Ed Next Movie Review: The Lottery



By Education Next 07/22/2010

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“The Lottery,” the new documentary following four families who have entered their children in the lottery for a spot at a charter school in Harlem, opens in San Francisco this weekend.

Mark Bauerlein’s review of “The Lottery” for Ed Next is now available online.  (The review will appear in the Fall 2010 issue of Education Next.)

Ed Next editors Rick Hess and Mike Petrilli have also weighed in on “The Lottery” and other education documentaries that are being released this year.




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