/TT0 48 0 R I've been amazed by what's possible. And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. 5 0 obj It affects good teachers, too. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. PG. BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? /MC0 28 0 R GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. We're turning to you now. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. /Contents 33 0 R Mika and I want to welcome you to this special hour. /Type /Page WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. Why not? Feb 22, 2013. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. 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. 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. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] [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. /Length 866 Why were you frightened to send her to school. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. 9 0 obj If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. 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. END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. We love good teachers. /ExtGState << We're not attacking teachers. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. And that is a concept that is so necessary. Film. The film shows how Geoffrey Canadas solution to this problem was to create charter schools that would give children and their parents more options within the public school system and would hopefully raise academic performance, decrease dropout rates, andincrease the number of students who attend college. There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. /Font << Geoffrey Canada has done it. /Rotate 0 That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. It's a random selection. 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? Why is that? SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he's going to do the right thing now that the teachers union is giving him a million dollars? I'm feeling it. 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. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. That is the problem. These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. >> /Pages 1 0 R It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. We actually have to change the political environment. SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? & CEO, HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE: I think the real important issue for us to face as Americans is if we don't fix this, we will not remain a great country. >> 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. 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). 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. CANADA: Well you know what? WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] RHEE: Yes, that's right. If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. Its so interesting you say that because Mika, Chris, our EP, myself, everybody thats seen this movie says first of all, they break down and cry at the end of this movie and then when they go home and they look at their children, children who can go to really great schools, they look at their own children differently. As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. 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. Documentary. NAKIA: I was disturbed. WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. And we need to have good evaluation systems. And the city of Indianapolis said you're the most effective ninth grade reading teacher in our city and we're going to give you a great reward, five days later they had to fire her because the contract said she's the youngest teacher and she has to go Now, there's no one -- bad person in the process. It was not simply about education. It is a revolution. 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. Theres a lot of schools that I want to take you to Davis, great public schools where we are breaking the sound barrier, too. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. 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 >> You know that process has to be fixed. SCARBOROUGH: All right. We have to take ownership. Michelle and I love great teachers. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. 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. 2 0 obj Waiting for Superman is a documentary which investigates the different ways in which education is failing students and the development of the American public "[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. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. Waiting for Superman. 6 0 obj 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. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] 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. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. >> And that means get involved. 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. Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. 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. WEINGARTEN: No one, you know, teachers in at least our union would be the first to tell you, we rail against this system in some ways as much as Geoff and Michelle. We're in a crisis. >> SCARBOROUGH: Davis? Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. We have to go to break. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: Okay. They asked Rhee whether the pressure on teachers led them to cheat. There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. "[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. /Type /Page 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. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. Sept. 23, 2010. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of education is there's no turning back on reform in education in Washington, D.C. Our union is committed to it. We're just saying --. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to endobj /Parent 1 0 R The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? These students range in 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. 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. They'll talk about this issue. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? Eighth graders at Kipp L.A. Prep get triple the classroom time in math and science. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. /T1_1 20 0 R Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. endobj CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. I knew what the final scene would look like and I still broke down three times. /T1_0 52 0 R Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. 3 0 obj The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. It's must-see TV. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. The attendance and the schools itself. (soundbite of film, "big george foreman: the miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world") KHRIS DAVIS: (As George Foreman) Last time they saw me, I looked like Superman. Waiting for Superman.2010. BRZEZINSKI: Please help us welcome founder and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, Washington D.C.'s school's chancellor, Michelle Rhee, American Federation of Teacher's president Randi Weingarten and filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? The film follows several families as they attempt to gain access to prominent charter schools for their children. The film is extremely eye-opening, showing just how bad a state most of our education systems are in. 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. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. Or it can't be done. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. /Filter /FlateDecode SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. E]D[JWlwH{,j73?Mazd. I have a good feeling about this. I know, but you didn't have enough money. >> It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement. SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? >> In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. 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. Today is her graduation, and she's not allowed to go because do I owe some tuition. Waiting For Superman may refer to: Waiting for "Superman", a 2010 documentary. But I think that's false. /T1_0 24 0 R How do you explain that to a child? SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. /Properties << If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. 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. They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us "[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. 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. SCARBOROUGH: Randi said the teachers wanted the tools to get the job done. They said, look, this work is hard. RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. >> It was about a whole range of other issues. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. 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. Yes, first or second grade skills. I know they are. The documentary follows /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] That's the first thing. There is a perception out there that is the union that is standing in the way of principals firing bad teachers. 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. It's not about charter schools. SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. SCARBOROUGH: And you also, your movie talks about how what's happening in some of these schools is demolished a lie, a bigoted lie that some kids are incapable of learning. You all have your numbers, right? BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? RHEE: I don't think they are. [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. /Parent 1 0 R LEGEND: My last thing I would say, we have to realize that these kids are our kids. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. What have you been able to do with them? They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. "[20], The film also received negative criticism. And this is not America, the idea that one kid could have a great education and one kid can't. I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. You talked about evaluations like every other business. He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. SCARBOROUGH: Right. /GS0 18 0 R This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". KENNY: Right. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. I love teachers. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. Why did you pick this topic? How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. SCARBOROUGH: You mean against -- RHEE: Against Fenty, my boss. SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. [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.". SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? /Resources << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. There are two Americas right now when it comes to education. /MC0 37 0 R We're here at the site of our education nation summit launching today at NBC News and MSNBC. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. 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. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the >> We should let Randi respond. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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). I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. RHEE: Heres the thing. By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. 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. 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: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. I get to meet all the wonderful teachers out there. You cannot say we want more resources to go to kids when in fact in this city, Joel Klein is spilling $100 million a year to pay for teachers you saw it in the movie, who aren't actually teaching. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? 1h 51m. /Properties << Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. [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. 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. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). I think he actually wants to do the right thing. SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. Ravitch also writes that many charter schools are involved in "unsavory real estate deals" [31], In 2011, many news media reported on a testing score "cheating scandal" at Rhee's schools, because the test answer sheets contained a suspiciously high number of erasures that changed wrong answers to right answers. BRZEZINSKI: All right. Waiting for 'Superman' the title refers to a Harlem educators childhood belief that a superhero would fix the problems of the ghetto won an Audience Award at /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? Guggenheim, Davis. It's about places that have failed for 30, 40, 50 years, we can't do the same thing this year that we did last year. /Rotate 0 "[18] Kyle Smith, for the New York Post, gave the film 4.5 stars, calling it an "invaluable learning experience. >> SCARBOROUGH: Fantastic. The goal of the film is to create a successful public education system filled with great schoolsthat leave no child behind, andit calls for reform from all of usin order to reach that goal. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. /Type /Page GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. I think we all need to take more responsibility. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. [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. These people are the ones making the decisions. At the end of the film, there is writing that states: The problem is complex but the steps are simple. << Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the /Contents 30 0 R Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. Be the first to contribute. I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. /Resources << << /T1_1 20 0 R Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? 1. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. Davis, god bless you. 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. When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. >> SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. 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. 40 years later we're still fighting for equality and one of the biggest barriers to achieving quality is the fact that so many kids in our country can't get a great education. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. We increased student achievement levels. WEINGARTEN: Im just -- that's why there was a cap from the early -- SCARBOROUGH: We have a lot of people that want get involved here.
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