charter schools are public schools, district schools are public schools. like the movie says, only one out of five charters are successful, so, neither system is perfect. we need to all sit around a table and talk about fixing our public school system as a whole. and since you re so plugged in, what is the answer? well, it s a number of things. number one is class size. believe it or not, class size matters, when you look at like jeffrey candidate, carl aicahn charter school in the bronx and they cap the students, and things that charter schools do, the districts need to be able to do that, too. the public schools are so crowded. exactly, they are. go to the website our website if you want to learn more, julie and mona thanks
education right now? oh, i don t think they are, i know they are. either kids are getting stupider or there s something wrong with the education system. that s a clip from the documentary waiting for superman , raising a lot of controversy. joining us julie cavanaugh a teacher at public school 15 in new york city and mona davis, from the new york charter parents association. do i have that right. i went to see the movie yesterday. it s very emotional. it s heart breaking because you see all of these kids who desperately want a good education and the system is failing them. now shall the documentary film makers seemed to place the blame at the foot of teachers and the teachers union, who they say have protected really incompetent teachers far too long. let s start with you, julie, you are a teacher, what do you think about that message? well, our entire kind can