Explores America's education system through the eyes, minds and hearts of its most essential resource, teachers.
Direction
Guggenheim humanizes bureaucracy through four gripping personal journeys.
Editing
Cross-cutting between hope and crushing reality hits like a gut punch.
Director
Davis Guggenheim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Davis Guggenheim also directed 'Waiting for Superman' — this is his softer, teacher-focused companion piece.
Released during peak 'teacher accountability' debates; the four subjects were deliberately chosen to represent reform skeptics and supporters alike.
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