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A BOOK REPORT OF WAITING FOR ''SUPERMAN'': HOW WE CAN SAVE AMERICA'S

FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY KARL WEBER

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Authored by Weber in 2010, the book Waiting for ''Superman'': How We Can Save

America's Failing Public Schools offers one of the greatest insights into the reality of the

educational situation in the United States. This book reviews the American educational system as

one in such a failed state that students who graduate from it appear to be products of “failure

factories”. While millions of students continue to go through the system, the author looks at the

system as one that masks mediocre achievement without portraying reality. Comparatively, other

countries have advanced in numerous areas of education like math as compared to America.

Based on the film ‘Waiting for Superman’, this book not only reviews the challenges in the

educational system but also attempts to generate solutions to the same. By reviewing dedicated

teachers who take their time to identify and assist at-risk-students in the system, the book

inspires hope and poignancy in a call for those who feel inspired to assist in the revival and

sustenance of quality education for the American child.

Overall, the book is divided into eight parts that begin with a prologue, which is followed

by other seven parts. The prologue opens the book by defining what the problem is and

specifying why the nation is still at risk of experiencing continued poor academic performance.

The author then delves into evaluating the film, ‘Waiting for Superman’ and its relevance to the

situation with regard to the quality of education. In subtopics recognizing the story behind the

film while casting voices from the book, the author travels through events, commission reports,

and varied circumstances to indicate that the education of the American child is at stake. In part

two of the book, the main subject of coverage is an educational story set in Francisco. Using the

latter, the author manages to deliver the role of schools in American neighborhoods. He manages

to prove that schools have commensurate potentials to develop societies as well as to destroy

them. Through this story, the author also achieves the goal of differentiating mediocrity and

greatness in teaching and in teachers.

Hence; the indicative capacities that great teachers can

make the difference in helping the challenged system achieve its goals of quality education.

Parts III, IV, and V of the book are all based on individual stories and their relation to the

quality of education. The first is Emily’s story in part III, which clearly reveals the gap between

the haves and have nots in the system that result in two different outcomes. An eighth grader at

an affluent neighborhood in Silicon Valley, Emily appears to hate their school. She is not good in

Math and has access to supportive tuition for the same. However, she does not want to be tracked

and wishes to transfer from her school. The second is Anthony’s story in part IV. Specific to the

learning environment, this story presents the needs and benefits of putting the children first in

every educational system designed for them. It also lays the five foundations that are relevant for

the success of students in an educational program. The functionality of these foundations use

student focused approaches to learning and designing of school activities. Bianca’s story in part

V only adds to the educational story by defining what is necessary and relevant for success. This

episode reveals and explicates what it really takes to build what one would define as a Super

School.

In all, these stories present uniqueness but also contribute in defining the necessities for

success in the educational systems and the corrections needed to achieve the same.

While part VI is still a story about another student, part VII lays focus and emphasis on

what can be done to make the educational system great. In Daisy’s story, the author’s coverage

focuses on two aspects, which relate to reforms and the view of education from a global

perspective. Dubbed “Bringing Change to Scale” the first part of Daisy’s story focuses on the

necessary major reform challenges that should be implemented in the American educational

. Weber, Karl. Waiting for "superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools

(New York: PublicAffairs, 2010).

. Guggenheim, Davis. "The Harvard Educational Review - HEPG." (Hepg.org. N.p., 2017. Web.

28 Nov. 2017), 1.

system. In the second part, the author lays emphasis on the comparative view of the American

system on a global scale. In this section, he focuses on the need to have students who graduate

from the educational system being able to compete on a global scale.

Lastly, part VII of the

book capitalizes on how to make a difference in the educational system by engaging in the

practices that will lead to expected outcomes.

As covered in the movie and in the film incorporated in it, many issues are wanting in the

American educational system at the time of the book’s publication. The author attempts to cover

all these issues and present education as a holistic, child-focused program that cannot just be

presented in any way. The outcome of his research is a list of recommendations that attempt to

give solutions to these challenges and achieve a permanent solution for American education.

Overall, Waiting for ''Superman'': How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools is

a well researched and methodically presented publication. Not only does the book present deep

and intensive research but it also involves real life situations and life stories of students. It

reveals the fallen standards of the American educational system and the gap between those who

get good and poor quality education. However, the greatest achievement of the book is that it

recommends the approaches that can be used in overcoming these challenges by creating a

student focused system with good teachers and quality programs.

. Suster, Mark. "Waiting For Superman: The Story Of America's Broken Education

System." (Business Insider. N.p., 2017. Web. 28 Nov. 2017), 1.

Bibliography

Guggenheim, Davis. "The Harvard Educational Review - HEPG." Hepg.org. N.p., 2017. Web.

28 Nov. 2017.

Suster, Mark. "Waiting For Superman: The Story Of America's Broken Education

System." Business Insider. N.p., 2017. Web. 28 Nov. 2017.

Weber, Karl. Waiting for "superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.

New York: PublicAffairs, 2010.

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