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Showing posts with label The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2022

Register for TONIGHT (Apr. 14, 2022) 7PM Screening of our movie - "The Inconvenient Truth about Waiting For Superman" followed by a panel discussion - I'm on the panel

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One of the highlights of my activist career was being part of the team that made this movie. A reprise of the Grassroots Education Movement ...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Video and Commentary: PEP April 25, 2018 Students Protest Closing Their School, PEP closes it anyway

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Students at Crotona Academy: If you close our school we will drop out. PEP closed the school anyway. The April 25 PEP was another doozy -...

Where I go back into the classroom - for one hour

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Yesterday I spoke to a high school class at Leon Goldstein HS about the movie - The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman - we ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Review of The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For Superman by Jasmine K. | Media Reviews: TEDUC 482, Winter 2015

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This just came in -- an excellent summary of the movie we made with some critical comments. One of them points to the lack of student voices...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Mollie Bruhn: Challenging “Waiting for Superman” in Kappan Mag

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Our film was not the first nor the only thing to clue people in to the dangers of the corporate reform movement, but “The Inconvenient Trut...
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

"Waiting for Superman Makes List of Famous Documentaries That Were Shockingly Full of Crap

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Waiting for "Superman" -- Charter Schools Kind of Suck, Too [NOTE: SEE OUR RESPONSE TO WFS HERE] Read more: http://www.cra...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

GEM ITBWFS Movie Screens at Washington Irving HS Campus as Part of Fightback Against Eva Invasion

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A campus wide screening of the the GEM movie on Tuesday, at 3:15 in Room 845. Planned:  October 18th morning Press Conference.
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Ravitch Suggests Dem Convention Screen "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman" Instead of "Won't Back Down"

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Which film do you think the UFT is boycotting? "Won't Back Down" or "The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Today: Detroit Screening of "Inconvenient Truth Behind WFS" by Branch of National Education Freedom Ride Campaign

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The meeting [with USDOE] started with stories from young people and parents of the impact of closings on their neighborhoods and children....
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Chicago Screening of The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman Draws Crowd in Chicago

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 Little by little we are reaching new batches of people. This photo came in from Al Ramirez, one of the leaders of CORE, the Caucus of Rank ...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

GEM Response to Waiting for Superman Available Online Today

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Date:  May 19, 2012      Contact: Lisa Donlan, Parent and President CEC1:   917-848-5873 Julie Cavanagh, Teacher PS 15, GE...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Catching Up: ATRs, Portelos Story, GEM Film Screens Today in Brooklyn

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Dear Taxpayer, I am very sorry, but apparently I am robbing you. It’s not on purpose though. You pay your taxes and in turn I should educ...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Aloha - Want to Go to a Screening of GEM Film?

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Following up on our Pineapple gate post ( Pineapplegate, or The Pineapple That Ate Pearson) comes this delicious story from the land of pin...
Monday, April 9, 2012

GEM's Mollie Bruhn Keynote at Connecticut Educators Association

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GEMers Mollie Bruhn and Julie Cavanagh were invited to give the keynote at the Connecticut Educators Association on March 31, 2012. Mollie...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

While UFT Continues Boycott of GEM Film.....

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Are you in essence supporting the UFT boycott by not showing the film to the teachers and parents in your school? Order a copy. See it at ...
Friday, January 20, 2012

GEM Film Fires Up John Dewey Teachers and Teachers and State Legislators in Albuquerque/ Three NYC Screenings this Weekend

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The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman Lots of screenings in NYC and around the nation, with 3 here in NYC this weekend. Las...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

TODAY: Occupy Brooklyn Charter Schools Teach-In and Film Screening of TITBWFS

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Occupy Brooklyn Charter Schools Teach-In Charter Schools and the Impact on Public Education Thursday, January 19th 2012 6pm      ...