waiting for superman documentary transcript

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. 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. /MC0 28 0 R 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. SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. endobj 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. They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. It matters who your local representative is. We increased graduation rates. Waiting for Superman.2010. /Rotate 0 I think they put the money into this mayoral campaign because it was a symbol of reform in this country. /T1_1 57 0 R /Rotate 0 DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. 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. 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. 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. As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). 10 0 obj They said, look, this work is hard. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu But, Mondello 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. 6 0 obj (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. We increased student achievement levels. 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. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? 5 0 obj 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. We're turning to you now. >> << I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. RHEE: I do. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. Ravitch said that "cheating, teaching to bad tests, institutionalized fraud, dumbing down of tests, and a narrowed curriculum" were the true outcomes of Rhee's tenure in D.C. LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. RHEE: You know what, heres the thing. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. Ht6R*bs7n& Davis, I want to go to you on this one. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? 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. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I cry for him sometimes. 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. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. And the next morning Im driving my kids in the minivan to school and they go to a great private school in Los Angeles. BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. It's shameful. BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. 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. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. We're in a crisis. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? The film portrays the deep sadness that Bianca and her mother feel when Bianca is not accepted into the charter school as the two embrace one another at the end and Nakia dries her daughters tears (Guggenheim 1:37:35). Waiting for Superman (song), a 2013 song by the American rock band Daughtry. In fact you come off quite badly. But you did. RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. In New York City, a group of local teachers protested one of the documentary's showings, calling the film "complete nonsense", writing that "there is no teacher voice in the film. >> ANTHONY: Its bittersweet to me. So the question is, what's New York City doing right? 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). This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. 4,789 Views. endobj stream SCARBOROUGH: Right. We love hard-working teachers. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. /Font << /T1_1 20 0 R BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. ]o m P:giwgRG+g;)Y 'J[+AH@f6=D.Ga5&0RL[?Xt6MU*/-waUN Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. It is a revolution. 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). I want to talk about New York for one second. Thank you for joining us. WEINGARTEN: Look, what the unions actually talked about was as part of lifting the cap, as part of lifting the cap, they didn't fight against lifting the cap -- LEGEND: Yes, they did. "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. Thank you so much. 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. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. << Mika and I want to welcome you to this special hour. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. I have a good feeling about this. Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av So we've got to open up this issue of innovation and we've got to make sure that in those places we allow real educators to come in and redesign this thing so it works. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. Geoffrey Canada: I was like what do you mean he's not real. 1. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. "[19] Forbes' Melik Kaylan similarly liked the film, writing, "I urge you all to drop everything and go see the documentary Waiting For "Superman" at the earliest opportunity. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. /Resources << There is a perception out there that is the union that is standing in the way of principals firing bad teachers. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." << SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. This is our country. Or it can't be done. >> I was really tired. These are your schools, your communities. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. Why did you pick this topic? They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. Why is that such a frightening concept? We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? 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. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the /Font << BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." This documentary follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, and undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. How do we spread that from Harlem across America? 4 0 obj WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. In some ways when we fought for sources for kids like my union did, we were fighting to help kids get what they needed. SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. /TT0 48 0 R /MC0 37 0 R We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. 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. I think we all have to look in the mirror and say, what have we done wrong up until now and what do we need to do better? /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. 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. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) /Filter /FlateDecode It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. >> The movie's major villains are the National ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. 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. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. >> What have you been able to do with them? Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. PG. /Length 868 SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. NAKIA: Yes. 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 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. /Type /Pages Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. [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. endobj /Parent 1 0 R In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> It affects good teachers, too. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. 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? /XObject << LEGEND: Who your state senator is. Take a look. /MC0 34 0 R 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. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. I think he actually wants to do the right thing. Davis, god bless you. DAISY: I want to go to a medical college or a veterinarian college because I really want to become a surgeon. Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. /Properties << Wouldn't that have been better? >> He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] They'll talk about this issue. You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. 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. 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. Randi was talking about instead of focusing on bad teachers, focusing on good teachers. And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] And it's just -- it changes your perspective. SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. >> 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. /Resources << All of my kids have gone to public school. RHEE: Yes, that's right. /Properties << GUGGENHEIM: Ive seen the movie hundreds of times. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. /Pages 1 0 R S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. The film is extremely eye-opening, showing just how bad a state most of our education systems are in. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. /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. 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. >> The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. One of them is Nakia. /MC0 31 0 R GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. /Contents 33 0 R She was assigned in January. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? >> Randi said something that was fascinating. John, tell us how you got involved in this. You don't have all sorts of external rules. << BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. I knew what the final scene would look like and I still broke down three times. 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 "[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. schools. 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. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? Is there any give here? 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. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. Davis Guggenheims Documentary, Waiting for Superman explores the corrupt American School system. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. [16], The film has also garnered praise from a number of conservative critics. >> /Length 866 WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, /GS1 17 0 R WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. I know they are. WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. I love teachers. John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. Waiting For Superman was more widely released than any other documentary, and among the highest-grossing documentaries of 2010. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. BRZEZINSKI: Nakia, thank you. 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. SCARBOROUGH: And you also, your movie talks about how what's happening in some of these schools is demolished a lie, a bigoted lie that some kids are incapable of learning. WEINGARTEN: Look, we have schools in New York, like the school that Steve Barr and I run, which has a union contract, we're 100 percent of the kids path the math regions. It's a random selection. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] 1h 51m. >> We have to go to break right now. /GS0 18 0 R By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. You all have your numbers, right? /Resources << WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. /GS0 18 0 R 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. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To come see, geography and love, thats it. BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose NAKIA: I was disturbed. 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 We should let Randi respond. BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] Explain to me how that is good for children. [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.".

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waiting for superman documentary transcript