waiting for superman documentary transcript

/MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> /Properties << Waiting for "Superman" | Apple TV 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. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. /Properties << We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. That's the first thing. Guggenheim, Davis. Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. >> endobj We even tolerate mediocre teachers. WebWaiting For Superman (871) 7.4 1 h 51 min 2010 X-Ray PG The lives of five Harlem and Bronx families in the high stakes lottery for access to New York City's best charter >> SCARBOROUGH: Right. << There are really, really bad charter schools across America. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. >> I want to ask you another really quick question and then go around to the rest of the panel. 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. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. You have to pull out a bingo ball and call your number. Kids coming into middle school and fifth grade with first grade reading abilities, leaving in eighth grade with a 100 percent proficiency, outscoring kids in Scarsdale, New York. Charter schools are public schools, public dollars, public school children and to talk about them as if they are not public schools, I think does a disservice to that movement. Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. "[30], Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, similarly criticizes the film's lack of accuracy. 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. When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. >> If I have kids, I don't want kids to be in this environment. 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. 100 percent of the kids pass the science regions. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. Geoffrey Canada has done it. We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. SCARBOROUGH: They can't. That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. I know, but you didn't have enough money. WebSynopsis. << S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? The film shows how the audience members, filled with prospective students and their families, all sit with apprehensive looks on their faces as they anxiously listen to the names and numbers of the children who are called and are therefore accepted into the charter school by luck of the draw. SCARBOROUGH: Michelle, let me ask you this. [30] In Ayers' view, the "corporate powerhouses and the ideological opponents of all things public" have employed the film to "break the teacher's unions and to privatize education," while driving teachers' wages even lower and running "schools like little corporations. In fact you come off quite badly. This is a documentary about our failing education system and the tears we saw in this room are about our children and how our schools are leaving them behind. 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. /Filter /FlateDecode /Parent 1 0 R /Resources << KENNY: Right. In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. Take a look. 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. RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Take a look. We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. Why were you frightened to send her to school. SCARBOROUGH: All right. The only disagreement that I think our union has had in terms of the way in which things have gone, is that our folks have desperately wanted to have a voice in how to do reform. Waiting for Superman: Documentary Analysis This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? And what the teachers wanted in Washington were the tools and conditions for them to do their jobs. 10 0 obj Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. I'm feeling it. You talked about evaluations like every other business. Through the stories of five children who wanted to attend a charter school, the film shows how one child was accepted and another child was accepted from the wait list while three children were not accepted at all. New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] An examination of the current state of education in America today. And while our guests enter the stage, let's show you a little clip of the movie, because "Waiting For Superman" is about our system, but what really gets to you in this movie is the individual stories of each child. Cross your fingers. Michelle and I love great teachers. That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. We have to take ownership. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. /Font << Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. "Geraldo at Large." WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT SCARBOROUGH: I tell you what, that was the part of the movie where Daisy, you saw her crossing her fingers and write physically got nauseated. The good guys/heroes are low-income American parents, hoping to provide a good education for their children. SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. WEINGARTEN: Yes. Waiting for "Superman" streaming: where to watch online? Mika and I want to welcome you to this special hour. A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. RHEE: Heres the thing. All of my kids have gone to public school. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. Come on out. Waiting for Superman on iTunes I think we all need to take more responsibility. What were your thoughts when the number did not come up? Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. Sept. 23, 2010. I love teachers. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? John, tell us how you got involved in this. /MC0 28 0 R And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. CANADA: Well you know what? Davis, I want to go to you on this one. Since charter schools do not operate with the same restrictions as public institutions, they are depicted as having a more experimental approach to educating students. I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? documentary In New York City, a group of local teachers protested one of the documentary's showings, calling the film "complete nonsense", writing that "there is no teacher voice in the film. /GS1 17 0 R We have to go to break. