"Waiting for Superman" is in movie theaters right now, but it's not really about Superman. It is the story of some students who apply to get into a charter school, a school with a better reputation than the one that they would normally attend.
Geoffrey Canada is the well-regarded principal of a charter school in New York City. If you're a regular viewer of
60 Minutes you've seen
him profiled there once or twice
, and
Mr. Canada has revealed that he read and enjoyed comic books in his childhood. In the following snippet from "
Waiting for Superman" you can hear
Mr. Canada explain the title of the
new film. It is not light-hearted.
We all knew Bruce Wayne was poised to return, but we didn't know he was coming to Hinsdale, Illinois! This stately Wayne Manor is just twenty miles from my house but I never knew of it until this morning. You can read more in this article and you can see a larger image of the terrain here. There's always something new to learn in the hayfamzone!
