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What Oscar Noms Got Right

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

The Oscars come around so late in the process that it's like electing a prom queen... after the seniors have graduated and moved away to college.

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The Lottery: Looking Past Distractions to Solutions (VIDEO)

Madeleine Sackler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Madeleine Sackler

2010-11-03-nn.jpg Regardless of what a school is called or whether or not it is unionized, I hope that we can begin focusing on solutions.

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The Lottery: Charter Schools in Harlem (VIDEO)

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Harlem, Learning Matters, Education, Charter Schools, Harlem Success Academy, John Merrow, Eva Moskowitz, The Lottery, Harlem Children's Zone, Madeleine Sackler, Schools, Education News
John Merrow

The Lottery is not a poor cousin of Waiting for 'Superman'. In some respects it's a purer and more honest film, ferocious in its anger.

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Superman's Race: Documentaries and Problems in the American Educational System

Hilary Levey Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racing Dreams, Income Inequality, Wilma Stephenson, Race to Nowhere, Education Reform, Pressue Cooker, Gifted Classrooms, The Lottery, Waiting for Superman, Education News
Hilary Levey Friedman

The educational problems featured in recent documentaries are real. How different they are shows how increasing inequality has affected the educational system, family life, and childhood socialization.

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Great Charter Schools 'Aren't Flukes'

TIME | Andrew J. Rotherham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charter schools are all the rage these days. The public is increasingly smitten with them -- in this year's Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup education poll, 68%...

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Educating for Democracy: Waiting for Superman or Waiting for Godot?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waiting for Superman, The Lottery, Mayor Bloomberg, Randi Weingarten, Charter Schools, Education News
Joel Shatzky

If the hope for those young learners eager for a better education is to be pinned on the continued expansion of charter schools, they might just as well be waiting for Godot as for Superman.

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Will Waiting for 'Superman' Reach Its Intended Audience?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Charter Schools, Waiting for 'Superman' Movie Review, David Guggenheim, An Inconvenient Truth, Oscar, The Lottery, Madeleine Sackler, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for 'Superman,' is a provocative documentary that shows in both broad strokes and frightening detail how our schools continue to fail our children.

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Even Superman Can't Save Us

Alan Gottlieb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waiting for Superman, Education Reform, Betsy Gotbaum, Aft, The Lottery, American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Denver News
Alan Gottlieb

You are going to be hearing a lot about a film called Waiting for Superman. It's directed by Davis Guggenheim, who made An Inconvenient Truth, and its focus is school reform.

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9 Best Science Fiction Novels For Young Adults Besides 'Mockingjay' (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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In case you haven't heard, "Mockingjay," the third and final installment in Suzanne Collins' super-smash "Hunger Games" series, hit bookstores this Tu...

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Is Shirley Jackson One Of The Greatest American Writers?

Salon | Andrew O'Hehir | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Shirley Jackson Awards for excellence in "literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic" were awarded over the weekend, and...

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Lottery Ticket Screw-Up Wins Clerk $250K

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW LEXINGTON, Ohio — An Ohio store clerk's mistake when printing a Mega Millions lottery ticket has won her $250,000. Naomi Mauller forgot to a...

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Charter School Controversy: A Q&A With The Lottery Director Madeleine Sackler

Thelma Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thelma Adams

In Madeleine Sackler's affecting new documentary, The Lottery, the 27-year-old intended to create a cinema verite view of the families of four children who entered a lottery for 475 coveted spots at the Harlem Success Academy.

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Charter schools: Public education's savior?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Making a documentary is always a crapshoot, but Madeleine Sackler is hoping she'll get a little help from the headline. Sackler's documentary, The Lo...

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Solomon Jackson Jr: $260 Million Powerball Winner Revealed

AP | MEG KINNARD | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A retired South Carolina state employee who spent two bucks on the lottery was all smiles Tuesday as he claimed a $260 million ...

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Winning the Lottery

Gangaji | Posted 11.17.2011

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Gangaji

When the California lottery began in 1985, it conjured up visions of instant richness for many, myself being one of the many. Naively I would purchase a ticket at the local 7/11 and then wait for the good news.

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