Searching for Superman The Role of Language in the Corporate Education Reform MovementThis thesis examines media rhetoric promoting neoliberal education reform, including the advancement of school-choice systems and movements towards privatization. Films like Waiting for Superman and Won't Back Down have ushered in new, markedly "progressive" narratives that show neoliberal reform as both a model for a consumer-led culture in education and as a path towards educational equity, a goal typically associated with public schools promoted as a public interest.autMorrow, Victoria RosethsBrass, JorydgcBlasingame, JamesdgcSandlin, JenniferctbBarrett, The Honors CollegectbDivision of Teacher Preparationenghttps://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.1690762 pages115093930571628716197137747vmorrowIn Copyright2013-05TextPrivatizationTeach for AmericaCharter SchoolsWaiting for SupermanEducation ReformWon't Back Down