Come on out. Now it's happening in Houston. New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. << It's happening in D.C. 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. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. Documentary. /T1_0 20 0 R I get why that's good for the adults. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. RHEE: Heres the thing. So the question is, what's New York City doing right? SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> Thats just one of the great things that we see. CANADA: Well you know what? There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. /Properties << Theres a lot of schools that I want to take you to Davis, great public schools where we are breaking the sound barrier, too. 10 0 obj These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. When they hear this back and forth, there's the sense of like, you know what, put my head in the sand, take care of my own kids because this debate has been going on for generations. /Resources << Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. /Contents 36 0 R WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. /Font << WebWaiting for Superman/Transcript. >> Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. LEGEND: My last thing I would say, we have to realize that these kids are our kids. /MC0 28 0 R It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] 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. Most of them. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? National Assessment of Educational Progress, Bill Gates Goes to Sundance, Offers an Education, "How Davis Guggenheim's Documentary 'Waiting for "Superman"' Will Further Fuel the Education Debate -- New York Magazine - Nymag", "Waiting for Superman Movie Reviews, Pictures", "How did 'Waiting for 'Superman's' ' Davis Guggenheim become the right wing's favorite liberal filmmaker? 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. RHEE: I don't think they are. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) SCARBOROUGH: Michelle, let me ask you this. Take a look. People -- but this room needs to get bigger. You are not exactly what some would consider to be a conservative filmmaker. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. 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 PG. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. 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. We spruced up -- modernized the building. What are your thoughts? >> SCARBOROUGH: Randi said the teachers wanted the tools to get the job done. /Rotate 0 Ht6R*bs7n& 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. 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. 40 years later we're still fighting for equality and one of the biggest barriers to achieving quality is the fact that so many kids in our country can't get a great education. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. You know that process has to be fixed. Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. We'll be right back. 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. 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. Wouldn't that have been better? 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. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] %PDF-1.3 SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? Why? 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. You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. /Parent 1 0 R I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. Take a moment. This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. WEINGARTEN: John. 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: I tell you what, that was the part of the movie where Daisy, you saw her crossing her fingers and write physically got nauseated. >> Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. But you did. ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. And it says that if all of us are actually committed to fixing this, we will follow the evidence of what works, follow it, be innovative, be creative but follow the evidence of what works and we will all work together to fix this so that every single child has access to a great public education, not by chance, not by privilege but by right. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the CANADA: Can I just tell you this? 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. It is a revolution. SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. And the next morning Im driving my kids in the minivan to school and they go to a great private school in Los Angeles. The only disagreement that I think our union has had in terms of the way in which things have gone, is that our folks have desperately wanted to have a voice in how to do reform. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} SCARBOROUGH: Right. I've been amazed by what's possible. 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. We're going to lose our nation. RHEE: First, I think I would be remiss if I did not point out to everybody that there's been a lot of talk about public schools, public schools. [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.". Waiting for Superman.2010. /XObject << Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." I get to meet all the wonderful teachers out there. BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. Many of them. And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. 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. No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. They said, look, this work is hard. /Contents 33 0 R WebSynopsis. GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. BRZEZINSKI: All right. Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth 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. And it started to haunt me, the idea that kids in my own neighborhood, and I live in a pretty good neighborhood, aren't getting what my kids have. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. NAKIA: I was disturbed. What happened there? 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. /Properties << One of them is Nakia. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up This is our country. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. Now, a couple of years ago, an independent group called Ed Sector actually surveyed a whole bunch of teachers and asked teachers the question about whether they needed or wanted a union. There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. Like around here, I mean, I want my kids to have better than what I had. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. BRZEZINSKI: You also knew that a little girl like Daisy can be a vet or a doctor or anything she wants to be if she's given the tools to do it. >> BRZEZINSKI: Okay. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. We have to go to break right now. LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 Trying to hide the fact that I had been balling my eyes out, I said I can't -- I knew how this was going to end and I was still crying. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. /Rotate 0 It was about a whole range of other issues. Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. Or it can't be done. 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. The Superman movie fans are waiting for Superman: Legacy will be released on 11 July 2025. SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? /Length 866 It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. We increased student achievement levels. BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. The video explores several of the problems within the system, and tells the personal stories of several families and communities who have been impacted and disadvantaged by the broken education system. 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. /TT0 48 0 R Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Thank you so much. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. That's the first thing. We love hard-working teachers. The film is extremely eye-opening, showing just how bad a state most of our education systems are in. /Resources << She was a teacher in Indianapolis. 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? Davis, I want to go to you on this one. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. /MC0 31 0 R You don't have all sorts of external rules. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. RHEE: Yes, that's right. "[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. We have to go to break. The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. That means politically get involved. schools. 2 0 obj /GS0 18 0 R Davis, god bless you. Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. 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. LEGEND: Yes. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. And this is not America, the idea that one kid could have a great education and one kid can't. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. Only 3 out of 100 students at Roosevelt will graduate with the necessary classes for admission to a four year university. >> MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Well, I think you should probably ask the union folks that question. It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. 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 . Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, /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 ] This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. /MC0 62 0 R >> These are our communities. John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he's going to do the right thing now that the teachers union is giving him a million dollars? /Type /Page And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. The filmmakers made sure to film how Nakia becomes increasingly more anxious and concerned as time passes during the lottery, but fewer spots become available and her daughters name has not been called (Guggenheim 1:32:49). 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. 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. Let me answer your question first. SCARBOROUGH: Right. /GS0 18 0 R There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. There are core values we have to have. The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. NAKIA: Yes. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. /Resources << By the nature of who my family is. The documentary follows NAKIA: Shes 7 now. BRZEZINSKI: No. WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. [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." SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. "[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. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. "[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. SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. We actually have to change the political environment. SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. 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. I'm feeling it. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way.
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