Because you would think that the parents of those children that Michelle was in there shaking up the system to save those children, if those parents would have rallied, but we have gotten so used to failure, we tolerate failure in places like D.C. and central Harlem and Detroit, we just tolerate that failure and we've got to say to this nation, no more. >> /TT0 48 0 R A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. >> John, tell us how you got involved in this. But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. 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: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. WebSummaries. What were your thoughts when the number did not come up? It affects good teachers, too. You said OK we're not going to penalize bad teachers. Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. 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 /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] 4 0 obj I've been amazed by what's possible. /XObject << >> 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. I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. Be the first to contribute. I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. Most of them. 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. We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. I know they are. There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. [2] The film criticizes the American public education system by following several students as they strive to be accepted into competitive charter schools such as KIPP LA Schools, Harlem Success Academy and Summit Preparatory Charter High School. The attendance and the schools itself. Thank you for joining us. That's when we come back as we dive into the issues presented in "Waiting For Superman." I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. /GS0 47 0 R Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. But I think that's false. "[9] Scott Bowles of USA Today lauded the film for its focus on the students: "it's hard to deny the power of Guggenheim's lingering shots on these children. >> /Resources << SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. This is our country. 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. 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. But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? An examination of the current state of education in America today. They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. 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. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. An examination of the current state of education in America today. Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. LEGEND: Yes. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] WEINGARTEN: I live in New York -- RHEE: You put $1 million into a mayoral campaign. RHEE: Thats correct. There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. DAISYS FATHER: Come on, Daisy, cross your fingers. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. >> It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. Randi we'll let you get a response in here and also, Mika, what we're going to do is figure out where everybody agrees. That is the problem. Waiting for Superman. Take a look. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I think we all need to take more responsibility. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. << "[20], The film also received negative criticism. Let me answer your question first. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. /Font << DEBORAH KENNY, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY: Well its what we're doing and a lot of the schools around the country are doing when they're given the freedom, which is what the charter gives you to accomplish these results. SCARBOROUGH: First and foremost -- LEGEND: If we care about justice, if we care about equality in this country, we have to care about fixing education. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. They'll talk about this issue. WebSynopsis. And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. 8 0 obj Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the /MC0 31 0 R Thats just one of the great things that we see. We'll be right back. That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. 1h 51m. The contract says she has to go. >> 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. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. RHEE: Heres the thing. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Good evening. The reason is because we're allowed to give our teachers freedom and then hold them accountable for results. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the WebGenre: Documentary Waiting for 'Superman' Screenplay Edit Buy Year: 2010 4,775 Views Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. 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. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. 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. I love teachers. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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 We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. We're not attacking teachers. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. There is a perception out there that is the union that is standing in the way of principals firing bad teachers. Nakia joins us here tonight. 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. 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. And that is a concept that is so necessary. I was really tired. We spruced up -- modernized the building. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. Waiting for "Superman" premiered in the US on September 24, 2010, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with a rolling wider release that began on October 1, 2010. /Properties << /Parent 1 0 R WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. /T1_1 20 0 R stream I want to talk about New York for one second. Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth These are our communities. >> 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. I like to follow the evidence. Are you feeling agreement? It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. /Properties << You have to pull out a bingo ball and call your number. But, Mondello SCARBOROUGH: If you're going to lock kids in Harlem out of that process and let a few see the light and see the -- that seems to me to be immoral. If you look at what the Kipp schools have done or the uncommon schools, they've been able to replicate this model over and over. >> BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. I get why that's good for the adults. It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. People couldn't believe you could do it. During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater. What did you learn? WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. Why? Only 3 out of 100 students at Roosevelt will graduate with the necessary classes for admission to a four year university. The film will focus on the times when Superman is younger, with an emphasis on how he balances his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing . BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." How do you explain that to a child? RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. /ExtGState << << As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? Andrew O'Hehir of Salon wrote a negative review of the film, writing that while there's "a great deal that's appealing," there's also "as much in this movie that is downright baffling. SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. BRZEZINSKI: No. BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: /T1_1 20 0 R /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. endobj I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. Come on out. