K-12 education policy and politics have seen a surge in the cinema of late, what with"Won't Back Down" about a "parent trigger" law for school interventions, "Waiting for Superman," and "The Lottery."
Enter "The Revisionaries," a new documentary film by Scott Thurman that chronicles the hotly contested development of recent state standards for science and history/social studies by the Texas board of education. The star of the show is Don McLeroy, a staunch conservative and former board chairman (and a dentist).
At EdWeek, we've chronicled much of the Texas debate on those stands. For a taste, here's a story on social studies and another on science.
