Since we're talking about school choice--and the role of the teachers' unions not only in preventing needed reform, but in keeping parents from choosing to place their kids in good schools that are good fits for them--check out the trailer above.

The story of teachers' union intransigence when it comes to the extremely time-sensitive matter of kids' futures urgently needs to be told. And finally, with films like this one and like The Cartel (which attracted a nasty, tellingly defensive hit piece from the New Jersey Education Association), that story is beginning to be told.

In other news, the New York state legislature has killed the state's chance to get upwards of $700 million in federal money to open 200 new charter schools. The legislature had until Tuesday to raise the cap on how many charter schools there could be. But then the bickering about power began, and that was that.

Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg kept their comments simple and to the point: it was a "sad day for children."