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The Chamber of Commerce's flawed 'Superman' school reform guide
- 10-20-2010
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
In a shameless act of movie flacking, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce just published a guide for business leaders on school reform that is linked to and reinforces the skewed vision of public education portrayed in the movie “Waiting for Superman.” Meddling in an area about which it obviously doesn’t know much, the chamber issued a guide called “The Superman Approach: A business leader’s guide to effective education reform.” The guide mimics the movie in extolling charter schools and test-driven data while portraying teachers unions as evil. (more…)
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