GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. /Type /Pages SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. /Rotate 0 Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. Yes, there should be fairness. Web2010. The attendance and the schools itself. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. 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. And what the teachers wanted in Washington were the tools and conditions for them to do their jobs. "[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. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. But do you think Michelle Rhee was trying to improve the performance of the teachers in her district, was she trying to make the schools better? /T1_0 20 0 R 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. We're not attacking teachers. /Type /Catalog An examination of the current state of education in America today. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /Font << And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. 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. 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. /T1_0 24 0 R 4 0 obj Feb 22, 2013. SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? The documentary follows 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. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vergosa, Andrew. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. When you have kids from Harlem going there with first grade reading proficiency and science proficiency and they leave three years later with 100 percent proficiency, it just -- at some point it becomes a moral issue. You don't have all sorts of external rules. LESTE BELL, DAISYS TEACHER: She chose her college and she wrote a letter to the admissions and asking them to allow her to attend their college. endobj schools. I want the system to be better. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. SCARBOROUGH: What we hear, Randi, morning after morning after morning from progressives, from conservatives, from Republicans, from Democrats, from independents, seems to be the same thing. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. Thanks to all of our guests. 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. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. NAKIA: Yes. WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? 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. She was a teacher in Indianapolis. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. 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. /Contents 36 0 R It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. 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? In some ways when we fought for sources for kids like my union did, we were fighting to help kids get what they needed. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. >> And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. DAISY: Isnt that when people play and they win money. Waiting for Superman (song), a 2013 song by the American rock band Daughtry. It's happening in Los Angeles. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. There are core values we have to have. << No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. There are winners and losers. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. >> Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. 7 0 obj At the end of the film, there is writing that states: The problem is complex but the steps are simple. Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. We need to do a lot more of what Debbie Kenny is doing in that school but we need to do whats going on in lots and lots and lots of public schools because at the end of the day, every single teacher I know wants to make a difference in the lives of kids. /Parent 1 0 R RHEE: I don't think they are. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. [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." BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? The bottom line is, you cannot say that you support removing ineffective teachers when then I fire ineffective teachers and you slap me with lawsuits and you slap me with the grievances. 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? BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. /MC0 28 0 R As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. 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. I cry for him sometimes. CANADA: Sure. WEINGARTEN: John. BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. You can't do it with the district rules and the union contracts as they are in most districts. These students range in It is a revolution. 6 0 obj It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. We actually have to change the political environment. He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. 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. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose You have to pull out a bingo ball and call your number. SCARBOROUGH: Randi said the teachers wanted the tools to get the job done. SCARBOROUGH: Right. As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). Michelle and I love great teachers. 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 /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 ] Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. RHEE: I do. & 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. 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. /ExtGState << Film. 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. "[30] Lastly, Ayers writes that "schools are more segregated today than before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954," and thus criticized the film for not mentioning that "black and brown students are being suspended, expelled, searched, and criminalized. "[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. /T1_0 52 0 R GUGGENHEIM: Ive seen the movie hundreds of times. 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. Theres a lot of schools that I want to take you to Davis, great public schools where we are breaking the sound barrier, too. LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. 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. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. /Resources << LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. 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. Waiting for Superman. /MC0 37 0 R LEGEND: Yes. WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. That's when we come back as we dive into the issues presented in "Waiting For Superman." That is the problem. 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. We're feeling a real sense of commitment. WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. << >> I'm just wondering. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] I'm feeling it. And that is a concept that is so necessary. I like to follow the evidence. This is our country. 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 say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. << 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. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. What happened there? These are your schools, your communities. There's a cap in New York State because ultimately when George Pataki and I and others started to work on having charter schools in this state, there was an issue in terms of the economics and what would happen with moneys in terms of other districts. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. Guggenheim, Davis. The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. By the nature of who my family is. Fox News. There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. /GS0 18 0 R Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: What have you been able to do with them? 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. /MC0 62 0 R endstream The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. It's not about charter schools. /Parent 1 0 R That means in the midterms. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? /Properties << UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. /Type /Page (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. 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. 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. BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Most of them. /GS0 18 0 R /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he's going to do the right thing now that the teachers union is giving him a million dollars? /Parent 1 0 R SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. No one wants lousy teachers. It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. SCARBOROUGH: Michelle, let me ask you this. They do allow us to figure out what's working and we should replicate it and what's not and we should close those charter schools that arent working so that we actually develop a science in our business about what works in what kinds of environments and in what kinds of communities. Come on out. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. So we've got to open up this issue of innovation and we've got to make sure that in those places we allow real educators to come in and redesign this thing so it works. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. 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. << These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. endobj 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. And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. Now it's happening in Houston. "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. "[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. BRZEZINSKI: No. >> We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. /Font << "[20], The film also received negative criticism. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. Because I seen what you do, Ive seen what Deborah Kinney has done, Ive seen what a lot of people have done out there and it seems to me, the model is find an extraordinary person, put them in a school, let them run that school. /Resources << /ExtGState << The principal wants her to stay. [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. 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. By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. 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. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. The film portrays the deep sadness that Bianca and her mother feel when Bianca is not accepted into the charter school as the two embrace one another at the end and Nakia dries her daughters tears (Guggenheim 1:37:35). How do you get past that? 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. Sept. 23, 2010. BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? You have to live in the district. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. They asked Rhee whether the pressure on teachers led them to cheat. You believe it, don't you, Michelle? 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. But, Mondello So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. 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. Geoffrey Canada: I was like what do you mean he's not real. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? We increased attendance rates. /ExtGState << 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). "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] >> CANADA: There are two things. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. (d acJ4@%Q8C/! >> SCARBOROUGH: Right. The movie's major villains are the National That's amazing. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. It's shameful. 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. She was assigned in January. The superintendent wants her to say. /Rotate 0 People couldn't believe you could do it. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? >> SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. >> 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. >> 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. Waiting for Superman.2010. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. 1h 51m. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about 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. 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). UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? 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. 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. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. The filmmakers made sure to film how Nakia becomes increasingly more anxious and concerned as time passes during the lottery, but fewer spots become available and her daughters name has not been called (Guggenheim 1:32:49). I am the first one to say, that charter schools are not the answer. Documentary. >> /ExtGState << I want to be a doctor and I want to be a veterinarian. I said I don't want to go up. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? /Count 5 << >> BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. /Parent 1 0 R We'll come back and continue this. 9 0 obj Yes, first or second grade skills. Take a look. Go. /Contents 30 0 R Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? /Length 866 Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? We can't have our school system running like this. RHEE: Heres the thing. If I want something for her and I cant get it from there, I'm going to find an alternative. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. That means politically get involved. I get why that's good for the adults. 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. We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years.