Despite the glowing performances of Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis, the film suffers due to its slant on unions and the state of education.
What really makes for a failing school? The viewer is made to think that the teachers and unions are destroying public education. What about the complete lack of discipline in the schools as well as parents who don't give a darn? For many of the latter, the school sits as a holding-pen or baby-sitting service.
Yes, we have Boards of Education that are completely archaic in every sense of the word. The movie blames tenure of teachers for many of the problems. How about administrators, many of whom never even taught, who are now evaluating teachers? By the way, there are ways to dismiss tenured teachers. Ever wonder how these teachers got tenure to begin with?We have supervisors out there who are too lazy to put in the necessary paper work.
Discipline is not discussed in the movie because it was not on the agenda of the anti-teaching crowd who made this propaganda-like film to attain their objectives. Applauded by Michelle Rhee and other teacher-bashers,this film is entirely slanted as the other side is not given the opportunity to present its case.
Glad that the Motion Picture Academy wisely chose to ignore this film for awards consideration.
What really makes for a failing school? The viewer is made to think that the teachers and unions are destroying public education. What about the complete lack of discipline in the schools as well as parents who don't give a darn? For many of the latter, the school sits as a holding-pen or baby-sitting service.
Yes, we have Boards of Education that are completely archaic in every sense of the word. The movie blames tenure of teachers for many of the problems. How about administrators, many of whom never even taught, who are now evaluating teachers? By the way, there are ways to dismiss tenured teachers. Ever wonder how these teachers got tenure to begin with?We have supervisors out there who are too lazy to put in the necessary paper work.
Discipline is not discussed in the movie because it was not on the agenda of the anti-teaching crowd who made this propaganda-like film to attain their objectives. Applauded by Michelle Rhee and other teacher-bashers,this film is entirely slanted as the other side is not given the opportunity to present its case.
Glad that the Motion Picture Academy wisely chose to ignore this film for awards consideration.