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1、[1]CriticsonUSPublicEducationRightfromstart,thenewdocumentary,"Waitingfor'Superman,'"hasapointofview-anddoesn'tholdback."Youwakeupeverymorningandyouknowkidsaregettingareallycrappyeducationrightnow,"saidDCSchoolsChancellorMichelleRhee.“Soyouthinkmostkidsaregettingacrappyeducationrightnow?”"Idon'tthi
2、nktheyare.Iknowtheyare."ItisaharshandunflatteringlookatthestateofpubliceducationinAmerica.Itfollowsfiveschoolchildren-desperatetogotobetterschools.Butwithlimitedopenings,theirfuturesdependonluck.“Forthesekids,theonlychancetogotoagreatschooldependsonwhethertheirnumberispickedinalottery.”Itcouldbethe
3、mosttalked-aboutdocumentarysince"AnInconvenientTruth,"perhapsbecausetheysharethesamedirector,OscarwinnerDavisGuggenheim."Expertswillsaythemovieispro-this,oranti-thisbutparentswhoseethemoviewillsay,‘Ijustwantagreatschoolformykid’,"Guggenheimsaid.HetoldKatieCourichehopeshisfilmwillprovokeaction."That
4、'swhatthismovieis-awake-upcall,"Guggenheimsaid."It'snotworkingforeverykid."GuggenheimfeaturesGeoffreyCanadaoftheHarlemChildren'sZone,who'sshownit'spossibletocreategreatschoolseveninpoorneighborhoods.Thisweek,theDepartmentofEducationannouncedgrantstoreplicatehissuccessintwentymorecities."Wecanactual
5、lyfixthis,"Canadasaid.Butcriticsofthemovie,likeBronxprincipalBarbaraFreeman,sayitunfairlytargetspublicschools,theirteachersandunions."Ithoughtitwasalittleslanted,becauseIthinktherearealotofgreatpublicschoolswithgreatteachers,greatadministratorsandgreatfamilies,"Freemansaid.Noneoftheeducatorswespoke
6、withtodaythoughtthatthestatusquowasworking.Theyagreedonwhat'satstake-helpingkidstorealizetheirdreams.MichelleMiller,CBSNews,NewYork.[2]FromHomelesstoHarvardEveryonehasbaggage,butLalitaBooth'sisheavierthanmost.CBSNewscorrespondentMichelleMillerreportsBoothcanlaughnow,butasayoungteenshenearlydestroye
7、dherlife.RaisedinAshville,N.C.,therebelliousteensaysherproblemsallbeganwhenherparentsdivorcedandshewassexuallyabusedbyafamilyacquaintance."Thatledtosubstanceabuse,stayingoutallnightlong,andrunningaway,"Boot
