/Resources << The superintendent wants her to say. /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 ] We have to take ownership. /MC0 28 0 R SCARBOROUGH: All right. WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. 4,789 Views. schools. That's the first thing. 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. Geoffrey Canada. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. << My kids have won the lottery. /Filter /FlateDecode Wouldn't that have been better? BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. I know, but you didn't have enough money. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." >> BRZEZINSKI: Nakia, thank you. First of all, can we start by, we want to thank you for coming here. /MC0 31 0 R That was teachers talking to each other and talking to the world about what teachers needed. CANADA: Well you know what? What were the results of the kids who came in and were about to graduate this June, late May, what is the change that has happened with these children? BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. The bottom line is, you cannot say that you support removing ineffective teachers when then I fire ineffective teachers and you slap me with lawsuits and you slap me with the grievances. "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. endobj SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. 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. We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. /Type /Page (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. There's a complete and utter lack of accountability for the job that we're supposed to be doing, which is producing results for kids. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. We're feeling a real sense of commitment. CANADA: Sure. Let me answer your question first. 9 0 obj WEINGARTEN: John. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? BRZEZINSKI: Its very hard to watch this movie. [8], Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and wrote, "What struck me most of all was Geoffrey Canada's confidence that a charter school run on his model can make virtually any first-grader a high school graduate who's accepted to college. What did you learn? 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. Why is that such a frightening concept? BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? /GS0 18 0 R I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. RHEE: It was actually 12 percent that were proficient in reading but he picked the better statistic because actually, only 8 percent of our children were proficient in math. 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. /T1_0 20 0 R David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. The documentary follows An examination of the current state of education in America today. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. The film also examines teacher's unions. There's a cap in New York State because ultimately when George Pataki and I and others started to work on having charter schools in this state, there was an issue in terms of the economics and what would happen with moneys in terms of other districts. 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I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. Joe and I saw the movie a few days ago and we literally walked up Broadway, I think it was, in complete silence, both feeling very twisted and angry about what we had seen. SCARBOROUGH: Were back with our panel, Michelle, one of the stunning parts of many stunning parts in this documentary, in this film, was when Davis showed the proficiency numbers state by state. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." We love good teachers. /Parent 1 0 R We're in a crisis. 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. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] People couldn't believe you could do it. The contract says she has to go. 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. You believe it. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. 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. /Rotate 0 All we're going to do is pay good teachers more money. 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 . E]D[JWlwH{,j73?Mazd. endobj WebSummaries. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> 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 went into the lottery system for your daughter. John, tell us how you got involved in this. In fact you come off quite badly. I am the first one to say, that charter schools are not the answer. And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. 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. "[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. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. "[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. 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. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. And the idea that we now can do it means that we have a very moment right now to say let's take those things, let's take those ingredients and bring them into mainstream schools. You have to live in the district. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. 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. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. If you look at what the Kipp schools have done or the uncommon schools, they've been able to replicate this model over and over. Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. /ExtGState << I like to follow the evidence. 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 /Length 866 How do we spread that from Harlem across America? They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. WebSynopsis. I just think -- SCARBOROUGH: Do you really think he wants to the right thing? WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. /Count 5 >> It's about those kids. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /Type /Page Waiting For Superman may refer to: Waiting for "Superman", a 2010 documentary. 1h 51m. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. Thanks to all of our guests. DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. 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. >> By Stephen Holden. We're also joined by Deborah Canny of the Harlem Village Academy. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. >> BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. /T1_0 24 0 R /Font << 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. The movie's major villains are the National Thats just one of the great things that we see. >> That's amazing. By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? /Type /Page And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. 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 all have to move off self-interest. SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. 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. Why not? RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. We love hard-working teachers. It's a random selection. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. endobj SCARBOROUGH: What we hear, Randi, morning after morning after morning from progressives, from conservatives, from Republicans, from Democrats, from independents, seems to be the same thing. 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. >> /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. /Type /Page WebWaiting for Superman/Transcript. RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. Yes, there should be fairness. And the city of Indianapolis said you're the most effective ninth grade reading teacher in our city and we're going to give you a great reward, five days later they had to fire her because the contract said she's the youngest teacher and she has to go Now, there's no one -- bad person in the process. 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. Yes, first or second grade skills. I know they are. 3 0 obj 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. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. Today is her graduation, and she's not allowed to go because do I owe some tuition. BRZEZINSKI: All right. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. BRZEZINSKI: What are you saying, Randi, what is he saying? I want to talk about New York for one second. Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. 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. 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: If she's given the chance. /Type /Catalog SCARBOROUGH: Right. 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. /T1_1 20 0 R Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? Explain to me how that is good for children. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. [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." MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Well, I think you should probably ask the union folks that question. Feb 22, 2013. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] "[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. The film illustrates the problem of how American public schools are failing children, as it explicitly describes many public schools as drop-out factories, in which over 40% of students do not graduate on time. /ExtGState << Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the " YR0^hC#mlj'@]Gc2x}SVvP[sL,yD1-ut |c,{CG1 /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] All of my kids have gone to public school. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. endobj RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. 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. SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. But you did. It's shameful. GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." 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. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. 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. SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he's going to do the right thing now that the teachers union is giving him a million dollars? BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? 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. Go. You all have your numbers, right? /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. & CEO, HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE: I think the real important issue for us to face as Americans is if we don't fix this, we will not remain a great country. 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.