The Lottery

Erin O’Connor:

Since we’re talking about school choice–and the role of the teachers’ unions not only in preventing needed reform, but in keeping parents from choosing to place their kids in good schools that are good fits for them–check out the trailer above.
The story of teachers’ union intransigence when it comes to the extremely time-sensitive matter of kids’ futures urgently needs to be told. And finally, with films like this one and like The Cartel (which attracted a nasty, tellingly defensive hit piece from the New Jersey Education Association), that story is beginning to be told.