There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. 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. Waiting For Superman was more widely released than any other documentary, and among the highest-grossing documentaries of 2010. 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. }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} endobj 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. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. RHEE: I don't think they are. WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. 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. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. 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. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. 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. >> 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. So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. What are your thoughts? GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. /Rotate 0 I said I don't want to go up. We spruced up -- modernized the building. It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. My kids have won the lottery. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. Why? SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. 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. /ExtGState << 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. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? RHEE: Thats correct. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? I like to follow the evidence. Documentary. "[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. There is a perception out there that is the union that is standing in the way of principals firing bad teachers. WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, 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 We're here at the site of our education nation summit launching today at NBC News and MSNBC. /Contents 33 0 R It was not simply about education. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. 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. It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. 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. /TT0 48 0 R 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. 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). GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. Because there is no downside to failure. They asked Rhee whether the pressure on teachers led them to cheat. 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. I know, but you didn't have enough money. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. /XObject << They'll talk about this issue. 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. Yes, first or second grade skills. TRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL /T1_1 20 0 R We're feeling a real sense of commitment. /Parent 1 0 R endobj SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. KENNY: We catch them up to basic level and we accelerate them to proficient. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. I think he wants to do the right thing. 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. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". These are your schools, your communities. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. /Filter /FlateDecode SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. /GS0 18 0 R I think they put the money into this mayoral campaign because it was a symbol of reform in this country. DEBORAH KENNY, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY: Well its what we're doing and a lot of the schools around the country are doing when they're given the freedom, which is what the charter gives you to accomplish these results. In fact you come off quite badly. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." Eighth graders at Kipp L.A. Prep get triple the classroom time in math and science. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. [30] In Ayers' view, the "corporate powerhouses and the ideological opponents of all things public" have employed the film to "break the teacher's unions and to privatize education," while driving teachers' wages even lower and running "schools like little corporations. /T1_1 24 0 R The contract says she has to go. SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. No one wants lousy teachers. In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. If I want something for her and I cant get it from there, I'm going to find an alternative. 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 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. I'm joking. Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. 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. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And we need to have good evaluation systems. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. 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. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /Type /Catalog "[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. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: Randi said the teachers wanted the tools to get the job done. We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. I support public schools. 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. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. 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. Let's do this right now and let's look at the best contract in the nation in terms of eliminating ineffective teachers and let's make that the standard across America. A teacher wants to stay. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. 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. KENNY: Right. We increased graduation rates. A preview of movies hitting theaters this spring : NPR A reminder for everyone, coming up right after this program, MSNBC will re-air that teacher town hall that was hosted by Brian Williams, that's from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time, right here on MSNBC. SCARBOROUGH: You mean against -- RHEE: Against Fenty, my boss. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. WEINGARTEN: I live in New York -- RHEE: You put $1 million into a mayoral campaign. GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. I get why that's good for the adults. 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. >> It matters who your local representative is. Take a look. A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. CANADA: There are two things. 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. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. Education in Waiting for Superman Documentary
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