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> /Filter /FlateDecode /Font << I've never seen anything like it in my life. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. 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 That's amazing. I don't care what I have to do, I don't care how many jobs I have to obtain but she will go to college. /T1_1 20 0 R Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. In fact you come off quite badly. 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. SCARBOROUGH: All right. Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av 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. Take a moment. I am the first one to say, that charter schools are not the answer. It's happening in D.C. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. Joe and I saw the movie a few days ago and we literally walked up Broadway, I think it was, in complete silence, both feeling very twisted and angry about what we had seen. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. >> Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. "[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. One of the things we were thinking about, we were covering songs from the civil rights era, from the '60s and '70s and people who fought for justice and equality. By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. >> I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. I think the point of departure between Michelle and I may be that I see, just like in Finland and Singapore and other places, that we need to all actually work together, focused on instruction, focused on how we help people do the best jobs they can and then -- BRZEZINSKI: Wasnt that what she was doing? SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. 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. First, I loved that town hall today. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. /T1_1 24 0 R The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? (d acJ4@%Q8C/! BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? 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). Davis, god bless you. 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. American schools face frequent budget cuts, but its not all about the money. CANADA: There are two things. << /GS1 17 0 R [32][33][34][35][36], A teacher-backed group called the Grassroots Education Movement produced a rebuttal documentary titled The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman, which was released in 2011. I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. 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. LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. That's the first thing. WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. >> Waiting for Superman.2010. My kids have won the lottery. NAKIA: The public schools in my neighborhood don't add up to what I want from her. 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. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] [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.". >> "[18] Kyle Smith, for the New York Post, gave the film 4.5 stars, calling it an "invaluable learning experience. She was assigned in January. If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. 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. GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. /GS1 17 0 R Thank you so much. /Parent 1 0 R Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. What are your thoughts? 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. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. /ExtGState << That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. KENNY: Right. The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. Yet instead of examining this critical issue objectively, the movie Waiting for "Superman" cites false statistics in their effort to scapegoat teachers, unfairly blaming them for all the failures of our urban schools. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. By showing its audience that even charter schools close their doors to some students, which them forces these students to attendfailing public schools, the video illustrates howthere are still flaws to the American public school system and challenges that need to be addressed. /Rotate 0 RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? /Properties << CANADA: Sure. WebWaiting for Superman/Transcript. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." It's must-see TV. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. BRZEZINSKI: All right. /Type /Page And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. >> BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] RHEE: I do. endobj Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. /GS0 18 0 R /Rotate 0 endstream /MC0 37 0 R How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. So people keep talking about accountability just in terms of firing teachers but what I think people need to understand is how accountability allows you to unleash teacher passion by setting on fire all the teachers in the school because you're allowed to give them the freedom to teach the way they see fit. It's about those kids. Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. Randi said something that was fascinating. And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. KENNY: We catch them up to basic level and we accelerate them to proficient. We have to go to break right now. I want to be a doctor and I want to be a veterinarian. The film illustrates the problem of how American public schools are failing children, as it explicitly describes many public schools as drop-out factories, in which over 40% of students do not graduate on time. << /Parent 1 0 R For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. schools. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. SCARBOROUGH: Davis? BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. 1 0 obj And it says that if all of us are actually committed to fixing this, we will follow the evidence of what works, follow it, be innovative, be creative but follow the evidence of what works and we will all work together to fix this so that every single child has access to a great public education, not by chance, not by privilege but by right. I think they put the money into this mayoral campaign because it was a symbol of reform in this country. "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. >> DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. CANADA: Can I just tell you this? WEINGARTEN: Michelle and I may disagree on the particulars of this, but there are about 50 or 60 districts that are using the proposal that we made and ultimately we think if we do that, if we fix teacher evaluations so it's about teacher development and evaluation, we can fix this problem. And I was hurt. 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.