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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. HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu JOE SCARBOROUGH: Good evening. "[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. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? 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 BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. /T1_1 20 0 R Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. We love good teachers. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. You have to live in the district. It was about a whole range of other issues. Final words with our panel, next after a short break. If I have kids, I don't want kids to be in this environment. KENNY: Right. Waiting for Superman.2010. No one wants lousy teachers. >> 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. 1. 1 0 obj We can't have our school system running like this. This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. We're here at the site of our education nation summit launching today at NBC News and MSNBC. SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. And the next morning Im driving my kids in the minivan to school and they go to a great private school in Los Angeles. /GS0 18 0 R And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. That means in the midterms. Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. 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. The film follows several families as they attempt to gain access to prominent charter schools for their children. Because we talked to Randi before. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Waiting for "Superman" - Wikipedia /ExtGState << << 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. What have you been able to do with them? BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. Waiting for 'Superman' (2010) | Watch Free Documentaries Online WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. Thanks to all of our guests. Theres a lot of schools that I want to take you to Davis, great public schools where we are breaking the sound barrier, too. I know, but you didn't have enough money. CNN.com - Transcripts Be the first to contribute. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? Documentary: Waiting for Superman We're also joined by Deborah Canny of the Harlem Village Academy. RHEE: I do. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. /Properties << endstream 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. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. 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. WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. 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. Waiting for 'Superman Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. Feb 22, 2013. << This is why. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? >> 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. Why were you frightened to send her to school. No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. I actually don't -- I think we could continue one city at a time. SCARBOROUGH: Randi said the teachers wanted the tools to get the job done. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. How do you get past that? 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. Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. (d acJ4@%Q8C/! DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. 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. 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. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. Go. /T1_1 20 0 R I think he actually wants to do the right thing. They'll talk about this issue. Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av 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 << Film. 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. It was not simply about education. 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. What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? 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? So look, all of us on this stage, whether it's Geoffrey or Michelle or Davis, myself, the two of you, we all care passionately about the children. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 Are you feeling agreement? SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. /T1_0 24 0 R And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. 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. /T1_0 24 0 R /Resources << /Filter /FlateDecode We increased graduation rates. stream SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? Most of them. An examination of the current state of education in America today. /T1_1 24 0 R SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. (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. 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. /Type /Page We increased attendance rates. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. 4 0 obj A teacher wants to stay. WebSummaries. This is our country. 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. Waiting for 'Superman' Quotes 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. So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. 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. But you did. /Font << If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. It starts with teachers becoming the very best, leaders removing the barriers of change, neighbors committed to their school, you willing to act (Guggenheim 1:45:05-1:45:28). Today is her graduation, and she's not allowed to go because do I owe some tuition. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. Why not? "[30] Lastly, Ayers writes that "schools are more segregated today than before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954," and thus criticized the film for not mentioning that "black and brown students are being suspended, expelled, searched, and criminalized. Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. And that means get involved. Randi we'll let you get a response in here and also, Mika, what we're going to do is figure out where everybody agrees. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] That's when we come back as we dive into the issues presented in "Waiting For Superman." Because I seen what you do, Ive seen what Deborah Kinney has done, Ive seen what a lot of people have done out there and it seems to me, the model is find an extraordinary person, put them in a school, let them run that school. >> Yes, first or second grade skills. /GS0 47 0 R I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. WEINGARTEN: Yes. Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. Since charter schools do not operate with the same restrictions as public institutions, they are depicted as having a more experimental approach to educating students. One of them is Nakia. 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. /TT0 48 0 R The Superman movie fans are waiting for Superman: Legacy will be released on 11 July 2025. 6 0 obj It's happening in D.C. endobj I went up to a school up there. 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. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. %PDF-1.3 By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. 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. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. Mika and I want to welcome you to this special hour. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll be joined -- SCARBOROUGH: One thing we do agree on -- BRZEZINSKI: We have to go. 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. 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: Hold on a second. Waiting for Superman (2010) - Plot - IMDb WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT endobj Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. That is the problem. 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. 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. First of all, can we start by, we want to thank you for coming here. END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. These are our communities. It's not about charter schools. DAISY: I want to be a nurse. 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. 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. We have to take ownership. We're not attacking teachers. 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. There are core values we have to have. A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. >> 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). They said, look, this work is hard. We love hard-working teachers. [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. And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. You know that process has to be fixed. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. 1h 51m. "[23], Author and academic Rick Ayers lambasted the accuracy of the film, describing it as "a slick marketing piece full of half-truths and distortions" and criticizing its focus on standardized testing. RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. SCARBOROUGH: Right. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. It just came out this week. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. Ravitch says that a study by Stanford University economist Margaret Raymond of 5000 charter schools found that only 17% are superior in math test performance to a matched public school, and many perform badly, casting doubt on the film's claim that privately managed charter schools are the solution to bad public schools. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. >> I'm feeling it. 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. We even tolerate mediocre teachers. endobj /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Michelle and I love great teachers. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. [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.". I'm joking. There are winners and losers. 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. In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. /T1_1 57 0 R My kids have won the lottery. One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. What are your thoughts? SCARBOROUGH: Davis? 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. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? You said, you still cry every time you see it. BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? Waiting for "Superman By Stephen Holden. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. /ExtGState << Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. 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. Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. 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 . /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. That's the first thing. ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. Andrew O'Hehir of Salon wrote a negative review of the film, writing that while there's "a great deal that's appealing," there's also "as much in this movie that is downright baffling. But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. Come on out. We actually have to change the political environment. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /T1_1 20 0 R This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. First, I loved that town hall today. Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. A preview of movies hitting theaters this spring : NPR WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. And it's just -- it changes your perspective. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. I want to talk about New York for one second. LEGEND: My last thing I would say, we have to realize that these kids are our kids. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. 7 0 obj ]o m P:giwgRG+g;)Y 'J[+AH@f6=D.Ga5&0RL[?Xt6MU*/-waUN BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." The contract says she has to go. SCARBOROUGH: Fantastic. << That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? /Contents 33 0 R In fact you come off quite badly. Now it's happening in Houston. 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 /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. /Font << 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. We're just saying --. SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? I mean, not all teachers are created equal. 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. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. 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. Let me answer your question first. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. 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. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. >> What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? << SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. 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. CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. We need to have great curriculum. We all have to move off self-interest. Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. Waiting for Superman BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? The answer is no. 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. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. >> /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. /MC0 34 0 R SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] >> One of the things we were thinking about, we were covering songs from the civil rights era, from the '60s and '70s and people who fought for justice and equality. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. SCARBOROUGH: You mean against -- RHEE: Against Fenty, my boss. BRZEZINSKI: No. DAISYS FATHER: Come on, Daisy, cross your fingers. There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. People -- but this room needs to get bigger. 4,789 Views. NAKIA: Yes. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] When I see from my own experience as a school teach are for six years when evaluations didn't work and less than 20 percent of them think that evaluations work right now. Is there any give here? Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Well, I think you should probably ask the union folks that question. /GS0 18 0 R /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. 3 0 obj Explain to me how that is good for children. 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 we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. >> But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. GUGGENHEIM: Weve won the lottery. >> GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. We're in a crisis. 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?