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In reality and film, a battle for schools

On Tuesday officials in Adelanto, a California desert town, are set to consider whether parents there can be the first to take over a failing public school [1] under a new state law that is being closely watched around the country, the New York Times reports. The Hollywood version? It’s already a done deal. In a rare mix of hot policy debate and old-fashioned screen drama, 20th Century Fox is preparing a September release for “Won’t Back Down.” [2] The film heads smack into the controversies around so-called parent trigger laws [3] that in California and a handful of other states allow parents to dump bad teachers and overrule administrators in bottom-ranked schools. Viola Davis [4], an Oscar nominee as best actress for “The Help,” [5] plays a teacher who risks career and friendships to join the revolt. Maggie Gyllenhaal [6] is the single mother who sells cars, tends bar and rouses parents to take charge of their grade school…

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