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[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. Obviously at the end most people watching this movie teared up. 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. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." By the time they finish eighth grade, they will have doubled their math and reading scores. "[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. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. 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). BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? >> SCARBOROUGH: All right, Davis, Davis, you said at the beginning you didn't want to get involved in this project. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. LEGEND: Yes. 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. Geoffrey Canada: I was like what do you mean he's not real. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. We should let Randi respond. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? Video Analysis: Waiting for Superman - Trinity College The attendance and the schools itself. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. Cross your fingers. CANADA: Can I just tell you this? /Resources << Explain to me how that is good for children. American schools face frequent budget cuts, but its not all about the money. /Parent 1 0 R 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. /XObject << NAKIA: I was disturbed. A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. They'll talk about this issue. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose All of my kids have gone to public school. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. I said I don't want to go up. DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. Nakia joins us here tonight. /Length 866 CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. stream BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. >> You have to pull out a bingo ball and call your number. /Filter /FlateDecode [16], The film has also garnered praise from a number of conservative critics. DAISYS FATHER: Come on, Daisy, cross your fingers. 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. We increased student achievement levels. This scene is an important one because it highlights how the acceptance of students into charter schools is determined by the luck of the draw and how some students are not able to enter into the public school of their choice solely because luck was not on their side. Are you feeling agreement? People -- but this room needs to get bigger. WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? 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. 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). SCARBOROUGH: They can't. >> Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 1h 51m. Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. And that means get involved. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. >> The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. WEINGARTEN: Yes. 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. RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. /MC0 31 0 R endobj UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? I think he actually wants to do the right thing. 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. Documentary on Americas Public School System - The New /Type /Page These are our communities. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. That's the first thing. When you have kids from Harlem going there with first grade reading proficiency and science proficiency and they leave three years later with 100 percent proficiency, it just -- at some point it becomes a moral issue. 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. We'll be right back. /T1_1 20 0 R When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. 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 There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. Yes, first or second grade skills. SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> You said OK we're not going to penalize bad teachers. Documentary: Waiting for Superman 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. Why is that? These students range in BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? endobj endobj And what we're finding in some schools we should spread throughout all the schools in this nation. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. John, tell us how you got involved in this. Wouldn't that have been better? WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. >> /T1_1 57 0 R >> If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. Walk in and I still want every kid to win. This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". >> 4,789 Views. I love teachers. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. /Parent 1 0 R /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] CANADA: Well you know what? What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? Waiting for Superman (song), a 2013 song by the American rock band Daughtry. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. We're not attacking teachers. I was really tired. 7 0 obj Thank you so much. 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. 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. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. Ht6R*bs7n& 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. So the question is, what's New York City doing right? You believe it. 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. Waiting for Superman Mika and I want to welcome you to this special hour. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. SCARBOROUGH: The reformer. 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. We can't have our school system running like this. 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. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? It's a random selection. 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. Thanks to all of our guests. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. Documentary. 2 0 obj schools. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? 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. Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. But, Mondello We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. Is there any give here? Waiting for Superman. 1. >> WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. >> 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 Discussion Guide - Influence Film Club Yes, there should be fairness. That is the problem. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. Let me answer your question first. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. 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. 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. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. So we're going to differentiate and we're going to recognize and reward the highest performing teachers and we're going to look at the lowest performing teachers and we're going to remove them from the system. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. Web2010. Waiting for "Superman" - Wikipedia All we're going to do is pay good teachers more money. I think they put the money into this mayoral campaign because it was a symbol of reform in this country. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. 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. GUGGENHEIM: The dream of making a movie like this is conversations just like this, the fact that you and NBC and Viacom and Paramount and Get School bring a movie to the table and let people in this room have a real conversation about to fix our schools is essential. >> UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. 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. New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. IE 11 is not supported. waiting for superman movie transcript /GS1 17 0 R /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] She was assigned in January. endobj "[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. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. Go. But you did. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate 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. This is why. One of them is Nakia. 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. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. Waiting for 'Superman 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. Fox News. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Trying to hide the fact that I had been balling my eyes out, I said I can't -- I knew how this was going to end and I was still crying. Superman Movie [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. /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 ] Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. SCARBOROUGH: Last in, first out. 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. /Properties << WEINGARTEN: I live in New York -- RHEE: You put $1 million into a mayoral campaign. You fought the law and the law won. That means politically get involved. /Properties << Waiting for Superman Documentary Analysis - Trinity However, the film shows how even charter schools leave some children behind, as those who are not chosen by the luck of the draw in the lottery system, are not able to attend the charter schools of their choice. LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community.