waiting for superman documentary transcript

Davis, I want to go to you on this one. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. >> HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu The film follows several families as they attempt to gain access to prominent charter schools for their children. We'll come back and continue this. 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. I'm just wondering. BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. We increased student achievement levels. "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. 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 What are your thoughts? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. /T1_1 20 0 R Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. That means in the midterms. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. "[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. You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. /Parent 1 0 R Are you feeling agreement? BRZEZINSKI: No. >> /Count 5 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. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. 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. Only 3 out of 100 students at Roosevelt will graduate with the necessary classes for admission to a four year university. /GS0 18 0 R People couldn't believe you could do it. (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. We love good teachers. /T1_0 24 0 R These are our communities. Geoffrey Canada: I was like what do you mean he's not real. This is why. I get to meet all the wonderful teachers out there. >> Sept. 23, 2010. >> BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? 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. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. An examination of the current state of education in America today. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? << It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. /MC0 62 0 R We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? endobj In some ways when we fought for sources for kids like my union did, we were fighting to help kids get what they needed. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. /Parent 1 0 R When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. RHEE: Thats correct. I went up to a school up there. The film also examines teacher's unions. 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. 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. GUGGENHEIM: Weve won the lottery. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? /ExtGState << By Stephen Holden. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? BRZEZINSKI: What happens to these kids? JOE SCARBOROUGH: Good evening. /Contents 33 0 R It was about a whole range of other issues. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the 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. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. /Resources << 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. We increased attendance rates. << This is about the kids in the movie, and this is about how those of us on this stage help kids. Because there is no downside to failure. Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. The attendance and the schools itself. These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. /Rotate 0 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. /TT0 48 0 R CANADA: Sure. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. By the nature of who my family is. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? We love hard-working 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. That's amazing. Come on out. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. And she thought I was crying because it's like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. IE 11 is not supported. I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. When they hear this back and forth, there's the sense of like, you know what, put my head in the sand, take care of my own kids because this debate has been going on for generations. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. << 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. The answer is no. One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. It's happening in Los Angeles. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. 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. You believe it. 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. "[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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? Fox News. 10 0 obj SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. 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. 1. John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. I think we all have to look in the mirror and say, what have we done wrong up until now and what do we need to do better? /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? 4,789 Views. /ExtGState << /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. BRZEZINSKI: What are you saying, Randi, what is he saying? /Type /Pages That's the first thing. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. What happened there? We're just saying --. /MC0 34 0 R >> 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. I think the question about whether school reform can continue at as an aggressive rate under him is whether hes going to be able to stand up to the fact that SCARBOROUGH: Let me ask you this Michelle. So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. Waiting for Superman is a documentary which investigates the different ways in which education is failing students and the development of the American public UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisys path to medical school begins with eighth grade algebra which she'll need to take when she moves up to Stevenson Middle School. We all have to move off self-interest. 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. 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? All of my kids have gone to public school. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. 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. 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. /GS1 17 0 R We're going to lose our nation. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. endobj [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. >> SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. /T1_0 52 0 R }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} In fact you come off quite badly. Take a look. Waiting For Superman may refer to: Waiting for "Superman", a 2010 documentary. 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. We actually have to change the political environment. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) >> SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? 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. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. 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 "[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. /T1_1 20 0 R It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. DAISY: I want to be a nurse. Waiting for Superman.2010. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] "[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. This is our country. /Font << >> That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. /Rotate 0 If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. /Filter /FlateDecode /Pages 1 0 R BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? There are core values we have to have. Waiting for Superman (song), a 2013 song by the American rock band Daughtry. /Parent 1 0 R Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. It is a revolution. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. /GS0 47 0 R There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /ExtGState << >> I think he actually wants to do the right thing. John, tell us how you got involved in this. We can't have our school system running like this. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. Be the first to contribute. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. There are people who have figured out systems of improving education and the mayor was very aggressive in bringing those folk into New York City and saying to them, we're going to remove the obstacles for you all to do your work. SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he's going to do the right thing now that the teachers union is giving him a million dollars? /Contents [ 39 0 R 40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R ] The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. /Resources << So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. /GS0 18 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? /Font << It's a random selection. /Parent 1 0 R BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? 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. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." NAKIA: I was disturbed. 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. SCARBOROUGH: The reformer. 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. /ExtGState << I cry for him sometimes. "[18] Kyle Smith, for the New York Post, gave the film 4.5 stars, calling it an "invaluable learning experience. /Parent 1 0 R Cross your fingers. 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. 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. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up It's not about charter schools. SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. What if I made a movie that gets people to care about other peoples children and fight for other people's children as much I fight for mine. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. 8 0 obj 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. Now it's happening in Houston. But, Mondello One of them is Nakia. Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. We're feeling a real sense of commitment. It's about those kids. I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. They asked Rhee whether the pressure on teachers led them to cheat. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. 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. endstream "[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. [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. Ravitch says that a study by Stanford University economist Margaret Raymond of 5000 charter schools found that only 17% are superior in math test performance to a matched public school, and many perform badly, casting doubt on the film's claim that privately managed charter schools are the solution to bad public schools. People -- but this room needs to get bigger. [31] Ravitch served as a board member with the NAEP and says that "the NAEP doesn't measure performance in terms of grade-level achievement," as claimed in the film, but only as "advanced," "proficient," and "basic." /Rotate 0 Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. We'll hear from the audience as well. And this is not America, the idea that one kid could have a great education and one kid can't. >> The good guys/heroes are low-income American parents, hoping to provide a good education for their children. Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. CANADA: There are two things. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. /Font << That means politically get involved. 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. I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. It's shameful. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. 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. /Font << "[20], The film also received negative criticism. Thanks to all of our guests. 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. That was teachers talking to each other and talking to the world about what teachers needed. I'm joking. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. 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. There are two Americas right now when it comes to education. A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. PG. >> RHEE: I don't think they are. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. Guggenheim, Davis. 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. Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. Why not? 2 0 obj Why were you frightened to send her to school. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I was really tired. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. /Resources << LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. /GS0 18 0 R /XObject << Where does the union take some responsibility in this? It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. /T1_0 24 0 R It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. endobj /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] You have to live in the district. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. /Contents 36 0 R That is the problem. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. SCARBOROUGH: Davis? It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. "Geraldo at Large." SCARBOROUGH: Right. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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 have to go to break right now. RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. /Im0 19 0 R GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. WEINGARTEN: I live in New York -- RHEE: You put $1 million into a mayoral campaign. 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. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. We need to have great curriculum. He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. Randi was talking about instead of focusing on bad teachers, focusing on good teachers. We have to take ownership. You get to the nation's capital, the nation's capital, only 16 percent of students are proficient in math. Why? SCARBOROUGH: Right. 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). SCARBOROUGH: You mean against -- RHEE: Against Fenty, my boss. 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. 9 0 obj You believe it, don't you, Michelle? 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. What did you learn? [37] It criticizes some public figures featured in Waiting for "Superman", proposes different policies to improve education in the United States and counters the position taken by Guggenheim. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. >> I get why that's good for the adults. The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. >> /Type /Page I want to talk about New York for one second. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. 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. "[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. Why did you pick this topic? And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. /Resources << So the question is, what's New York City doing right? Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public schools (the district with some of the worst-performing students at the time), is shown attempting to take on the union agreements that teachers are bound to, but suffers a backlash from the unions and the teachers themselves. This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. 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.