So the question is, what's New York City doing right? RHEE: Thats correct. SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? KENNY: Now studying Shakespeare, passing the regions in physics, passing the regions in chemistry, 100 percent in U.S. history across the board, all of them are going to go to college. One of the reasons for the high test scores, writes Ravitch, is that many charter schools expel low-performing students to bring up their average scores. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. >> LEGEND: Yes. I want to say something about what John just said. RHEE: I'm just wondering, if the AFT was putting a million dollars into mayoral campaigns all across the country just based on who the teachers liked, I would buy that argument. Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. I actually have teachers in my family who really think is this is a terrific movie because it exposes for them how complicated it is, how important it is to get great teachers in the classroom and what a difference they can make. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. A preview of movies hitting theaters this spring : NPR Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. But as long as we try to pretend that all teachers are the same, and that there are not great teachers and not so great teachers, then we are never going to be able to solve the problems. DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. Why not? Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. Waiting for 'Superman /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] However, the film shows how even charter schools leave some children behind, as those who are not chosen by the luck of the draw in the lottery system, are not able to attend the charter schools of their choice. endobj I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. Be the first to contribute. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. >> CANADA: Can I just tell you this? He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. We love hard-working teachers. John, tell us how you got involved in this. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] What are your thoughts? [31] (The film says, however, that it is focusing on the one in five superior charter schools, or close to 17%, that do outperform public schools.) This is our country. The documentary follows You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. Wouldn't that have been better? LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. So we've got to open up this issue of innovation and we've got to make sure that in those places we allow real educators to come in and redesign this thing so it works. Waiting for Superman | Documentary Heaven Most of them. I get to meet all the wonderful teachers out there. }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd
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Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. RHEE: Heres the thing. That means in the midterms. Waiting for Superman and Failing Public Schools - The New What happened there? /MC0 37 0 R Geoffrey Canada. I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. >> You cannot say -- you can't say, well, the problem with charter schools is they only serve some of the kids when in fact you are advocating for caps on those effective charter schools. GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. SCARBOROUGH: Were back with our panel, Michelle, one of the stunning parts of many stunning parts in this documentary, in this film, was when Davis showed the proficiency numbers state by state. The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." /ExtGState << We increased student achievement levels. /TT0 48 0 R And this is not America, the idea that one kid could have a great education and one kid can't. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. These students range in I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. Yes, there should be fairness. /Type /Page We have to take ownership. That youre not going to look American with our 15,000 school system and say we're going to charter them, that's just not going to happen in my lifetime. Eighth graders at Kipp L.A. Prep get triple the classroom time in math and science. National Assessment of Educational Progress, Bill Gates Goes to Sundance, Offers an Education, "How Davis Guggenheim's Documentary 'Waiting for "Superman"' Will Further Fuel the Education Debate -- New York Magazine - Nymag", "Waiting for Superman Movie Reviews, Pictures", "How did 'Waiting for 'Superman's' ' Davis Guggenheim become the right wing's favorite liberal filmmaker? SCARBOROUGH: Right. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? But, Mondello Education in Waiting for Superman Documentary ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. GUGGENHEIM: The dream of making a movie like this is conversations just like this, the fact that you and NBC and Viacom and Paramount and Get School bring a movie to the table and let people in this room have a real conversation about to fix our schools is essential. Go. New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. CANADA: The thing I think Chancellor Klein and Mayor Bloomberg have done, they really looked for people to come into the city who had a proven track record. In this incredible movie, "Waiting For Superman," Davis Guggenheim introduces to us some of the heroic parents who struggle to provide a better future for their children. IE 11 is not supported. << The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. /Contents 33 0 R "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. It's about those kids. I love teachers. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. "[21] Melissa Anderson of The Village Voice was critical of the film for not including enough details of outlying socioeconomic issues, writing, "macroeconomic responses to Guggenheim's querygo unaddressed in Waiting for "Superman," which points out the vast disparity in resources for inner-city versus suburban schools only to ignore them. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? A reminder for everyone, coming up right after this program, MSNBC will re-air that teacher town hall that was hosted by Brian Williams, that's from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time, right here on MSNBC. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. We increased attendance rates. NAKIA: Yes. SCARBOROUGH: They can't. It just came out this week. Waiting for Superman Waiting for Superman Documentary Analysis - Trinity It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. But I do think though Davis even though we may disagree there wasn't a public school or a public school teacher that was pictured in this film, people have done amazing jobs. /Resources << That's why -- SCARBOROUGH: To John's point, though -- WEINGARTEN: So we never -- SCARBOROUGH: Unions fought like hell against these successful charter schools being able to expand in New York State. NAKIA: She felt it wasn't fair that other children were being picked and she was just as smart as they were and why not her. Mika and I want to welcome you to this special hour. Only 3 out of 100 students at Roosevelt will graduate with the necessary classes for admission to a four year university. No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. endobj LEGEND: We need to be clear, you know, sometimes it sounds like everybody is on the same team up here because we all sound like we agree. It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement. Come on out. WEINGARTEN: Look, we have schools in New York, like the school that Steve Barr and I run, which has a union contract, we're 100 percent of the kids path the math regions. You are not exactly what some would consider to be a conservative filmmaker. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. Many of them. /Parent 1 0 R It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." /Resources << DAISY: I want to be a nurse. 2 0 obj We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. /GS1 17 0 R >> What were the results of the kids who came in and were about to graduate this June, late May, what is the change that has happened with these children? This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. You talked about evaluations like every other business. And we have to have everyone, even parents, recommitted, you know, even school officials, district heads, superintendents, unions, all of us have to move off a position of self-interest like I do with my own kids, sending them to private school, like the unions do, I think, preserving the status quo. