A young mother (Virginia Walden Ford) fights a pitched, ultimately victorious, battle with educational authorities to create the District of Columbia voucher program. Based on a true story. [ Miss Virginia credits: Dir: R.J. Daniel Hanna/ Nadji Jeter, Matthew Modine, Aunjanue Ellis/ 102 min/ Biography, Drama/ Government Schools/ 2019] External Reviews "A heartfelt ode to … [Read more...]
The Lottery | Film Review
Five NYC students enter a lottery for acceptance to a local charter school, their only hope of escaping a government school system otherwise fully in the self-serving grip of the teachers union…but not all will win their ticket out of the education-industrial complex. [ The Lottery credits: Dir: Madeleine Sackler/ 81 min/ Documentary/ Government schools, Incompetent government/ … [Read more...]
School Inc. (2017)
Why doesn't the education sector innovate like other economic sectors and industries? Cato's Andrew Coulson investigates. [ School Inc. credits: Dir: Andrew Coulson/ 180 min/ Documentary/ Government Schools] External Reviews "School Inc. is a wonderful three hours, reaching back years to America's first experiments in education and traveling the world to look at schools … [Read more...]
The Rubber Room (2010)
A little-known policy of NYC schools consigns teachers accused of misconduct to special 'rubber rooms' where they do nothing, at full pay, while investigations drag on in some cases for years. [ The Rubber Room credits: Dir: Justin Cegnar, Jeremy Garrett/ 87 min/ Documentary/ Government Schools, Working for Government, Incompetent Government] External Reviews "Two … [Read more...]
Building the Machine (2014)
A critical review of the Common Core States Initiative and its effect on U.S. education. [ Building the Machine credits: Dir: Ian Reid/ 70 min/ Documentary/ Government Schools] External Reviews "Building the Machine is viscerally insightful about the nature of Common Core." --IJ Review "The film offers clarity to an initiative that is little known by the American … [Read more...]
Waiting for Superman (2010)
Several students apply to local charter schools, in order to escape the thoroughly broken and self-serving state-managed institutions that otherwise are their unhappy destiny…but not all who apply will make it out. [ Waiting for Superman credits: Dir: Davis Guggenheim/ 111min/ Documentary/ Government schools, Incompetent government] External Reviews "Waiting for Superman … [Read more...]
The Cartel (2009)
WINNER: TOP 25 LIBERTARIAN DOCUMENTARIES Reporter Bob Bowdon investigates corruption, waste, and intimidation in U.S. public schools...and finds plenty. [ The Cartel credits: Dir: Bob Bowdon/ 90 min/ Documentary/ Government schools, Incompetent government, Unions & monopolies] External Reviews "“Brisk, incisive and mind-boggling…” --Los Angeles Times "...explodes … [Read more...]
Teachers (1984)
A public high school fails to educate its students, due to apathy, corruption, and incompetence. [ Teachers credits: Dir: Arthur Hiller/ Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Ralph Macchio/ 106 min/ Drama/ Government Schools, Incompetent Government, Working for Government] “An effective indictment of the public school system." “The damn school wasn’t built for us, … [Read more...]
The Marva Collins Story (1981)
Frustrated with the failure of the public school system, a public school teacher starts her own private school. Based on a true story. [ The Marva Collins Story credits: Dir: Peter Levin/ Cicely Tyson, Morgan Freeman / 100 min/ Drama, Biography/ Government Schools, Incompetent Government, Voluntarism] Marva Collins, a Chicago public school teacher, started “Westside … [Read more...]
How Eva Moskowitz Outmuscled the Teachers Union
Former public school teacher Eva Moskowitz breaks ranks with the teachers union to found Success Academy, New York City's largest charter school network--to save the kids. [17 min/ Government schools, Incompetent government, Unions & monopolies] Related Films Related Books … [Read more...]