Waiting for "Superman"

Last night I was reading a really interesting article in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/03/06/why-blame-the-teachers?ref=education) and one of the authors mentioned the movie "Waiting for "Superman"". I had never heard of this movie, and then I felt dumb for being out of the loop. But I quickly found a place where I could watch it online. Although I know you must take documentaries with a grain of salt, this movie gave me a lot to think about. One of the major things I couldn't understand was why we don't talk about these issues in any of my education classes! I know I am only a junior, but I hope MSU will educate us on unions and every other option we have out there in terms of schools to teach at and teaching philosophies that are out there. The movie focused on children in inner-city schools entering raffles to be accepted into charter schools in their area, because the public school they would be moving to was not up to anyones educational standard. By the end of the movie only two of the children are accepted and the other children must make due with the "failure factories" they are placed in. I think the charter school system seems like a good idea, but I haven't been educated on what them. This movie was the first time I gained any information on them. Why hasn't this been brought up before? I just can't believe this and I feel like the college of ed. has failed me in this area. I want to learn about these different options and I especially want to learn about my options with my union choices or anything about the teachers union really. But more on the union issue later...