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? Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. You don't come off well in this movie. Waiting for "Superman" | Apple TV Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. NAKIA: Yes. BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? 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. 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. You believe it, don't you, Michelle? >> BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? /T1_1 24 0 R 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. A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? /ExtGState << SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? /GS0 18 0 R UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. 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. We have to go to break right now. RHEE: Yes, that's right. SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. Geoffrey Canada has done it. << You think it was about -- let's be respectful. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. These are our communities. My kids have won the lottery. 8 0 obj This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. RHEE: I do. [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. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. That means in the midterms. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." The superintendent wants her to say. 7 0 obj BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll be joined -- SCARBOROUGH: One thing we do agree on -- BRZEZINSKI: We have to go. TRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL First, I loved that town hall today. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? /Rotate 0 SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. You are not exactly what some would consider to be a conservative filmmaker. Most of them. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To come see, geography and love, thats it. Why not? It just came out this week. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. 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. That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. Education in Waiting for Superman Documentary So the question is, what's New York City doing right? SCARBOROUGH: Davis? 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. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. 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. What happened there? LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. I went up to a school up there. That's amazing. 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. 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? "waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua" /Rotate 0 These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. DAISY: Isnt that when people play and they win money. Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. The union itself has instead of focusing on good teachers and how we need to help them, give them the tools and conditions, we have always focused on, you know, the due process protections. A teacher wants to stay. /Resources << WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, & 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. 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. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. 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 I am the first one to say, that charter schools are not the answer. KENNY: Now studying Shakespeare, passing the regions in physics, passing the regions in chemistry, 100 percent in U.S. history across the board, all of them are going to go to college. Yes, there should be fairness. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. /Contents 33 0 R Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. SCARBOROUGH: Right. 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: Why are you going to get fired? I think they put the money into this mayoral campaign because it was a symbol of reform in this country. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. I want to talk about New York for one second. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. 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. This is about the kids in the movie, and this is about how those of us on this stage help kids. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. These students range in /Font << "[20], The film also received negative criticism. That is the problem. WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. [37] It criticizes some public figures featured in Waiting for "Superman", proposes different policies to improve education in the United States and counters the position taken by Guggenheim. >> "[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. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. Thanks to all of our guests. /Font << Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. NAKIA: I was disturbed. WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? These are your schools, your communities. I love teachers. You know that process has to be fixed. That's when we come back as we dive into the issues presented in "Waiting For Superman." And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? /T1_0 24 0 R /T1_1 20 0 R We'll hear from the audience as well. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. /Count 5 UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? /Type /Catalog I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? /Contents 36 0 R /GS0 18 0 R I said I don't want to go up. 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. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. /Contents [ 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R ] BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. 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. [31] (The film says, however, that it is focusing on the one in five superior charter schools, or close to 17%, that do outperform public schools.) "[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. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. 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. There are people who have figured out systems of improving education and the mayor was very aggressive in bringing those folk into New York City and saying to them, we're going to remove the obstacles for you all to do your work. Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. 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. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. The attendance and the schools itself. It's must-see TV. >> During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We should let Randi respond. That means politically get involved. You cannot say -- you can't say, well, the problem with charter schools is they only serve some of the kids when in fact you are advocating for caps on those effective charter schools. The most influential scene during this segment is when one of the students, Bianca, and her mother, Nakia, wait for Biancas name to be called as the lottery nears the end. Waiting for 'Superman' Quotes Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. The contract says she has to go. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] ]o m P:giwgRG+g;)Y 'J[+AH@f6=D.Ga5&0RL[?Xt6MU*/-waUN Things such as the ease in which a public school teacher achieves tenure, the inability to fire a teacher who is tenured, and how the system attempts to reprimand poorly performing teachers are shown to affect the educational environment. /Type /Pages >> /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. There are winners and losers. One of them is Nakia. What's going on here? /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av SCARBOROUGH: Randi said the teachers wanted the tools to get the job done. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." CNN.com - Transcripts 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. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. /Font << WEINGARTEN: I live in New York -- RHEE: You put $1 million into a mayoral campaign. That youre not going to look American with our 15,000 school system and say we're going to charter them, that's just not going to happen in my lifetime. And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. /Filter /FlateDecode 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 Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. We could say to everyone in education we have to give a couple of more hours. /T1_1 57 0 R 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. 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. 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. All we're going to do is pay good teachers more money. endobj American schools face frequent budget cuts, but its not all about the money. 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. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. First of all, can we start by, we want to thank you for coming here. 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. 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). I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. I know they are. << We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. /T1_1 20 0 R In some ways when we fought for sources for kids like my union did, we were fighting to help kids get what they needed. We're seeing all this great success in Harlem, there were forces that were trying to make sure that that couldn't be replicated on a larger scale. SCARBOROUGH: Fantastic. IE 11 is not supported. 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. /Properties << BRZEZINSKI: Okay. That was teachers talking to each other and talking to the world about what teachers needed. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. /MC0 34 0 R Film. 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. /MC0 28 0 R >> endobj GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. SCARBOROUGH: Right. /TT0 48 0 R SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. >> I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. 3 0 obj /GS1 17 0 R SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? Do you think it has characterized you fairly? [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. waiting for superman documentary transcript UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vergosa, Andrew. Davis, god bless you. We have to go to break. WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. [2] 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. Video Analysis: Waiting for Superman - Trinity College 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. 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. When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Well, I think you should probably ask the union folks that question. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. /Properties << It was about a whole range of other issues. /MC0 62 0 R GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. Waiting for 'Superman So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. Randi said something that was fascinating. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? Seventy-eight percent of them, this is not our survey, this was their survey, said a union was absolutely essential to them to try and stop school politics or principal abuses. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. 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. LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. Why were you frightened to send her to school. LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. 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. >> BRZEZINSKI: All right. Documentary on Americas Public School System - The New BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. And that means get involved. documentary /Type /Page Waiting for Superman In fact you come off quite badly. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. Today is her graduation, and she's not allowed to go because do I owe some tuition. I'm just wondering. It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. Thank you so much. Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Last Friday night I watched Davis Guggenheims new documentary, Teach, which was broadcast in on CBS.Guggenheim, you may recall, is the filmmaker who brought us Waiting For Superman, the shameless propaganda-fest that signaled the full-on nuclear stage of the corporate-driven war on public education (also known as the We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. endobj >> SCARBOROUGH: All right. 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. Take a look. BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school.
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