 25, 2010 KIPP L.A. Prep, Los Angeles: Test results Student Characteristics and Achievement in 22 KIPP Middle Schools, Christina Clark Tuttle et al., Mathematica Policy Research, June 2010 Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America, Jay Mathews, Algonquin Books, January 2009 Summit Preparatory Charter High School, Redwood City, Calif.: Test results Getting Geometry: Two schools, two approaches, David Boyce, Almanac News, December 14, 2008 Woodside High School letter from principal David Reilly. IDEA California Educational Opportunity Report cited in movie.
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