What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? This is our country. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. /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 ] Because there is no downside to failure. "[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. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." What happened there? WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. /Length 866 /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] How do you get past that? If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. "[20], The film also received negative criticism. 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. People couldn't believe you could do it. 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 applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. 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. 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. /Resources << GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. CANADA: Well you know what? So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? [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. SCARBOROUGH: Fantastic. The principal wants her to stay. SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. 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. I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. Sept. 23, 2010. We increased graduation rates. /Type /Page "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. >> Waiting for Superman (song), a 2013 song by the American rock band Daughtry. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. (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. BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. 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. 1 0 obj GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. And while our guests enter the stage, let's show you a little clip of the movie, because "Waiting For Superman" is about our system, but what really gets to you in this movie is the individual stories of each child. You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. But you did. You have to live in the district. 5 0 obj Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. WEINGARTEN: John. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. I like to follow the evidence. During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater. 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. "[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. You fought the law and the law won. /Rotate 0 If I want something for her and I cant get it from there, I'm going to find an alternative. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. By Stephen Holden. SCARBOROUGH: You mean against -- RHEE: Against Fenty, my boss. BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. I was really tired. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. We'll come back and continue this. /MC0 31 0 R /GS0 47 0 R We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. 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. And this is not America, the idea that one kid could have a great education and one kid can't. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. Documentary. /T1_0 24 0 R DAISY: I want to be a nurse. So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. She was a teacher in Indianapolis. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. We all have to move off self-interest. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. It's must-see TV. We're not attacking teachers. %PDF-1.3 >> 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. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. 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. /GS1 17 0 R >> HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu [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. WebSummaries. endobj WebSynopsis. Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. It was about a whole range of other issues. How do you explain that to a child? That's amazing. We're also joined by Deborah Canny of the Harlem Village Academy. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. << She was assigned in January. 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. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> /GS0 18 0 R BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. You believe it. 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. Michelle and I love great teachers. 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. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. SCARBOROUGH: Davis? Many of them. /Font << GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. 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. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. << /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] WebWaiting For "Superman" has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. And I was hurt. 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. [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. /T1_0 20 0 R Feb 22, 2013. Is there any give here? Waiting for "Superman" premiered in the US on September 24, 2010, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles, with a rolling wider release that began on October 1, 2010. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. << 10 0 obj Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. It's a random selection. SCARBOROUGH: Last in, first out. What were your thoughts when the number did not come up? LEGEND: My last thing I would say, we have to realize that these kids are our kids. NAKIA: Yes. 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 CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. 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. We spruced up -- modernized the building. The documentary follows /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 8 0 obj We have to take ownership. Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? What did you learn? The film will focus on the times when Superman is younger, with an emphasis on how he balances his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing . SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We're feeling a real sense of commitment. 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. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? The reason is because we're allowed to give our teachers freedom and then hold them accountable for results. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. By the nature of who my family is. /T1_1 20 0 R SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? [31] The most substantial distortion in the film, according to Ravitch, is the film's claim that "70 percent of eighth-grade students cannot read at grade level," a misrepresentation of data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Waiting for Superman. LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. Ht6R*bs7n& /Properties << We're just saying --. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? /Properties << 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. /T1_1 20 0 R "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. Didn't get an answer on that. 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 SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. >> SCARBOROUGH: Right. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Yes, there should be fairness. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To come see, geography and love, thats it. 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. endobj /Parent 1 0 R One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. /Im0 19 0 R MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. Thats just one of the great things that we see. DAISYS FATHER: Come on, Daisy, cross your fingers. /Contents 33 0 R SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. 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? /MC0 28 0 R What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. [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. We're turning to you now. And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. endobj endobj I'm joking. We're in a crisis. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. 6 0 obj /XObject << By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. 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. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. I want to ask you another really quick question and then go around to the rest of the panel. RHEE: You know what, heres the thing. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. /Length 868 It matters who your local representative is. schools. /Properties << I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. 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. WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? << /Rotate 0 /Count 5 We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. In this incredible movie, "Waiting For Superman," Davis Guggenheim introduces to us some of the heroic parents who struggle to provide a better future for their children. An examination of the current state of education in America today. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. There are core values we have to have. I get why that's good for the adults. They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. PG. WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. /ExtGState << Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". "[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. /Parent 1 0 R Fox News. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. I'm just wondering. SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. We actually have to change the political environment. << (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. WEINGARTEN: Yes. CANADA: Sure. The movie's major villains are the National BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. 1. I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] 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. GUGGENHEIM: Weve won the lottery. So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. /MC0 34 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. They'll talk about this issue. As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). >> "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us It is a revolution. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. 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. We'll be right back. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. /Filter /FlateDecode Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] "[18] Kyle Smith, for the New York Post, gave the film 4.5 stars, calling it an "invaluable learning experience. /GS0 18 0 R We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. 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. WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? Why is that such a frightening concept? 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. SCARBOROUGH: All right. The film also examines teacher's unions. DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. >> BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. I actually don't -- I think we could continue one city at a time. Thank you so much. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. >> By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. Nakia joins us here tonight. >> RHEE: I don't think they are. NAKIA: I was disturbed. WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. Film. The film follows several families as they attempt to gain access to prominent charter schools for their children. LEGEND: Yes. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. You get to the nation's capital, the nation's capital, only 16 percent of students are proficient in math. 3 0 obj /Type /Page Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? >> /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. 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. /Type /Catalog 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. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? You do not come off as the hero of this movie.
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