What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? And I think seeing what's possible in this film is very inspiring. It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. endobj Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. /Parent 1 0 R CANADA: Well you know what? CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. /T1_1 20 0 R WEINGARTEN: I live in New York -- RHEE: You put $1 million into a mayoral campaign. BRZEZINSKI: What are you saying, Randi, what is he saying? Fox News. The answer is no. 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). That's amazing. The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. 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. 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. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. They said, look, this work is hard. We should let Randi respond. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. << SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. /GS0 47 0 R SCARBOROUGH: You mean against -- RHEE: Against Fenty, my boss. 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. 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 all have to move off self-interest. 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. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." 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. Let me answer your question first. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? It is a revolution. Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." 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. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. What did you learn? If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. 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. endobj 7 0 obj /Filter /FlateDecode Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? 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? "[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. >> >> What happened there? 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. Why were you frightened to send her to school. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> 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. Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. endobj Because what is wrong with what he's saying? Ht6R*bs7n& /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> BRZEZINSKI: All right. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. Because I seen what you do, Ive seen what Deborah Kinney has done, Ive seen what a lot of people have done out there and it seems to me, the model is find an extraordinary person, put them in a school, let them run that school. /GS0 18 0 R WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. /Parent 1 0 R There's a complete and utter lack of accountability for the job that we're supposed to be doing, which is producing results for kids. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. I want to be a doctor and I want to be a veterinarian. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. /ExtGState << It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. Sept. 23, 2010. Nakia joins us here tonight. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. And systems that actually help create continuous improvement. Take a look. They do allow us to figure out what's working and we should replicate it and what's not and we should close those charter schools that arent working so that we actually develop a science in our business about what works in what kinds of environments and in what kinds of communities. [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. END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Waiting for Superman.2010. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. 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. That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. SCARBOROUGH: All right. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. The movie's major villains are the National /T1_0 24 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, 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. 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. I think he actually wants to do the right thing. /Rotate 0 BRZEZINSKI: What happens to these kids? 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. "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. I want to ask you another really quick question and then go around to the rest of the panel. SCARBOROUGH: They can't. 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. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? And this is not America, the idea that one kid could have a great education and one kid can't. GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. It's about those kids. I get to meet all the wonderful teachers out there. >> WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. Ravitch says that a study by Stanford University economist Margaret Raymond of 5000 charter schools found that only 17% are superior in math test performance to a matched public school, and many perform badly, casting doubt on the film's claim that privately managed charter schools are the solution to bad public schools. << You fought the law and the law won. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. Waiting For Superman was more widely released than any other documentary, and among the highest-grossing documentaries of 2010. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. 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. Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. "Geraldo at Large." The film also examines teacher's unions. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. /Type /Page Is there any give here? John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. /Properties << BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. The attendance and the schools itself. And that means get involved. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." /T1_1 20 0 R 2 0 obj ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. The contract says she has to go. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] What's going on here? I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. In fact you come off quite badly. Why did you pick this topic? >> /Properties << Thanks to all of our guests. In this incredible movie, "Waiting For Superman," Davis Guggenheim introduces to us some of the heroic parents who struggle to provide a better future for their children. /Type /Page BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. The film will focus on the times when Superman is younger, with an emphasis on how he balances his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing . LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. The reason is because we're allowed to give our teachers freedom and then hold them accountable for results. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. >> I like to follow the evidence. If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. Walk in and I still want every kid to win. SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. 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. He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. All of my kids have gone to public school. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. 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). You have to live in the district. ANTHONY: Its bittersweet to me. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] WebWaiting For "Superman" has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a "[23], Author and academic Rick Ayers lambasted the accuracy of the film, describing it as "a slick marketing piece full of half-truths and distortions" and criticizing its focus on standardized testing. 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? You think it was about -- let's be respectful. WEINGARTEN: No one, you know, teachers in at least our union would be the first to tell you, we rail against this system in some ways as much as Geoff and Michelle. /MC0 34 0 R Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. This is why. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] WebWaiting For Superman (871) 7.4 1 h 51 min 2010 X-Ray PG The lives of five Harlem and Bronx families in the high stakes lottery for access to New York City's best charter Thank you so much. 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. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. We love hard-working teachers. 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 It matters who your local representative is. Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. We spruced up -- modernized the building. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. 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. I get why that's good for the adults. 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. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. It was about a whole range of other issues. >> /XObject << The film portrays the deep sadness that Bianca and her mother feel when Bianca is not accepted into the charter school as the two embrace one another at the end and Nakia dries her daughters tears (Guggenheim 1:37:35). RHEE: I do. I love teachers. Be the first to contribute. endobj CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. 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. "[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. People couldn't believe you could do it. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. Cross your fingers. >> /Font << So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. I mean, not all teachers are created equal. So the question is, what's New York City doing right? First of all, can we start by, we want to thank you for coming here. I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] stream RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. This is our country. >> Guggenheim, Davis. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear.