Waiting for “Superman” is a 2010 family documentary film from director Davis Guggenheim. The film analyzes the failures of American public education by following several students through the educational system. In “Waiting for ‘Superman,’ ” which opened last Friday, Guggenheim follows five families in their quests to get their children into charter schools he portrays as vastly superior to the ones they’d otherwise attend. With a raft of statistics about the erosion of the U.S. education system, and interviews with a handful of so-called education “reformers,” Guggenheim makes a case for why no child should have to attend a bad school.

The film is drawing a strong positive response from education groups across the nation who hope it will catalyze more public support for change. On Monday, Oprah Winfrey featured the documentary on her show, talking with Guggenheim and Bill Gates, who also appears in the film, and in interview talked about how lucky he was and his children are to be able to attend Private School and how some people not.

1. Think about how to improve this fall- plan ahead, extra- curricular activites, home work schedule, chores around the house, etc.
2. Start your back-to-school shopping early- shop early to avoid disapointment.
3. Start adjusting the kids bedtime 1-2 weeks before school starts.
4. keep the 2 first weeks evenings open for school notes, etc.
5. Plan to make simple meals- with our busy lives it is impossible to cook evert night.

There are many private schools to choose from when considering sending your children. There are special needs schools, military schools, religious schools, Montessori schools and Waldorf schools. Thousands of schools focus on high school and offer college preparatory courses. There are schools are residential/ boarding schools or day school.

Private schools offer extracurricular activities , arts and sports as an important part of the programs.
Most private schools offer many extracurricular activities that a child can choose from . The visual and performing arts, dance, clubs of all kinds, interest groups and community service are just some of the extracurricular activities that are found in private schools.  There are Sports programs combine with academic work and extracurricular activities to develop the child as a whole.

Private schools provide better supervision and have zero tolerance policies.
One of the appealing aspects about sending your child to private school is that your child will never be a number at a private school. he/ She won’t be able to hide in the back of the class. Everyone will get a personal attention from the teachers. Another feature of private schools is that most have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to serious deviance of their rules and codes of conduct. Substance abuse, cheating in exams and bullying not unacceptable activities. Because of zero tolerance, you can be sure that you are placing your children in a safe environment. Children will understand that there are serious consequences for unacceptable behavior.

Class Size

The class size of most private schools allows plenty of personal attention.
This  small size allows students plenty of individual attention and lower student-to-teacher ratios. Class and school size matters in education.