" Present throughout the whole film are ways schools can change into becoming more efficient to produce highly skilled individuals like most privileged children and even better. Charter schools and the works of Michelle Rhee, the superintendent of schools in Washington D.C., prove that there are possibilities in making high functioning school systems. ... The documentary interviews many children in poverty or in tough financial situations that cannot afford boarding schools or privately owned schools. ... You can tell through the interactions with Guggenheim and the people he interviews t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She provides this information through anecdotal records stating several reports from a community of schools and gains information through quantitative efforts. ... Her descriptions include career academics, charter schools, college-based alternative schools, and residential schools, just to name a few. ... It speaks about children being disengaged from the school culture and community. ... She also challenges this by stating that "traditional schools do not effectively serve many students" (p.5). By directly addressing the core needs of children who fail to thrive in traditional school set...

• Word Count: 684
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate