waiting for superman documentary transcript

GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. Waiting for "Superman HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. /GS1 17 0 R It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. "[20], The film also received negative criticism. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] stream BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. Thank you so much. "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us << 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). Where does the union take some responsibility in this? [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." We're here at the site of our education nation summit launching today at NBC News and MSNBC. And that is a concept that is so necessary. BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? In fact you come off quite badly. You talked about evaluations like every other business. /Resources << /T1_1 20 0 R DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. Ht6R*bs7n& I actually don't -- I think we could continue one city at a time. Waiting for Superman BRZEZINSKI: On Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. from this very stage, General Colin Powell and his wife on "MORNING JOE." SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? SCARBOROUGH: Michelle, let me ask you this. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? "[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. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. Waiting for "Superman" streaming: where to watch online? The filmmakers deliberately kept the camera on certain students and their families, like Nakia and Bianca, in order to show how those who did not get into charter schools felt extremely disappointed and emotional because they had hoped to be accepted into a schoolthat would not fail them. /Type /Pages 10 0 obj The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. That's when we come back as we dive into the issues presented in "Waiting For Superman." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. All we're going to do is pay good teachers more money. SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? The attendance and the schools itself. << I like to follow the evidence. 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. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. That's the first thing. CANADA: There are two things. I get why that's good for the adults. These students range in 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. Waiting for Superman.2010. 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. /Properties << The answer is no. 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. Go. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. BRZEZINSKI: All right. Weve seen some innovation spread more than one place. 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. CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. You get to the nation's capital, the nation's capital, only 16 percent of students are proficient in math. I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. SCARBOROUGH: Right. So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. >> One of them is Nakia. >> 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. We're going to lose our nation. /Type /Page CANADA: Can I just tell you this? It's happening in D.C. 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. /Resources << BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. It's not about charter schools. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? /Type /Page These people are the ones making the decisions. /Rotate 0 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. Feb 22, 2013. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. So look, all of us on this stage, whether it's Geoffrey or Michelle or Davis, myself, the two of you, we all care passionately about the children. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. Final words with our panel, next after a short break. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. /Contents 33 0 R endobj A teacher wants to stay. Obviously at the end most people watching this movie teared up. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] NAKIA: The public schools in my neighborhood don't add up to what I want from her. endobj I think if we actually got to what constitutes a good teacher and had that kind of standard we'd all be in the same place on that and there are about 50 or 60 districts right now, I made a proposal in January about how to overhaul evaluation. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. Wouldn't that have been better? /MC0 34 0 R The site's consensus states: "Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for "Superman" is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim. 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: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. 7 0 obj That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. stream And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. Waiting for Superman | Documentary Heaven If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. KENNY: Right. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. "[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. You cannot say we want more resources to go to kids when in fact in this city, Joel Klein is spilling $100 million a year to pay for teachers you saw it in the movie, who aren't actually teaching. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. Is there any give here? This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. 5 0 obj The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. The principal wants her to stay. 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LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. >> We increased graduation rates. 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. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. RHEE: Thats correct. >> Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. BRZEZINSKI: All right. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: 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. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. Waiting for Superman /Rotate 0 It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. SCARBOROUGH: All right, Davis, Davis, you said at the beginning you didn't want to get involved in this project. /GS0 18 0 R /T1_1 20 0 R 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. You have to pull out a bingo ball and call your number. 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. >> There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, We'll be right back. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To come see, geography and love, thats it. SCARBOROUGH: Okay. 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? TRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL ANTHONY: Its bittersweet to me. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 endobj You went into the lottery system for your daughter. An examination of the current state of education in America today. Why is that such a frightening concept? 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). /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Sept. 23, 2010. You have to live in the district. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. [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. 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. [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.) 9 0 obj New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. endobj 3 0 obj BRZEZINSKI: Okay. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? Do you think it has characterized you fairly? BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll be joined -- SCARBOROUGH: One thing we do agree on -- BRZEZINSKI: We have to go. "[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. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. GUGGENHEIM: Those parents don't care. Waiting for 'Superman >> /Rotate 0 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.