I think the video above is the best animated infographic I’ve ever seen.

It’s for the upcoming documentary Waiting for Superman, by the makers of An Inconvenient Truth. Waiting for Superman is a documentary about a United States public education system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth. The U.S. regularly finishes in the bottom chunk of developed nations’ education polls. The nation that vowed to leave no child behind is doing just that.

The animation was made by the creative-types at Buck. I’m really jealous that I didn’t make this infographic, for a film that I’d really like to do work for. Nice work gentlemen/gentleladies.

Find out more about the film, and watch the trailer at www.waitingforsuperman.com.

(via @typeis4lovers)

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Ricky Salsberry is an interactive designer working in Chicago and the editor of The Donut Project. In his spare time he reads/rants about technology, watches hockey, wrecks his bike, and designs some more.