It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. endobj So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. BRZEZINSKI: What are you saying, Randi, what is he saying? 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. Is there any give here? /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) The superintendent wants her to say. Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. Charter schools are public schools, public dollars, public school children and to talk about them as if they are not public schools, I think does a disservice to that movement. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And it's just -- it changes your perspective. [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. Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. 1h 51m. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. If I want something for her and I cant get it from there, I'm going to find an alternative. SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? It reveals that the two major problems And what the teachers wanted in Washington were the tools and conditions for them to do their jobs. How do we spread that from Harlem across America? /ExtGState << CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. Obviously at the end most people watching this movie teared up. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. 6 0 obj They asked Rhee whether the pressure on teachers led them to cheat. I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. I cry for him sometimes. >> Since charter schools do not operate with the same restrictions as public institutions, they are depicted as having a more experimental approach to educating students. 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. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. 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. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. 1. CANADA: Can I just tell you this? 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. I'm just wondering. Geoffrey Canada. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Waiting for Superman. Let me answer your question first. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to 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. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? 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. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. If I have kids, I don't want kids to be in this environment. A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. << Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the /T1_1 20 0 R There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. NAKIA: The public schools in my neighborhood don't add up to what I want from her. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. WebWaiting For Superman (871) 7.4 1 h 51 min 2010 X-Ray PG The lives of five Harlem and Bronx families in the high stakes lottery for access to New York City's best charter 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. She was a teacher in Indianapolis. /Font << Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. 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. /Contents 33 0 R If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. 4 0 obj [31] (The film says, however, that it is focusing on the one in five superior charter schools, or close to 17%, that do outperform public schools.) /Type /Pages What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. 10 0 obj 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. 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. [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.". /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] DAISY: I want to go to a medical college or a veterinarian college because I really want to become a surgeon. LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. Thanks to all of our guests. SCARBOROUGH: The reformer. 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. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. 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. The answer is no. /Parent 1 0 R We're in a crisis. 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 "Geraldo at Large." Didn't get an answer on that. That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. [2] The film criticizes the American public education system by following several students as they strive to be accepted into competitive charter schools such as KIPP LA Schools, Harlem Success Academy and Summit Preparatory Charter High School. DAISY: Isnt that when people play and they win money. We have to go to break. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. 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. >> BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. << SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> 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. BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. By Stephen Holden. 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. << This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. /Count 5 WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. 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. }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. /Type /Catalog /Font << << /Properties << >> DAISY: I want to be a nurse. Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] 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. But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. Now it's happening in Houston. RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The good guys/heroes are low-income American parents, hoping to provide a good education for their children. /Resources << 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. One of them is Nakia. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. 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. Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present, an undergraduate course with Professor Jack Dougherty at Trinity College, Hartford CT. David GuggenheimsWaiting for Supermanlooks at how theAmerican public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to solve this problem. WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. I want to be a doctor and I want to be a veterinarian. "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." It is a revolution. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. Davis, god bless you. Thank you so much. You think it was about -- let's be respectful. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. Geoffrey Canada has done it. WEINGARTEN: Yes. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. RHEE: Thats correct. One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. Explain to me how that is good for children. /Rotate 0 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. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. << BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. I want to ask you another really quick question and then go around to the rest of the panel. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /GS0 18 0 R This is why. WebSynopsis. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. An examination of the current state of education in America today. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. There are two Americas right now when it comes to education. Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. >> endobj /Type /Page I get why that's good for the adults. 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). /T1_0 20 0 R /T1_1 20 0 R RHEE: I don't think they are. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. That was teachers talking to each other and talking to the world about what teachers needed. It was about a whole range of other issues. /Resources << 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. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. /MC0 34 0 R CANADA: Well you know what? [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. We're turning to you now. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. 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. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The principal wants her to stay. >> 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. BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. /Type /Page Documentary. Film. We'll come back and continue this. GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. American schools face frequent budget cuts, but its not all about the money. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. Why were you frightened to send her to school. KENNY: Right. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. /Pages 1 0 R They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. 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. 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I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. 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. I know, but you didn't have enough money. [16], The film has also garnered praise from a number of conservative critics. We increased student achievement levels. /T1_0 24 0 R Take a look. So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. That's the first thing. JOHN LEGEND, SONGWRITER: Well, it's an interesting story because I was making this album "Wake-Up." We're not attacking teachers. And that means get involved. That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? 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: John Legend, final thoughts? You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. Fox News. << And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. No one wants lousy teachers. /GS1 17 0 R 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. SCARBOROUGH: Michelle, let me ask you this. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. Go. That's when we come back as we dive into the issues presented in "Waiting For Superman." SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. WEINGARTEN: Michelle and I may disagree on the particulars of this, but there are about 50 or 60 districts that are using the proposal that we made and ultimately we think if we do that, if we fix teacher evaluations so it's about teacher development and evaluation, we can fix this problem. Eighth graders at Kipp L.A. Prep get triple the classroom time in math and science. The documentary follows /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] A teacher wants to stay. You are not exactly what some would consider to be a conservative filmmaker. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. << There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. BRZEZINSKI: Okay. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. endobj /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We increased attendance rates. /MC0 62 0 R 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. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. Davis Guggenheims Documentary, Waiting for Superman explores the corrupt American School system. WEINGARTEN: John. That means in the midterms. BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." Take a look. So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] These people are the ones making the decisions. This scene is an important one because it highlights how the acceptance of students into charter schools is determined by the luck of the draw and how some students are not able to enter into the public school of their choice solely because luck was not on their side. 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. This is our country. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. SCARBOROUGH: All right. I'm joking. (d acJ4@%Q8C/! >> GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. /Parent 1 0 R /GS1 17 0 R I support public schools. /T1_0 24 0 R SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. 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. The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. >> You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. 8 0 obj What's going on here? SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. 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