>> WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, Waiting for Superman/Transcript - The Altered Adventure SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. Didn't get an answer on that. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. /Count 5 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. /Properties << Waiting for Superman /Resources << Sept. 23, 2010. /Length 868 But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. 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. BRZEZINSKI: What happens to these kids? >> She was assigned in January. 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. Waiting for "Superman Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. 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. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Do you think it has characterized you fairly? BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. It is a revolution. Final words with our panel, next after a short break. I've never seen anything like it in my life. RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. /Rotate 0 Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? Waiting for "Superman" streaming: where to watch online? It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. Guggenheim, Davis. I want to say something about what John just said. (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. Yet instead of examining this critical issue objectively, the movie Waiting for "Superman" cites false statistics in their effort to scapegoat teachers, unfairly blaming them for all the failures of our urban schools. So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. 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 A preview of movies hitting theaters this spring : NPR 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. And that means get involved. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? By the nature of who my family is. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. We'll come back and continue this. If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. 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. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] "[9] Scott Bowles of USA Today lauded the film for its focus on the students: "it's hard to deny the power of Guggenheim's lingering shots on these children. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Good evening. /ExtGState << SCARBOROUGH: Okay. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] You think it was about -- let's be respectful. 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. 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. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. Web2010. Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. /Parent 1 0 R "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". SCARBOROUGH: As far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap? New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. She was a teacher in Indianapolis. >> BRZEZINSKI: Nakia, thank you. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. endobj /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Waiting for Superman I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. 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. We all have to move off self-interest. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. SCARBOROUGH: All right, Davis, Davis, you said at the beginning you didn't want to get involved in this project. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. /Contents 33 0 R Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. >> BRZEZINSKI: Okay. /T1_1 20 0 R 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. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. How do you explain that to a child? "waiting for superman documentary transcript filetype:lua" 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. SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu [15] Deborah Kenny, CEO and founder of the Harlem Village Academies, made positive reference to the film in a The Wall Street Journal op-ed piece about education reform. [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.) /ExtGState << Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. You don't have all sorts of external rules. The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. I want the system to be better. Nakia joins us here tonight. There is a perception out there that is the union that is standing in the way of principals firing bad teachers. I love teachers. 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? WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. I just think -- SCARBOROUGH: Do you really think he wants to the right thing? SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] It reveals that the two major problems ]o m P:giwgRG+g;)Y 'J[+AH@f6=D.Ga5&0RL[?Xt6MU*/-waUN Waiting For Superman Discussion Guide - Influence Film Club So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. So the question is, what's New York City doing right? Geoffrey Canada. 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. "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. Documentary. << 5 0 obj I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. "[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. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. But you did. /T1_0 24 0 R These are our communities. What happened there? It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement. I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. 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). SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? BRZEZINSKI: No. 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. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? SCARBOROUGH: Right. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. Because we talked to Randi before. /Rotate 0 As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. At the end of the film, there is writing that states: The problem is complex but the steps are simple. BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. Geoffrey Canada has done it. 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. 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? I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. 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. What have you been able to do with them? SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. [31] Ravitch served as a board member with the NAEP and says that "the NAEP doesn't measure performance in terms of grade-level achievement," as claimed in the film, but only as "advanced," "proficient," and "basic." They said, look, this work is hard. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? 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. [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. endobj This is why. I get why that's good for the adults. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? SCARBOROUGH: I tell you what, that was the part of the movie where Daisy, you saw her crossing her fingers and write physically got nauseated. Davis Guggenheims Documentary, Waiting for Superman explores the corrupt American School system. /MC0 37 0 R SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. 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. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. But, Mondello 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: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. First of all, can we start by, we want to thank you for coming here. /GS0 47 0 R There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. >> We actually have to change the political environment. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And what we're finding in some schools we should spread throughout all the schools in this nation. Waiting for Superman on iTunes I like to follow the evidence. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] /GS0 18 0 R 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 People -- but this room needs to get bigger. We'll be right back. BRZEZINSKI: All right. BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. 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. DAISY: I want to be a nurse. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? What did you learn? Waiting for 'Superman Like around here, I mean, I want my kids to have better than what I had. We'll hear from the audience as well. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. >> Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. Why is that such a frightening concept? 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. /T1_1 20 0 R "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? >> An examination of the current state of education in America today. These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> Let me answer your question first. What's going on here? << The contract says she has to go. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] What's amazing about these tears, I knew about the film for months and just knowing the system, I knew how it was going to end. >> /Properties << endobj So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. It's shameful. Watch Waiting For Superman | Prime Video - amazon.com "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us 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. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. We have to take ownership. 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. /Font << We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. And I was hurt. Eighth graders at Kipp L.A. Prep get triple the classroom time in math and science. 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. /Rotate 0 Yes, first or second grade skills. And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I have a good feeling about this. We should let Randi respond. Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. Waiting for Superman "Geraldo at Large." SCARBOROUGH: They can't. LEGEND: Yes. As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). And the next morning Im driving my kids in the minivan to school and they go to a great private school in Los Angeles. It's about those kids. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] RHEE: Yes, that's right. I think the question about whether school reform can continue at as an aggressive rate under him is whether hes going to be able to stand up to the fact that SCARBOROUGH: Let me ask you this Michelle. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. /Properties << There are core values we have to have. >> /TT0 48 0 R Or it can't be done. BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier.
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