By Paul Shepard
Legend adds:
"They [the students] are in circumstances where they are surrounded by failing public schools, and they see the light, they see a few schools in their area that are succeeding. But you have to win a lottery to get in to these schools. ... When you think about someone's fate being decided by a lottery, the choice is usually ... `am I going to end up at a school with a super-high dropout rate and end up like a lot of those kids who drop out, in the criminal-justice system, working a low-wage job, or am I going to get a good education and go to college and make something of myself?'"
Legend adds:
"They [the students] are in circumstances where they are surrounded by failing public schools, and they see the light, they see a few schools in their area that are succeeding. But you have to win a lottery to get in to these schools. ... When you think about someone's fate being decided by a lottery, the choice is usually ... `am I going to end up at a school with a super-high dropout rate and end up like a lot of those kids who drop out, in the criminal-justice system, working a low-wage job, or am I going to get a good education and go to college and make something of myself?'"
Legend wrote a song 'Shine' that plays in the closing credits of the film. 'Superman' debuted at the Sundance film festival this past weekend and has been picked up by Paramount Vantage for theatrical release. Read more...
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