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1、[1]CriticsonUSPublicEducationRightfromstart,thenewdocumentary,"Waitingfor'Superman,'"hasapointofview-anddoesn'tholdback."Youwakeupeverymorningandyouknowkidsaregettingareallycrappyeducationrightnow,"saidDCSchoolsChancellorMichelleRhee.“Soyouthinkmostkidsaregettingacrappyeducationrightnow?”
2、"Idon'tthinktheyare.Iknowtheyare."ItisaharshandunflatteringlookatthestateofpubliceducationinAmerica.Itfollowsfiveschoolchildren-desperatetogotobetterschools.Butwithlimitedopenings,theirfuturesdependonluck.“Forthesekids,theonlychancetogotoagreatschooldependsonwhethertheirnumberispickedinal
3、ottery.”Itcouldbethemosttalked-aboutdocumentarysince"AnInconvenientTruth,"perhapsbecausetheysharethesamedirector,OscarwinnerDavisGuggenheim."Expertswillsaythemovieispro-this,oranti-thisbutparentswhoseethemoviewillsay,‘Ijustwantagreatschoolformykid’,"Guggenheimsaid.HetoldKatieCourichehopes
4、hisfilmwillprovokeaction."That'swhatthismovieis-awake-upcall,"Guggenheimsaid."It'snotworkingforeverykid."GuggenheimfeaturesGeoffreyCanadaoftheHarlemChildren'sZone,who'sshownit'spossibletocreategreatschoolseveninpoorneighborhoods.Thisweek,theDepartmentofEducationannouncedgrantstoreplicateh
5、issuccessintwentymorecities."Wecanactuallyfixthis,"Canadasaid.Butcriticsofthemovie,likeBronxprincipalBarbaraFreeman,sayitunfairlytargetspublicschools,theirteachersandunions."Ithoughtitwasalittleslanted,becauseIthinktherearealotofgreatpublicschoolswithgreatteachers,greatadministratorsandgr
6、eatfamilies,"Freemansaid.Noneoftheeducatorswespokewithtodaythoughtthatthestatusquowasworking.Theyagreedonwhat'satstake-helpingkidstorealizetheirdreams.MichelleMiller,CBSNews,NewYork.[2]FromHomelesstoHarvardEveryonehasbaggage,butLalitaBooth'sisheavierthanmost.CBSNewscorrespondentMichelleMi
7、llerreportsBoothcanlaughnow,butasayoungteenshenearlydestroyedherlife.RaisedinAshville,N.C.,therebelliousteensaysherproblemsallbeganwhenherparentsdivorcedandshewassexuallyabusedbyafamilyacquaintance."Thatledtosubstanceabuse,stayingoutallnightlong,andrunningaway,"Boot
