Tremendous Support for WITS with Waiting for 'Superman' 

Wednesday, October 6th @ 7:15pm
Landmark Theater, 2828 N. Clark

WITS' private screening of Waiting for 'Superman,' was spectacular viewing to a sold out theater. After the documentary, guests stayed for a discussion panel moderated by CBS News Anchor, Bill Kurtis. Panelists included:

-Federico Flores, CPS Principal at Peabody Elementary and WITS Board Member
-Alfred Tatum, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of UIC Reading Clinic

As Dr. Tatum reminded us in the discussion, do not let this film leave you with feelings of frustration, disappointment and worry; it is should give you hope and motivation to make a difference in your local schools.

Your Impact

You can make an impact in a child's life. While there is not a magic bullet answer to the quagmire of issues facing our schools, find a way in which you can give what you can. You have the opportunity to be an Everyday Superman.

There are many ways to be a part of the solution to the state of public education. You can volunteer with WITS, inform your company of ways to give back through corporate programs, support a literacy program in your community and continue to let other people know how you are involved and how they can become part of the soluntion, too.

You can also continue the education conversation:
WITS Facebook page
http://firesidelearning.ning.com/forum/topics/talking-back-to-superman-rick
http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/forum/topics/waiting-for-superman

Thank you for your continued support and action to improve the lives of Chicago's youth.

Synopsis

For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians' promises, our buckling public-education system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children.

Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of Waiting for Superman. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying drop-out factories and academic sinkholes, methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.

However, embracing the belief that good teachers make good schools, Guggenheim offers hope by exploring innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have -in reshaping the culture- refused to leave their students behind.

 To view the trailer, visit www.waitingforsuperman.com.