The Cartel isn't the only education reform film making waves this year. Other films such as The Lottery and Waiting for Superman are also making the case for sweeping reform. These films are bringing to light issues that Hollywood for years has refused to address.
Conn Carroll at Heritage writes:
...politicians are not the only ones questioning their old labor allies. Hollywood, who has long been ally of teachers unions (witness the 1998 Rob Reiner funded Proposition 10), is also beginning to notice. Over the past year, three new documentaries The Cartel, Waiting for Superman, and The Lottery have all taken critical looks at our nation's public school system and produced damning indictments of teachers unions.Bob Bowden, who produced and narrated The Cartel says in the movie:
"Those good teachers deserve our respect. Wanting lousy teachers out of the classroom doesn't mean you're against all teachers. A point so obvious, I can hardly believe it needs to be made. This absurd idea that you have got to support every teacher, or else you hate all teachers, has been an effective myth put forward by the union for years."
This piece also appears in the Instapundit blog today.