Guggenheim's

And that's leaving aside the fact that, accepting Guggenheim's logic, we would expect no underperforming schools in states with weak or non-existent unions, like right-to-work North Carolina and Texas.

Paras Bhayani: Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One Sidedness of 'Waiting for Superman' Paras Bhayani 2010

However, the answer is not charter schools or getting rid of the teachers 'unions as suggested in Davis Guggenheim's film Waiting for Superman that opened nationwide on September 24.

Esther Wojcicki: Superman Does Not Exist and Teachers' Unions are Not the Villains Esther Wojcicki 2010

It's a question all education leaders, politicians, and the chattering classes have been busying themselves with since the release of Davis Guggenheim's searing (and unflattering) documentary.

Steve Barr At Big Task Weekend: We're Close, But We're Still Just 'Cute' Huffington Post 2010

Just as problematic as Guggenheim's argument about charter schools is his unfair savaging of tenured teachers -- seconds after receiving tenure, Ms. Hoover turns her class over to the dimwitted Ralph Wiggum, who reads upside down from a textbook before leaping out a window -- and teachers unions, like portraying American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten as an unreconstructed dinosaur.

Paras Bhayani: Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One Sidedness of 'Waiting for Superman' Paras Bhayani 2010

As an unabashed ally in the moral outrage that animates Davis Guggenheim's powerful film "Waiting for 'Superman'", count me as a skeptic of the proposed prescriptions advanced by the movie.

Michael Levine: Stop Waiting: A New Day for Learning Michael Levine 2010

Barr, who was featured in Guggenheim's film, was on hand to address any questions.

Steve Barr At Big Task Weekend: We're Close, But We're Still Just 'Cute' The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Barr, who was featured in Guggenheim's film, was on hand to address any questions.

Steve Barr At Big Task Weekend: We're Close, But We're Still Just 'Cute' Huffington Post 2010

Just as problematic as Guggenheim's argument about charter schools is his unfair savaging of tenured teachers -- seconds after receiving tenure, Ms. Hoover turns her class over to the dimwitted Ralph Wiggum, who reads upside down from a textbook before leaping out a window -- and teachers unions, like portraying American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten as an unreconstructed dinosaur.

Paras Bhayani: Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One Sidedness of 'Waiting for Superman' Paras Bhayani 2010

And that's leaving aside the fact that, accepting Guggenheim's logic, we would expect no underperforming schools in states with weak or non-existent unions, like right-to-work North Carolina and Texas.

Paras Bhayani: Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One Sidedness of 'Waiting for Superman' Paras Bhayani 2010

It's a question all education leaders, politicians, and the chattering classes have been busying themselves with since the release of Davis Guggenheim's searing (and unflattering) documentary.

Steve Barr At Big Task Weekend: We're Close, But We're Still Just 'Cute' The Huffington Post News Team 2010