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? I knew what the final scene would look like and I still broke down three times. Thanks to all of our guests. NAKIA: The public schools in my neighborhood don't add up to what I want from her. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? 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. We're also joined by Deborah Canny of the Harlem Village Academy. We're here at the site of our education nation summit launching today at NBC News and MSNBC. "[12] The Hollywood Reporter focused on Geoffrey Canada's performance as "both the most inspiring and a consistently entertaining speaker," while also noting it "isn't exhaustive in its critique. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. 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. /ExtGState << NAKIA: Yes. /ExtGState << Documentary on Americas Public School System - The New What happened there? She was a teacher in Indianapolis. You don't come off well in this movie. What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? The fact that there are currently not enough spaces in American schools should also be viewed as one of the primary factors defining their failure to meet the needs of students (Guggenheim). /T1_0 24 0 R WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. Final words with our panel, next after a short break. We love hard-working teachers. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. RHEE: I do. /Type /Page WebFILM SUMMARY With passion and urgency, WAITING FOR SUPERMAN advocates for the educational welfare of Americas children in a public school system that is severely MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. People -- but this room needs to get bigger. NAKIA: Shes 7 now. My kids have won the lottery. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. What's amazing about these tears, I knew about the film for months and just knowing the system, I knew how it was going to end. It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? [16], The film has also garnered praise from a number of conservative critics. By Stephen Holden. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. Because we do understand if we're going to fix this problem, we're going to have to figure out how to get you guys together and make this work. [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.". It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. It affects good teachers, too. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. Didn't get an answer on that. We'll hear from the audience as well. /Type /Catalog 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. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] "[18] Kyle Smith, for the New York Post, gave the film 4.5 stars, calling it an "invaluable learning experience. We're turning to you now. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. /T1_0 24 0 R BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." I want to talk about New York for one second. endobj You said OK we're not going to penalize bad teachers. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. And the idea that we now can do it means that we have a very moment right now to say let's take those things, let's take those ingredients and bring them into mainstream schools. 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. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. You all have your numbers, right? As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. BRZEZINSKI: All right. [31] The most substantial distortion in the film, according to Ravitch, is the film's claim that "70 percent of eighth-grade students cannot read at grade level," a misrepresentation of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. SCARBOROUGH: The reformer. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. << So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) Waiting for Superman and Failing Public Schools - The New BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. You think it was about -- let's be respectful. 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. Ht6R*bs7n& That's amazing. Take a moment. It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. endobj And we need to have good evaluation systems. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. We increased graduation rates. The principal wants her to stay. I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. Thank you for joining us. WEINGARTEN: Look, what the unions actually talked about was as part of lifting the cap, as part of lifting the cap, they didn't fight against lifting the cap -- LEGEND: Yes, they did. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. 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. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? Film. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Good evening. WebWaiting For "Superman" has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. /Contents [ 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R ] All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. RHEE: First, I think I would be remiss if I did not point out to everybody that there's been a lot of talk about public schools, public schools. [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. 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. Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. 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? The attendance and the schools itself. Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. Ravitch said that "cheating, teaching to bad tests, institutionalized fraud, dumbing down of tests, and a narrowed curriculum" were the true outcomes of Rhee's tenure in D.C. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. You are not exactly what some would consider to be a conservative filmmaker. It was about a whole range of other issues. I cry for him sometimes. Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: The issue is we have to all do this together with good contracts, with all of us on the same side, getting to help good teachers, getting supportive principals, getting a curriculum and the wrap-around services that Geoff does that cradle to college service. It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement. Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present, an undergraduate course with Professor Jack Dougherty at Trinity College, Hartford CT. David GuggenheimsWaiting for Supermanlooks at how theAmerican public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to solve this problem. "[13] Variety characterized the film's production quality as "deserving every superlative" and felt that "the film is never less than buoyant, thanks largely to the dedicated and effective teachers on whom Guggenheim focuses. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. 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. /XObject << Waiting For Superman was more widely released than any other documentary, and among the highest-grossing documentaries of 2010. 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. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. The most influential scene during this segment is when one of the students, Bianca, and her mother, Nakia, wait for Biancas name to be called as the lottery nears the end. /Count 5 Waiting for Superman CANADA: Sure. You know, in Washington, D.C., under Mayor Fenty who arguably I think is the most courageous politician we have on these education reform issues, we did everything, arguably, that people wanted to see. Today is her graduation, and she's not allowed to go because do I owe some tuition. 1 0 obj What did you learn? 7 0 obj BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. And it started to haunt me, the idea that kids in my own neighborhood, and I live in a pretty good neighborhood, aren't getting what my kids have. stream Waiting for Superman.2010. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. It starts with teachers becoming the very best, leaders removing the barriers of change, neighbors committed to their school, you willing to act (Guggenheim 1:45:05-1:45:28). What's going on here? Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. The film also examines teacher's unions. /T1_0 52 0 R >> SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." /Parent 1 0 R I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. BRZEZINSKI: Okay. /MC0 37 0 R When I see from my own experience as a school teach are for six years when evaluations didn't work and less than 20 percent of them think that evaluations work right now. Only 3 out of 100 students at Roosevelt will graduate with the necessary classes for admission to a four year university. /ExtGState << BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, IE 11 is not supported. We spruced up -- modernized the building. Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. Web2010. "[10] Joe Morgenstern, writing for The Wall Street Journal, gave the film a positive review writing, "when the future of public education is being debated with unprecedented intensity," the film "makes an invaluable addition to the debate. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. After half a year of teaching, I talked to her yesterday, she had brought her kids a year -- more than a year and a half ahead. We all have to move off self-interest. LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. I think if we actually got to what constitutes a good teacher and had that kind of standard we'd all be in the same place on that and there are about 50 or 60 districts right now, I made a proposal in January about how to overhaul evaluation. BRZEZINSKI: What are you saying, Randi, what is he saying? SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? But I think it's quite frankly a little disingenuous for the union president to stand up and say we liked what Michelle was doing, we wanted it to continue to happen, when the national AFT poured $1 million into the campaign in Washington, D.C. a million dollars in a local mayoral race you know clearly sends a message that they didn't want things to continue as they were. DAISY: Isnt that when people play and they win money. There are two Americas right now when it comes to education. I've never seen anything like it in my life. /T1_1 20 0 R It's a random selection. [8], Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and wrote, "What struck me most of all was Geoffrey Canada's confidence that a charter school run on his model can make virtually any first-grader a high school graduate who's accepted to college. That is the problem. BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. Walk in and I still want every kid to win. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. Waiting for Superman is a documentary which investigates the different ways in which education is failing students and the development of the American public The filmmakers deliberately kept the camera on certain students and their families, like Nakia and Bianca, in order to show how those who did not get into charter schools felt extremely disappointed and emotional because they had hoped to be accepted into a schoolthat would not fail them. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. This is our country. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. Let me answer your question first. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. /Rotate 0 >> I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. SCARBOROUGH: Right. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? 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. /T1_1 20 0 R BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll be joined -- SCARBOROUGH: One thing we do agree on -- BRZEZINSKI: We have to go. I'd like to follow up by asking you, that on "MEET THE PRESS" this morning, you said the union has taken steps to make teachers better, taken concrete steps. << 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). Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. The movie's major villains are the National "[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. Randi was talking about instead of focusing on bad teachers, focusing on good teachers. Waiting for 'Superman SCARBOROUGH: Randi said the teachers wanted the tools to get the job done. I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. It's happening in Los Angeles. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. Waiting for "Superman," Davis Guggenheim's edifying and heartbreaking new documentary, says that our future depends on good teachers and that the coddling of bad teachers by their powerful unions virtually ensures mediocrity, at best, in both teachers and the students in their care. BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? Natchez Democrat Houses For Rent, Oster Roaster Insert, Articles W