"Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail.
What you gain at one end, you lose at the other."
Mark Twain (November 1900)
What you gain at one end, you lose at the other."
Mark Twain (November 1900)
How can we live in the richest country (at least for now) on Earth and allow our public school system, as well as many of the actual school buildings, to deteriorate to such a deplorable state? It seems like the more we've progressed in areas like technology, the more we've equally regressed in just as many areas, like education; one step forward, two steps backwards. The idea of having to be subjected to a lottery to allow your child a fair chance at education is more than inexcusable. Since when did education become a gamble in this country?
This documentary is directed by Davis Guggenheim, who also directed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Seems as though this film could have just as easily been titled An Inconvenient Truth II!
(Opens Friday, September 24th, in New York and Los Angeles.)
This documentary is directed by Davis Guggenheim, who also directed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Seems as though this film could have just as easily been titled An Inconvenient Truth II!
(Opens Friday, September 24th, in New York and Los Angeles.)
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