School reform gets cool

Naomi Schaefer Riley:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, the ultimate hipster actress, stars in "Won't Back Down," an education-reform drama that hits theaters next month. When did school choice became cool?

The film is the tale of two parents (one a teacher) who decide to save their own kids and many others by taking over a failing school in a poor Pittsburgh neighborhood.

This follows "Waiting for 'Superman,'" the 2010 documentary that depicted the fortunes of those desperately competing for a place at a charter school -- from the same progressive filmmaker who gave us "An Inconvenient Truth."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 17, 2012 1:13 AM
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