Topic: Davis Guggenheim
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Change Agent Steve Jobs widow: How is Laurene Powell Jobs spending her wealth? (+video)
Steve Jobs widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, is emerging as a education philanthropist and immigration reform campaigner. Since her husband, Steve Jobs, passed on, Mrs. Powell Jobs has joined the push for passage of the Dream Act.
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Bill Clinton pitches for Obama: 'We need to keep going with his plan'
Clinton says Obama has a plan to 'rebuild America from the ground up,' and says that requires a strong middle class.
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Obama’s reelection campaign moves into high gear
Like all first-term presidents, Barack Obama has been running for reelection since the day he took office. But recent days have seen a flurry of activity, including the unleashing of Vice President Joe Biden.
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The Vote New Obama movie: more love letter than documentary (+video)
The Obama campaign is holding screenings of 'The Road We’ve Traveled' across the US on Thursday night. The film’s director is Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim.
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Vox News Obama campaign video: what it may say about his reelection strategy
The Tom Hanks-narrated video, as judged from the just-released trailer, sheds light on the Obama campaign's likely themes. Among them, that voters should take the long view.
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Toronto International Film Festival: the buzz this year
George Clooney film captures attention, along with a new Neil Young documentary.
09/16/2011 04:40 pm -
Opinion Charter schools are the Justin Bieber of education reform – a fad gone too far
Among all the programs that face cuts in President Obama's new budget, education is a clear winner. Charter school funding, however, suffers a slight decrease. And this may be a good thing. Charter schools have become another silver-bullet 'idea fad' racing through education reform.
02/18/2011 01:28 pm -
Drive for education reform has teachers unions on the defensive
Even supporters of teachers unions have been critical of them in recent months, forcing unions to collaborate with school districts on education reform as never before.
01/28/2011 12:11 pm -
Waiting for 'Superman': movie review
Documentary 'Waiting for "Superman" ' takes a swipe at unions as the cause of America's failing high schools.
10/02/2010 10:03 am -
Opinion 'Waiting for Superman' to reform education? He's already here.
The new documentary "Waiting for Superman" makes clear the dismal state of American public schools. But forces of change are aligned now more than ever before. Three key factors create a real possibility for education reform.
09/29/2010 11:39 am -
The Vote Why is Obama taking on teachers' unions right before Election 2010?
The teachers' union vote is reliably Democratic. Yet before Election 2010, widely seen as a difficult one for Democrats, teachers feel that Obama is antagonizing them with his reform agenda.
09/27/2010 05:52 pm -
'Waiting for "Superman" ': A simplistic view of education reform?
In the eyes of some education observers, 'Waiting for "Superman" ' oversimplifies the problems facing US students and implies an education reform silver bullet for struggling public schools.
09/24/2010 06:36 pm -
Toronto International Film Festival: An insider’s guide to babe magnets and albino alligators
Colin Firth was in town to promote his new film ‘The King’s Speech,’ while Werner Herzog intoned about albino alligators in his 3-D film ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams.’
09/18/2010 11:50 am -
Review: 'It Might Get Loud'
Step in to the world of three master electric guitarists in this affectionate documentary about a jam session.
08/21/2009 01:00 am
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