Waiting For Superman Reflection Paper

Waiting for Superman
Brittney Lekas, Gwen Williams, Valerie Copeland
West Georgia Technical College

Waiting for Superman
The documentary “Waiting for Superman” directed by Davis Guggenheim, takes an in depth look at the public school systems and how it affects the children of America. One of the first things the film points out is there are clearly good and bad schools in every district in the country. There is never enough room for all the children in a district to attend excellent schools; because of this many children are put at a disadvantage for their education.
The film follows the stories of Anthony, Bianca, Daisy, Emily, and Francisco as their family’s attempt to improve the quality of their education. It was assumed

Geoffrey Canada wanted to make big changes to the school systems of America, however, when he became an adult, he realized it was almost impossible to make drastic changes on a federal level so he created the KIPP charter schools. KIPP is a non-profit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools serving elementary, middle, and high school students (KIPP, n.d.). The KIPP schools are the highest performing middle school in the Bronx and most of the students are from low-income families. The KIPP schools start with children before they start school and helps them until the child graduates from college. The schools refuse to let any students fall behind and makes students who fall behind attend class on the weekends and over the summer. There are 183 KIPP schools across America today, making a big difference for families whose children would have been forced to go to a poor quality public school (KIPP,

In many different states there are struggles and difficulties that the students face in order to get a decent education in grade school. The documentary states the many different changes that were practiced in order to try and make education better still failed due to the lack of resources for the students within districts. Michelle Rhee, who was an American advocate for the Reform of Education addressed these concerns and came up with many ways to try to better the districts in order for students to be successful. Although there were many programs and laws passed in the education system the NCLB( No Child Left Behind), was an act that protected the students to ensure they could understand and perform at basic levels. In many states, this still remains a problem throughout the school system for students, but they are gradually working to solve these problems and better the education for these students. Lastly, there are many states that are following the KIPP charter schools, which were created and organized to ensure that students will have the resources in order to look forward to a better