She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. /T1_1 57 0 R Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. 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. Is there any give here? [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. 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). Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. CNN.com - Transcripts >> SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of education is there's no turning back on reform in education in Washington, D.C. Our union is committed to it. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. You don't come off well in this movie. By Stephen Holden. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. This is about the kids in the movie, and this is about how those of us on this stage help kids. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. You can't do it with the district rules and the union contracts as they are in most districts. At the end of the film, there is writing that states: The problem is complex but the steps are simple. Like around here, I mean, I want my kids to have better than what I had. SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. /GS0 18 0 R 1 0 obj They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. schools. Waiting for 'Superman' Quotes It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. /Type /Page As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. Documentary: Waiting for Superman Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. I get why that's good for the adults. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. RHEE: Thats correct. << This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. Waiting for Superman I want to say something about what John just said. SCARBOROUGH: Right. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. /GS0 18 0 R Wouldn't that have been better? The documentary follows 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. I think they put the money into this mayoral campaign because it was a symbol of reform in this country. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. That means in the midterms. [16], The film has also garnered praise from a number of conservative critics. Superman Movie 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. That is the problem. /Contents 30 0 R Ravitch also writes that many charter schools are involved in "unsavory real estate deals" [31], In 2011, many news media reported on a testing score "cheating scandal" at Rhee's schools, because the test answer sheets contained a suspiciously high number of erasures that changed wrong answers to right answers. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. >> BRZEZINSKI: Nakia, thank you. I don't care what I have to do, I don't care how many jobs I have to obtain but she will go to college. We're not attacking teachers. All of my kids have gone to public school. >> /GS1 17 0 R These are our communities. 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. 7 0 obj As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). [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.". /T1_0 24 0 R I'm feeling it. 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. I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. 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BRZEZINSKI: Okay. ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. /XObject << 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. 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: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. 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. Waiting For Superman /Resources << Waiting for Superman: Documentary Analysis WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. The 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. /T1_1 20 0 R Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? Waiting for Superman and Failing Public Schools - The New I think we all need to take more responsibility. Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth >> Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. "[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. SCARBOROUGH: Right. Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. Waiting for Superman (song), a 2013 song by the American rock band Daughtry. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. We have to go to break. BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. >> >> "waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua" 8 0 obj LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. Waiting for Superman. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. What have you been able to do with them? Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. We have to go to break right now. /Properties << SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? I like to follow the evidence. You said, you still cry every time you see it. Didn't get an answer on that. SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. /T1_1 24 0 R We even tolerate mediocre teachers. I think he wants to do the right thing. I think he actually wants to do the right thing. In fact you come off quite badly. SCARBOROUGH: Right. >> We're here at the site of our education nation summit launching today at NBC News and MSNBC. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. Why is that such a frightening concept? BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. We're in a crisis. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. 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). 5 0 obj Take a look. It reveals that the two major problems 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. /Type /Page And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. She was assigned in January. You talked about evaluations like every other business. 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. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] BRZEZINSKI: No. /Parent 1 0 R 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. The answer is no. /Properties << WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? endobj Davis, I want to go to you on this one. WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Why? /Type /Page It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. The film is extremely eye-opening, showing just how bad a state most of our education systems are in. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. It's not about charter schools. 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. >> It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. She was a teacher in Indianapolis. >> /Resources << Waiting for Superman 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? We all have to move off self-interest. 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. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. Davis Guggenheims Documentary, Waiting for Superman explores the corrupt American School system. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) [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." UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. "Geraldo at Large." I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. 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. We need to have great curriculum. Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. DAISY: I want to be a nurse. 3 0 obj The filmmakers deliberately kept the camera on certain students and their families, like Nakia and Bianca, in order to show how those who did not get into charter schools felt extremely disappointed and emotional because they had hoped to be accepted into a schoolthat would not fail them. DAISY: Isnt that when people play and they win money. Come on out. Waiting for "Superman" - Wikipedia We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. Let me answer your question first. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. I actually don't -- I think we could continue one city at a time. And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> Documentary. /Im0 19 0 R The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he's going to do the right thing now that the teachers union is giving him a million dollars? 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. /Type /Catalog Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. /MC0 31 0 R Waiting for 'Superman But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> documentary 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. }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} 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. 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. NAKIA: Yes. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. 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. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. The film also examines teacher's unions. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? 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. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. /Resources << Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. SCARBOROUGH: It really is.