So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. >> >> 8 0 obj WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. SCARBOROUGH: Right. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. 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. /T1_1 24 0 R It just came out this week. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? 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. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. Guggenheim, Davis. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] These are our communities. 5 0 obj How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. /ExtGState << 2 0 obj /Count 5 Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. It's happening in Los Angeles. We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? We're in a crisis. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. Sept. 23, 2010. Many of them. [16], The film has also garnered praise from a number of conservative critics. BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. Let me answer your question first. Waiting for Superman.2010. BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. These are your schools, your communities. 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. >> 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. I want to talk about New York for one second. We'll be right back. BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. Why did you pick this topic? /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. >> Thanks to all of our guests. endobj And we have to have everyone, even parents, recommitted, you know, even school officials, district heads, superintendents, unions, all of us have to move off a position of self-interest like I do with my own kids, sending them to private school, like the unions do, I think, preserving the status quo. No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. It's happening in D.C. BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. Geoffrey Canada has done it. /ExtGState << DAISYS GATHER: Yes. All we're going to do is pay good teachers more money. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. /GS0 18 0 R 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. Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. I'm joking. I've been amazed by what's possible. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. /Resources << 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. /Resources << 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. [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. /T1_0 24 0 R But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. 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. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. /Contents 33 0 R One of them is Nakia. 1h 51m. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? >> We're just saying --. BRZEZINSKI: Please help us welcome founder and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, Washington D.C.'s school's chancellor, Michelle Rhee, American Federation of Teacher's president Randi Weingarten and filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. We increased attendance rates. These people are the ones making the decisions. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. << SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. John, tell us how you got involved in this. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. Ht6R*bs7n& BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] RHEE: I do. /MC0 28 0 R 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. Thank you for joining us. /GS1 17 0 R endobj Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. (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. /Font << endobj & 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. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. /MC0 31 0 R WebWaiting for Superman/Transcript. DEBORAH KENNY, HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY: Well its what we're doing and a lot of the schools around the country are doing when they're given the freedom, which is what the charter gives you to accomplish these results. /Parent 1 0 R UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? Geoffrey Canada. Because we talked to Randi before. He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. What are your thoughts? BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? "[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. As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. In fact you come off quite badly. GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. Obviously at the end most people watching this movie teared up. [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.) Fox News. BRZEZINSKI: Its very hard to watch this movie. 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. 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. >> >> Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? Waiting for 'Superman' the title refers to a Harlem educators childhood belief that a superhero would fix the problems of the ghetto won an Audience Award at Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? Because you would think that the parents of those children that Michelle was in there shaking up the system to save those children, if those parents would have rallied, but we have gotten so used to failure, we tolerate failure in places like D.C. and central Harlem and Detroit, we just tolerate that failure and we've got to say to this nation, no more. /Resources << Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. /ExtGState << You tried to change things and chances are good, because of it, you're going to get fired. Theres a lot of schools that I want to take you to Davis, great public schools where we are breaking the sound barrier, too. SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? << And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. WebShop for waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua at Best Buy. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /T1_0 24 0 R 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. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. 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. 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. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the What were your thoughts when the number did not come up? Walk in and I still want every kid to win. You fought the law and the law won. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. The issue is we have to all do this together with good contracts, with all of us on the same side, getting to help good teachers, getting supportive principals, getting a curriculum and the wrap-around services that Geoff does that cradle to college service. Go. And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. Do you think it has characterized you fairly? /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? Geoffrey Canada: I was like what do you mean he's not real. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. Let's give five extra hours for all the teachers in America to help kids right now and have the unions lead this charge of saying this is an emergency, we need to help these kids. They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. 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. /Length 866 BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. How do you get past that? It reveals that the two major problems "[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. /T1_0 52 0 R First, I loved that town hall today. endobj In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. If I want something for her and I cant get it from there, I'm going to find an alternative. But do you think Michelle Rhee was trying to improve the performance of the teachers in her district, was she trying to make the schools better? David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to endobj RHEE: I don't think they are. SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. I actually don't -- I think we could continue one city at a time. I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. And the next morning Im driving my kids in the minivan to school and they go to a great private school in Los Angeles. We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. The principal wants her to stay. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. The good guys/heroes are low-income American parents, hoping to provide a good education for their children. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. 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. }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. No one wants lousy teachers. Kids coming into middle school and fifth grade with first grade reading abilities, leaving in eighth grade with a 100 percent proficiency, outscoring kids in Scarsdale, New York. /Resources << I know, but you didn't have enough money. "[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. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position?