Waiting for "Superman"

Waiting for Superman Poster
Event Excerpt: 

For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. This Audience Award Winner from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, directed by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) reminds us that education statistics have names as he undertakes an exhaustive review of public education.

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Sunday, September 26 - 2:00pm

Landmark Oriental Theatre, 2230 N. Farwell Ave.

 

For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. This Audience Award Winner from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, directed by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) reminds us that education statistics have names as he undertakes an exhaustive review of public education.

 

Screening as a Spotlight Presentation of 2010 Milwaukee Film Festival, presented by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Buy your tickets online or call 414-727-8468 (11am - 6pm, 7 Days a Week) / $10

 

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MILWAUKEE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER

A stimulating panel discussion on education in Milwaukee, featuring prominent educators and community leaders directly following the screening of Waiting for "Superman". With this panel we hope to tackle this critical issue head-on and allow all points of view to be heard. We hope to channel the audience's energy and encourage people to take action.

 

Sunday, September 26 - 4:30pm

UWM Kenilworth Building; 1925 E. Kenilworth Place, Room 508
Free and open to the public

 

 

Panel Moderator:

Alan J. Borsuk

Education Columnist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Senior Law & Public Policy Fellow, Marquette Law School

Panelists:
Garrett Bucks
Executive Director, Teach for America Milwaukee

Cherise Easley
Campus Director, Milwaukee College Preparatory - Lindsay Heights Campus

Terry Falk
Board Member District 8, Milwaukee School Board
Contributor, Bay View Compass

Dr. Howard Fuller
Film Subject, Waiting for “Superman”
Director, Marquette University Institute for the Transformation of Learning

 

Mike Langyel
President, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association 

The panel discussion is presented by the Argosy Foundation, The Business Journal, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Helen Bader Foundation, Lubar Family Foundation, Milwaukee Film, PNC Foundation, Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation and Zilber Family Foundation.