Anne Mitchell, for example, pulled her son Gordon out because she did not like the way his school dealt with his cerebral palsy.

ECONOMIST: The growth of home-schooling

Running alongside this battle is the tale of Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), a jewel thief with feline overtones, and the emergence of Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a youthful cop, as a fresh force for unswayable good in Gotham.

NEWYORKER: The Dark Knight Rises