By DEBORA RUBI School of Communication University of Miami With
the release of “Waiting for Superman,” a film providing a
scathing criticism of the United States’ education system, a new
critical eye is being turned against the institutions providing
the education for children across the country. The film follows
five children, portraying the cracks in the system that hold
back many of the students. The film focuses on the racial and
socio-economic inequalities that are found in schools around the
United States. The problems are exacerbated in racially and
economically diverse areas like Miami-Dade County. According to
the U.S. Department of Education Choice Report of 2004, only 10
percent of its students are non-Hispanic whites. Miami-Dade has
done much to try and counter the gaps that are created trough
racial and socioeconomic segregation in the system. The “I
Choose” program allows students to choose to attend a charter or
magnet school to help alleviate some of the racial segregation
found in the county.