You can't do it with the district rules and the union contracts as they are in most districts. If I have kids, I don't want kids to be in this environment. 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. SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. << I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? SCARBOROUGH: We really had. They'll talk about this issue. /Im0 19 0 R We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. /Count 5 /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Fox News. CANADA: There are two things. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. << You believe it, don't you, Michelle? [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. >> But you did. In fact you come off quite badly. We love hard-working teachers. It's about those kids. /Font << 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. Through the stories of five children who wanted to attend a charter school, the film shows how one child was accepted and another child was accepted from the wait list while three children were not accepted at all. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? 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. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. /Contents 30 0 R And that is a concept that is so necessary. BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. "waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua" We're just saying --. endobj endobj Didn't get an answer on that. /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 ] WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. There are winners and losers. I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. /Parent 1 0 R Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. Because I know he's easily influenced to do things he shouldn't do. I get why that's good for the adults. IE 11 is not supported. & 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. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. 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. All of my kids have gone to public school. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. /ExtGState << BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? Take a look. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. Waiting for "Superman" | Apple TV SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. 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. 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. /Type /Catalog 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. 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. Geoffrey Canada: I was like what do you mean he's not real. SCARBOROUGH: Right. This is why. Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. 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). All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. << 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. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. /Font << They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. I know, but you didn't have enough money. We're not attacking teachers. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. RHEE: Heres the thing. /Length 866 [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.) And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. You all have your numbers, right? We can't have our school system running like this. I think he actually wants to do the right thing. >> /T1_0 20 0 R Take a look. (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. documentary /Resources << BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. 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. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. NAKIA: Yes. Most of them. NAKIA: I was disturbed. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Connecticut and Hartford education policy resources, Creating a Dual-Language Magnet School for Hartford Region, Sources on Trinity student protests since 2007, Jack Dougherty and Trinity College Educ 300 students, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, An Uncommon Critique: How A Charter Networks Success Safeguards Student Experiences, The Evolution of Gender Inequality At Trinity College: A Study Through Different Publications, Higher Education for Dreamers After the Failed DREAM Act. They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. 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 And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Waiting for Superman on iTunes stream Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, WebSynopsis. We have to take ownership. 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? GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. 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. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." People couldn't believe you could do it. >> I know they are. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] John, tell us how you got involved in this. [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. BRZEZINSKI: You also knew that a little girl like Daisy can be a vet or a doctor or anything she wants to be if she's given the tools to do it. /GS0 18 0 R SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. Davis Guggenheims Documentary, Waiting for Superman explores the corrupt American School system. "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. RHEE: Thats correct. It is a revolution. I think he wants to do the right thing. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? 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. Davis, god bless you. WebSummaries. 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. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. Be the first to contribute. He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. Waiting for 'Superman Video Analysis: Waiting for Superman - Trinity College 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. 4 0 obj WEINGARTEN: Yes. The movie's major villains are the National It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. /Resources << GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. I want the system to be better. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. ANTHONY: Its bittersweet to me. These people are the ones making the decisions. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. 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. (d acJ4@%Q8C/! /MC0 37 0 R Because we do understand if we're going to fix this problem, we're going to have to figure out how to get you guys together and make this work. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll be joined -- SCARBOROUGH: One thing we do agree on -- BRZEZINSKI: We have to go. 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. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. endobj /Rotate 0 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. Waiting for "Superman S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 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/Transcript - The Altered Adventure >> I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. It was about a whole range of other issues. " YR0^hC#mlj'@]Gc2x}SVvP[sL,yD1-ut |c,{CG1 WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT Documentary: Waiting for Superman >> Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. Geoffrey Canada has done it. GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. 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. And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. I've been amazed by what's possible. Web2010. Charter schools are public schools, public dollars, public school children and to talk about them as if they are not public schools, I think does a disservice to that movement. WEINGARTEN: I live in New York -- RHEE: You put $1 million into a mayoral campaign. /Font << BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. 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. I don't care what I have to do, I don't care how many jobs I have to obtain but she will go to college. All we're going to do is pay good teachers more money. SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? 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). 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. I want to talk about New York for one second. BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." 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. KENNY: We catch them up to basic level and we accelerate them to proficient. Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. 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. /ExtGState << And we need to have good evaluation systems. Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. 3 0 obj SCARBOROUGH: All right. 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. Why? BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. 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. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. What are your thoughts? I want to be a doctor and I want to be a veterinarian. >> /T1_0 24 0 R PG. I cry for him sometimes. /Parent 1 0 R UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. A preview of movies hitting theaters this spring : NPR /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. endstream SCARBOROUGH: Right. DAISY: I want to be a nurse. /T1_0 52 0 R Watch Waiting For Superman | Prime Video - amazon.com Come on out. 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. Sept. 23, 2010. endobj Waiting for Superman It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. And I was hurt. SCARBOROUGH: Last in, first out. But, Mondello Michelle and I love great teachers. Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. The fact that there are currently not enough spaces in American schools should also be viewed as one of the primary factors defining their failure to meet the needs of students (Guggenheim). We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. Waiting for Superman | Documentary Heaven Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. "[21] Melissa Anderson of The Village Voice was critical of the film for not including enough details of outlying socioeconomic issues, writing, "macroeconomic responses to Guggenheim's querygo unaddressed in Waiting for "Superman," which points out the vast disparity in resources for inner-city versus suburban schools only to ignore them. WEINGARTEN: Im just -- that's why there was a cap from the early -- SCARBOROUGH: We have a lot of people that want get involved here. Waiting for Superman.2010. Obviously at the end most people watching this movie teared up. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. At the end of the film, there is writing that states: The problem is complex but the steps are simple. BRZEZINSKI: All right. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. schools. The documentary follows There are really, really bad charter schools across America. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? She was a teacher in Indianapolis. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. /Contents 36 0 R 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). Documentary. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? /Length 868 Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. "[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. 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. 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. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. [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. So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. 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. WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It's shameful. Randi was talking about instead of focusing on bad teachers, focusing on good teachers. In some ways when we fought for sources for kids like my union did, we were fighting to help kids get what they needed. You said, you still cry every time you see it. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." 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. WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. I like to follow the evidence. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. 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. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". 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. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. /GS0 18 0 R BRZEZINSKI: Nakia, thank you. /Rotate 0 It's happening in Los Angeles. "[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. BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. 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. endobj 7 0 obj << Because there is no downside to failure. Walk in and I still want every kid to win. SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. Are you feeling agreement? CNN.com - Transcripts Yes, there should be fairness. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. These are our communities. No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public schools (the district with some of the worst-performing students at the time), is shown attempting to take on the union agreements that teachers are bound to, but suffers a backlash from the unions and the teachers themselves. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. Waiting for 'Superman' Quotes /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. Waiting for Superman You don't come off well in this movie. /Resources << /Type /Page Waiting for Superman Documentary Analysis - Trinity Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? "[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.