Monday, August 15, 2011

Waiting For Superman

The Kentucky Society for Clinical Social Work and the Children's Law Center have united in hopes of encouraging all of us to have a bigger presence in our schools and a greater knowledge of programs and policies that affect our children's educations.

To get the school year started off right, the two groups are hosting a free showing of Waiting for Superman, a documentary by director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) that follows five students in as many states as they try to win a lottery that would allow them to attend charter schools and avoid neighborhood schools with high dropout rates.

What:Free showing of Waiting for Superman and panel discussion: "How social workers and all community members can be advocates for our public schools."

When: 6-9 p.m. Aug. 25.

Where: Lexington Public Library, 140 East Main St.

Source: www.kentucky.com

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