hall meeting where you tried to have discussions about what you can do. you hosted it here in atlanta. tell me who attended and what you discussed. we had a wonderful town hall meeting and it was co-hosted by boys and girls clubs of america and participant media and paramount pictures spurred on because of the waiting for superman documentary. we showed clips from the film itself for our dialogue. it was a rich discussion. what did you come away with? first of all, it was such a diverse audience of participants. so we were well represented. the metro atlanta chamber of commerce was there. so, it was a great mix of participants. and the purpose was to allow the community to understand that they definitely have a role to
children are whose parents don t have choices, are trapped in failing schools and there s no sense of outrage about it. there are versions of waiting for superman all across the country. this is not just in the urban core parts of the united states. and it s tragic. governor wise? it s an incredible call to action and what we also ought to remember is there are a lot of good teachers out there, too, what we want to do is empower them and make sure that they have the tools that they need in one of the means that we can get higher quality education to all those children and in particularly a lot more that are waiting in line via technology. would you say the unions are hurting this process? and hindering the progress governor bush? i think in most places, unions are resistant to change. they re focused as they were organized to do on the economic interest of teachers and we need to move to a student centered system. most places unions resist the kind of changes we need to mak
cost embracing technology. right now, technology is kind of a periphery of education. you ll see a computer on the side of this classroom but we ve organized our classrooms and our schools just as they were organized in 1950. that s right. and this is a chance, i think, to reorganize, move to a customized learning environment, student centered where teachers are empowered with this incredible array of new abilities to adapt learning to customize it for students and you can do it at a lower cost. this is not can i ask you one quick question about the documentary waiting for superman. i understand both of you saw this and there s been so much tension about the state of our public schools in this kunlt. i know it s near and dear to your heart. so much of this movie was about the stranglehold that the unions have on our public education system. i d love for both of you to comment on that, if you could. real quickly, i saw the movie. it broke my heart. it gets me angry when i se
get to reflect on that in this book through a compilation of what others have written about what the flag means to them. now, this book will be battling with george bush s book to see who is going to be the number one book in the country. yeah. it will probably be a close race. sarah palin will probably take over only because george bush s book has been out for about a month now. coming up, guys, around 7:45 eastern time, we ll have more with the former governor of alaska, sarah palin. you ll want to hear what she has to say about the spokesperson for president obama, robert gibbs. she talks about getting inside his head. and we re going to have other political hot topics for her to talk about as well. don t miss that. sarah palin throughout the show, good job, gretchen. now straight ahead, you ve heard about the movie waiting for superman. some wondering would superman be catholic? would returning to religion save our schools? the newly elected president of the catholic bishop
we ll see if this becomes a bigger story today in national opt out day. straight ahead, taliban informant paid a whole lot of money to take part in peace talks. one problem, he was a fake and we re learning the top u.s. commander in afghanistan said he s not surprised! and the documentary waiting for superman exposed the problems with our public schools. how about taking a lesson from the catholic schools? timothy dolan here next. naturally colorful vegetables are often a good source of vitamins, fiber, or minerals.