Should we privatize schools or have charter schools?

I went to an educational documentary that was a response to the educational documentary "Waiting for Superman." I discussed this documentary last fall on my blog so I wanted to now share a response from the other side.

The Blueberry Story

Explains why education is NOT a business. We cannot make such broad comparisons. It is like comparing apples and oranges. This also explains why we cannot make international comparisons in education.

It is s short story. Does not take long to read but totally worth your time:

The Blueberry Story

Educational Documentary: Welcome to Shelbyville

I went to the following program last month. I highly enjoyed it and wanted to share.


The College of Education is teaming up with Welcoming America and the Georgia chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (GA NAME) to screen “Welcome to Shelbyville,” a film about a small Southern town that grapples with a rising immigrant population.

The film tells the story of Shelbyville, Tenn., and how its residents face “rapid demographic change and issues of immigrant integration” during the 2008 presidential election, according to the film’s website.

The event, entitled Changing Landscapes: Immigration and Education, will begin at 5 p.m. today in the Georgia State University Speakers Auditorium (44 Courtland St., Atlanta) with a reception, and the film will begin at 6:15 p.m.

Following the screening, COE Clinical Assistant Professor Alyssa Hadley Dunn will moderate a panel discussion on the film. The panelists include Erica Dotson, Clayton State University assistant professor; Rachel Steinhardt, Welcoming America lead consultant; Carole Hahn, Emory University Candler Professor of Educational Studies; and Vera Stenhouse, president of GA NAME  and project director for GSU’s Community Opportunities that Motivate People and Enhance Learning and Service (COMPELS) Grant, among others.