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. The issue is, and we saw it and heard it in the town hall today a lot, we need to have instruments like they do in every other business to effectively judge and assess teachers. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. Connecticut and Hartford education policy resources, Creating a Dual-Language Magnet School for Hartford Region, Sources on Trinity student protests since 2007, Jack Dougherty and Trinity College Educ 300 students, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, An Uncommon Critique: How A Charter Networks Success Safeguards Student Experiences, The Evolution of Gender Inequality At Trinity College: A Study Through Different Publications, Higher Education for Dreamers After the Failed DREAM Act. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. Why? I'm joking. << But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. Now, a couple of years ago, an independent group called Ed Sector actually surveyed a whole bunch of teachers and asked teachers the question about whether they needed or wanted a union. 4 0 obj BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. 6 0 obj For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. waiting for superman documentary transcript "[23], Author and academic Rick Ayers lambasted the accuracy of the film, describing it as "a slick marketing piece full of half-truths and distortions" and criticizing its focus on standardized testing. Waiting For Superman may refer to: Waiting for "Superman", a 2010 documentary. /Rotate 0 Waiting for "Superman" streaming: where to watch online? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. It's happening in D.C. I want the system to be better. Let's give five extra hours for all the teachers in America to help kids right now and have the unions lead this charge of saying this is an emergency, we need to help these kids. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. Seventy-eight percent of them, this is not our survey, this was their survey, said a union was absolutely essential to them to try and stop school politics or principal abuses. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to It's shameful. A teacher wants to stay. She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. And I was hurt. Documentary: Waiting for Superman 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. There's a complete and utter lack of accountability for the job that we're supposed to be doing, which is producing results for kids. People couldn't believe you could do it. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] "[19] Forbes' Melik Kaylan similarly liked the film, writing, "I urge you all to drop everything and go see the documentary Waiting For "Superman" at the earliest opportunity. Because we talked to Randi before. I said I don't want to go up. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. RHEE: It was actually 12 percent that were proficient in reading but he picked the better statistic because actually, only 8 percent of our children were proficient in math. Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. >> SCARBOROUGH: All right. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. These are our communities. "[18] Kyle Smith, for the New York Post, gave the film 4.5 stars, calling it an "invaluable learning experience. I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? << 1 0 obj There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. We'll hear from the audience as well. A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. >> /GS0 18 0 R BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. We're turning to you now. The union leaderships could take this on as a platform and say this is something we're going to commit to and give our membership behind this so we can show progress in taking on these issues. They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? /Parent 1 0 R /Rotate 0 Waiting for Superman (2010) - Plot - IMDb BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. When you put a face on this issue, as we talk about the details of it, that's the thing I keep saying to myself, let's not forget as we argue and discuss and learn about this, let's not forget the kids. Video Analysis: Waiting for Superman - Trinity College I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. The reason is because we're allowed to give our teachers freedom and then hold them accountable for results. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. And the next morning Im driving my kids in the minivan to school and they go to a great private school in Los Angeles. You don't come off well in this movie. HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu I'm feeling it. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? It's not about charter schools. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. So look, all of us on this stage, whether it's Geoffrey or Michelle or Davis, myself, the two of you, we all care passionately about the children. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." [17] The Wall Street Journal's William McGurn praised the film in an op-ed piece, calling it a "stunning liberal expos of a system that consigns American children who most need a decent education to our most destructive public schools. American schools face frequent budget cuts, but its not all about the money. You believe it. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. BRZEZINSKI: You also knew that a little girl like Daisy can be a vet or a doctor or anything she wants to be if she's given the tools to do it. Thank you so much. We're seeing all this great success in Harlem, there were forces that were trying to make sure that that couldn't be replicated on a larger scale. >> You have to pull out a bingo ball and call your number. TRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. Things such as the ease in which a public school teacher achieves tenure, the inability to fire a teacher who is tenured, and how the system attempts to reprimand poorly performing teachers are shown to affect the educational environment. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. %PDF-1.3 They'll talk about this issue. Waiting for Superman Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. [3], Geoffrey Canada describes his journey as an educator and recounts the story of his devastation when, as a child, he discovers that Superman is fictional, that "there is no one coming with enough power to save us.". According to Waiting for Superman, from 1971 to today, America has gone from spending an average of $4,300 per student to $9,000 per student, (adjusting for inflation). Guggenheim, Davis. /Parent 1 0 R >> This scene is an important one because it highlights how the acceptance of students into charter schools is determined by the luck of the draw and how some students are not able to enter into the public school of their choice solely because luck was not on their side. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. We're just saying --. >> I'm just wondering. /Properties << We'll come back and continue this. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. One of them is Nakia. But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. WEINGARTEN: John. The movie's major villains are the National /Font << "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] An examination of the current state of education in America today. Waiting for "Superman" - Wikipedia WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. << By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. /Font << UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. The film also examines teacher's unions. We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. 5 0 obj The answer is no. Superman Movie RHEE: Yes, that's right. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? /MC0 31 0 R And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. This documentary follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, and undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. So we're going to differentiate and we're going to recognize and reward the highest performing teachers and we're going to look at the lowest performing teachers and we're going to remove them from the system. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. The film portrays the deep sadness that Bianca and her mother feel when Bianca is not accepted into the charter school as the two embrace one another at the end and Nakia dries her daughters tears (Guggenheim 1:37:35). Explain to me how that is good for children. /Rotate 0 The site's consensus states: "Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for "Superman" is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
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