baltimore, d.c.. i want to push all the adults. i don t think it is just about her. i m a member of a great union. i believe unions. paul: do you think the movie unfair to all teachers? does it brand all teachers as somehow at fault? some of the people who say extreme things haven t seen the movie or they don t want you to see the movie. the movie is very he can cue men cal. paul: i think it he can cue men cal. paul: i think it is. you make that point. daisy who wants to be a doctor, you want her to win. anthony who wants to make his grandmother proud to win. in will push past the mid terms because it is something everybody can agree on. paul: one of the points you make, which makes it interesting, you talk about suburban schools. they work for the top performing kids. they let down the middle and
top performing kids, but let down the middle and poorest performing kids and schools still look like they re doing well because the test scores average out. that s the big redeal in the movie the idea that you can move to a suburban, buy a million dollar home and the family we followed, the average home a million dollars and the schools is one of the top rated in news week. you learn that the top 10 or 15% are serving they re tracking and those kids will do pretty well and get the best teachers. but the bottom 75%, you know, they are not going to be prepared to go even if they get into a four year college they re not going to be ready they have to be remediated and the idea that we can sort of take care of our own is over now. it s a problem that s eroding into other schools edo you think that the unions are the central problem here that have to be overcome? what, is that the main i would say, i would spread the blame and i do in the movie. the union piece is a thing that people
top performing kids, but let down the middle and poorest performing kids and schools still look like they re doing well because the test scores average out. that s the big redeal in the movie the idea that you can move to a suburban, buy a million dollar home and the family we followed, the average home a million dollars and the schools is one of the top rated in news week. you learn that the top 10 or 15% are serving they re tracking and those kids will do pretty well and get the best teachers. but the bottom 75%, you know, they are not going to be prepared to go even if they get into a four year college they re not going to be ready they have to be remediated and the idea that we can sort of take care of our own is over now. it s a problem that s eroding into other schools edo you think that the unions are the central problem here that have to be overcome? what, is that the main i would say, i would spread the blame and i do in the movie. the union piece is a thing that people