<p>Just came back from seeing this very compelling documentary about the state of our public education system. I HIGHLY recommend it. It puts some of the silly cc " which college is better than the other" threads in an entirely new perspective. Here is a clip. Waiting</a> For "Superman" | Videos | Official Movie Site Most of us are on this site because we value education. The parents in this documentary do too, but have, compared to most of us here, a very different challenge. Very riveting (IMO) film.</p>
<p>Maybe the point is that strong unions are detriment to poor performing schools due to inability for the administrators/parents/citizens to make changes and reforms. Good performing schools do not need a lot of changes so unions are less of a problem.</p>