We should let Randi respond. I know they are. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. " YR0^hC#mlj'@]Gc2x}SVvP[sL,yD1-ut |c,{CG1 Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. /Resources << NAKIA: She felt it wasn't fair that other children were being picked and she was just as smart as they were and why not her. I want the system to be better. 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. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. Like around here, I mean, I want my kids to have better than what I had. Or it can't be done. The union itself has instead of focusing on good teachers and how we need to help them, give them the tools and conditions, we have always focused on, you know, the due process protections. I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. endobj Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. >> I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. /GS0 18 0 R We love good teachers. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. There are core values we have to have. /GS1 17 0 R >> There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] In fact you come off quite badly. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. 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. What are your thoughts? We're going to lose our nation. /GS1 17 0 R The attendance and the schools itself. It reveals that the two major problems SCARBOROUGH: All right. But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. John, tell us how you got involved in this. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. 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. JOHN LEGEND, SONGWRITER: Well, it's an interesting story because I was making this album "Wake-Up." It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up >> The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. /Type /Catalog WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. Why? Many of them. We have to go to break. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? 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. NAKIA: I was disturbed. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. 9 0 obj By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? /Type /Pages SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. My kids have won the lottery. One of the most disheartening moments of the movie for me is when you were driving away from the meeting, your meeting, with the teachers, and it just showed your face. 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. }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} Feb 22, 2013. It was not simply about education. SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. 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? By Stephen Holden. We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. >> BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. BRZEZINSKI: Okay. What did you learn? The contract says she has to go. WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. /MC0 31 0 R CANADA: Sure. /ExtGState << 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. /GS0 18 0 R I actually don't -- I think we could continue one city at a time. ]o m P:giwgRG+g;)Y 'J[+AH@f6=D.Ga5&0RL[?Xt6MU*/-waUN UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. We can't have our school system running like this. We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. 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. Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. >> Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: The Superman movie fans are waiting for Superman: Legacy will be released on 11 July 2025. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. Most of them. They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. 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. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We need to have great curriculum. >> This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? Waiting for Superman is a documentary which investigates the different ways in which education is failing students and the development of the American public Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. 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. That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. /MC0 28 0 R GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. "[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. BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. >> DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. >> Yes, there should be fairness. 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 want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. But, Mondello By the nature of who my family is. /MC0 37 0 R 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. Kids coming into middle school and fifth grade with first grade reading abilities, leaving in eighth grade with a 100 percent proficiency, outscoring kids in Scarsdale, New York. SCARBOROUGH: You also told me that there was a split in the civil rights community, that older members of the civil rights community sometimes fought younger members of the civil rights community who were reformers. /Resources << RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. 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. And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. endobj So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. /Font << The principal wants her to stay. WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? RHEE: It was actually 12 percent that were proficient in reading but he picked the better statistic because actually, only 8 percent of our children were proficient in math. DAISYS FATHER: Come on, Daisy, cross your fingers. "[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. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. /Rotate 0 I want to talk about New York for one second. >> DAISY: I want to go to a medical college or a veterinarian college because I really want to become a surgeon. 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. I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. 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. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? endobj Michelle and I love great teachers. 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. CANADA: Can I just tell you this? And that is a concept that is so necessary. You all have your numbers, right? And the next morning Im driving my kids in the minivan to school and they go to a great private school in Los Angeles. It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. 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. DAISY: I want to be a nurse. /Resources << 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 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. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. The film is extremely eye-opening, showing just how bad a state most of our education systems are in. SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. We're turning to you now. Because there is no downside to failure. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? 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. RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. /ExtGState << And we have to have everyone, even parents, recommitted, you know, even school officials, district heads, superintendents, unions, all of us have to move off a position of self-interest like I do with my own kids, sending them to private school, like the unions do, I think, preserving the status quo. SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? endobj BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. >> WEINGARTEN: John. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. These people are the ones making the decisions. "[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. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Where does the union take some responsibility in this? /Font << 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. An examination of the current state of education in America today. << Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. Through the stories of five children who wanted to attend a charter school, the film shows how one child was accepted and another child was accepted from the wait list while three children were not accepted at all. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] You believe it, don't you, Michelle? /GS1 17 0 R The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." The film follows several families as they attempt to gain access to prominent charter schools for their children. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. >> Wouldn't that have been better? I said I don't want to go up. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. /GS0 47 0 R Geoffrey Canada. She was a teacher in Indianapolis. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I mean, not all teachers are created equal. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. Final words with our panel, next after a short break. >> HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu We actually have to change the political environment. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. /T1_0 24 0 R /Resources << ", "Film's anguished lesson on why schools are failing", "Protesting teachers give 'Waiting for Superman' an 'F', "Catching up with WAITING FOR SUPERMAN's Davis Guggenheim", "At the Critics' Choice Awards: Winners Are Social Network, Inception, Firth, Portman, Leo, Bale | Thompson on Hollywood", An Inconvenient Superman: Davis Guggenheim's New Film Hijacks School Reform, "Michelle Rhee's Cheating Scandal: Diane Ravitch Blasts Education Reform Star", "Waiting for Superman" star on cheating scandals, Eager for Spotlight, but Not if It Is on a Testing Scandal, FRONTLINE: The Education of Michelle Rhee, "NYC teachers counter 'Waiting for Superman' with film of their own", "Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools", Critics Say Documentary Unfairly Targets Teachers Unions and Promotes Charter Schools, Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, DallasFort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film, Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Feature, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waiting_for_%22Superman%22&oldid=1118430069, Documentary films about American politics, Documentary films about education in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 27 October 2022, at 00:08. "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. People couldn't believe you could do it. How do we spread that from Harlem across America? /T1_0 24 0 R SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? We're seeing all this great success in Harlem, there were forces that were trying to make sure that that couldn't be replicated on a larger scale. And I think seeing what's possible in this film is very inspiring. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. NAKIA: Yes. 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. 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. 7 0 obj Eighth graders at Kipp L.A. Prep get triple the classroom time in math and science. RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. SCARBOROUGH: All right. At the end of the film, there is writing that states: The problem is complex but the steps are simple. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. SCARBOROUGH: All right, Davis, Davis, you said at the beginning you didn't want to get involved in this project. 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. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. 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. endobj The film also examines teacher's unions. /TT0 48 0 R I want to ask you another really quick question and then go around to the rest of the panel. These are our communities. 10 0 obj Davis, god bless you. 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. 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. You are not exactly what some would consider to be a conservative filmmaker. 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. /Resources << We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? >> SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. We're not attacking teachers. We all have to move off self-interest. Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. And it's just -- it changes your perspective. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. Thank you for joining us. endobj /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The answer is no. You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great.