The new documentary Waiting for “Superman”, which premiered last night at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., follows several American students in suffering school districts and the reformers trying to fight and change the education system. But it was Michelle Rhee, the chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools and one of the film’s subjects, who vocalized perhaps what many in the audience had been thinking during the screening.

“Yesterday’s election results were devastating…for the children of Washington, D.C.,” Rhee said during the post-viewing discussion panel.