{"id":3333,"date":"2010-09-21T04:12:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T18:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sisterrose.wordpress.com\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2010-09-21T04:12:22","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T18:12:22","slug":"waiting-for-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sisterrosemovies\/2010\/09\/waiting-for-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sisterrose.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/waiting-for-superman_30293.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3334\" src=\"https:\/\/sisterrose.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/waiting-for-superman_30293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em><a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Los Angeles Times\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>\u2018 observant and opinionated journalist <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Steve Lopez\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2311134\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Lopez<\/a> is often irritating but always honest about life in the city of angels. In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-0919-lopezcolumn-20100919,0,2052288.column\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sunday\u2019s paper Lopez recounts his visit<\/a> last Friday to A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Los Angeles\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=34.05,-118.25&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=34.05,-118.25%20(Los%20Angeles)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a>. Duffy reacted negatively, as would be expected, to the\u00a0<em>L.A. Times<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/teachers-investigation\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">recent investigation and values-added formula analysis<\/a> of teachers.\u00a0<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> published on its website a database of names and grades of teachers in the <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Los Angeles Unified School District\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Unified_School_District\" target=\"_blank\">L.A. Unified School District<\/a> , the largest in the nation in terms of students. Duffy organized a march by union members at the\u00a0<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> building and even canceled his subscription to the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em> in protest.<\/p>\n<p>But Duffy and his colleagues at the <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"United States\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20(United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\">American<\/a> Federation of Teachers (<a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"American Federation of Teachers\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aft.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AFT<\/a>) and the National Education Association (<a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"National Education Association\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NEA<\/a>) haven\u2019t seen anything yet. When they and their members get a look at <a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Academy Award\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar<\/a>-winning director David Guggenheim\u2019s (\u201c<a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Deranged\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/anyclip.com\/deranged\" target=\"_blank\">An Inconvenient Truth<\/a>\u201c) new documentary, \u201c<a class=\"zem_slink decorated-link\" title=\"Waiting for Superman\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1566648\/\" target=\"_blank\">Waiting for Superman<\/a>,\u201d they may well get angry, too, but hopefully for the right reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to continue reading\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/waiting-superman\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Waiting for Superman review<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Waiting for Superman Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZKTfaro96dg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Here is John Legend singing the song SHINE that he wrote for WAITING FOR SUPERMAN:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Legend - new song - SHINE\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJwkT_yrqNU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Oprah interviews Michelle Rhee, School Chancellor, Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exchange.paulinemedia.com\/exchweb\/bin\/redir.asp?URL=http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/oprahshow\/Michelle-Rhee-Talks-About-Evaluating-Teachers-Video\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/oprahshow\/Michelle-Rhee-Talks-About-Evaluating-Teachers-Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodnews.com\/2010\/09\/03\/paramounts-waiting-for-superman-reaches-goal-of-50k-pledges\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paramount\u2019s \u201cWaiting for \u2018Superman'\u201d reaches goal of 50k pledges<\/a> (hollywoodnews.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hughhewitt.com\/blog\/g\/48fa3b47-210b-4e55-8590-59e6f542d302\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hugh Hewitt: \u201cWaiting for Superman\u201d<\/a> (hughhewitt.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofteachingscience.org\/?p=2938\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cWaiting for Superman\u201d and related posts<\/a> (artofteachingscience.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodnews.com\/2010\/09\/09\/60000-people-pledge-to-see-waiting-for-superman\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">60,000 people pledge to see \u201cWaiting for \u2018Superman'\u201d<\/a> (hollywoodnews.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/news\/features\/67966\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How \u2018Waiting for \u201cSuperman\u201d\u2018 Will Further Fuel the Education Debate<\/a> (nymag.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Los Angeles Times\u2018 observant and opinionated journalist Steve Lopez is often irritating but always honest about life in the city of angels. In\u00a0Sunday\u2019s paper Lopez recounts his visit last Friday to A.J. Duffy, president of United Teachers Los Angeles. Duffy reacted negatively, as would be expected, to the\u00a0L.A. 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