We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. You fought the law and the law won. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. >> /T1_0 20 0 R Theres a lot of schools that I want to take you to Davis, great public schools where we are breaking the sound barrier, too. We should let Randi respond. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Take a look. What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. My kids have won the lottery. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. 100 percent of the kids pass the science regions. We have to take ownership. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. WEINGARTEN: Yes. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /Parent 1 0 R I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. DAISYS FATHER: Come on, Daisy, cross your fingers. /T1_0 52 0 R There is a perception out there that is the union that is standing in the way of principals firing bad teachers. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We'll hear from the audience as well. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? RHEE: You know what, heres the thing. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] >> Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. CANADA: Sure. I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. 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 They asked Rhee whether the pressure on teachers led them to cheat. 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. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? People -- but this room needs to get bigger. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. /Pages 1 0 R There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. BRZEZINSKI: No. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. There are two Americas right now when it comes to education. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. 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: Right. It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement. Stevenson feeds into Roosevelt, one of the worst-performing schools in Los Angeles. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. 4 0 obj That's the first thing. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: And there are kids that don't make it. 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. /GS0 18 0 R The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? 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. WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 8 0 obj RHEE: I don't think they are. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /T1_0 24 0 R New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. 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. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. /Contents 33 0 R 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. 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. NAKIA: I was disturbed. There are core values we have to have. /Resources << Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We're seeing all this great success in Harlem, there were forces that were trying to make sure that that couldn't be replicated on a larger scale. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: /MC0 37 0 R I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. 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. Connecticut and Hartford education policy resources, Creating a Dual-Language Magnet School for Hartford Region, Sources on Trinity student protests since 2007, Jack Dougherty and Trinity College Educ 300 students, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, An Uncommon Critique: How A Charter Networks Success Safeguards Student Experiences, The Evolution of Gender Inequality At Trinity College: A Study Through Different Publications, Higher Education for Dreamers After the Failed DREAM Act. [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Waiting for Superman (song), a 2013 song by the American rock band Daughtry. These people are the ones making the decisions. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. I think they put the money into this mayoral campaign because it was a symbol of reform in this country. The only disagreement that I think our union has had in terms of the way in which things have gone, is that our folks have desperately wanted to have a voice in how to do reform. 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. An examination of the current state of education in America today. /Font << UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisys path to medical school begins with eighth grade algebra which she'll need to take when she moves up to Stevenson Middle School. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. /Type /Page /Resources << BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. >> SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. A lot of times, the unions, for instance, were fighting to -- fighting the right to have more charters in New York. LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. /T1_1 20 0 R GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. BRZEZINSKI: Its very hard to watch this movie. We spruced up -- modernized the building. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. I get to meet all the wonderful teachers out there. And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. It was about a whole range of other issues. /ExtGState << I actually don't -- I think we could continue one city at a time. We actually have to change the political environment. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". DAISY: I want to be a nurse. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. /XObject << 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. 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. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. 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. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To come see, geography and love, thats it. endobj Why is that such a frightening concept? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? I know they are. The attendance and the schools itself. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. A teacher wants to stay. 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. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. 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. What were your thoughts when the number did not come up? GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. Fox News. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." Most of them. I knew what the final scene would look like and I still broke down three times. We're feeling a real sense of commitment. Thank you so much. The union itself has instead of focusing on good teachers and how we need to help them, give them the tools and conditions, we have always focused on, you know, the due process protections. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. 6 0 obj The issue is, and we saw it and heard it in the town hall today a lot, we need to have instruments like they do in every other business to effectively judge and assess teachers. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. 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. >> /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] She was a teacher in Indianapolis. WEINGARTEN: Michelle and I may disagree on the particulars of this, but there are about 50 or 60 districts that are using the proposal that we made and ultimately we think if we do that, if we fix teacher evaluations so it's about teacher development and evaluation, we can fix this problem. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. 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). 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. << /Font << You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 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 SCARBOROUGH: Right. After half a year of teaching, I talked to her yesterday, she had brought her kids a year -- more than a year and a half ahead. Throughout the documentary, different aspects of the American public education system are examined. In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. 5 0 obj There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. First, I loved that town hall today. WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. RHEE: I do. 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. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. 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. >> 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). I am the first one to say, that charter schools are not the answer. We can't have our school system running like this. Many of them. 10 0 obj WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. 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. WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. 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. Waiting for Superman. We have to go to break. We'll come back and continue this. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. "[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. /T1_0 24 0 R 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. 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. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. BRZEZINSKI: What happens to these kids? How do we spread that from Harlem across America? Thank you for joining us. Davis, god bless you. Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. Yes, first or second grade skills. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. Didn't get an answer on that. We love hard-working teachers. [30] In Ayers' view, the "corporate powerhouses and the ideological opponents of all things public" have employed the film to "break the teacher's unions and to privatize education," while driving teachers' wages even lower and running "schools like little corporations. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The answer is no. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vergosa, Andrew. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. 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. "[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. 10 Video Games That Need a Live Action Adaptation, 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Or it can't be done. I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. CANADA: Well you know what? I love teachers. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. [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.) << JOHN LEGEND, SONGWRITER: Well, it's an interesting story because I was making this album "Wake-Up." I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. And that is a concept that is so necessary. It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. We're in a crisis. /Rotate 0 >> No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up All of my kids have gone to public school. I know, but you didn't have enough money. By the end of the year she only had half a year of teaching. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] >> SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. All we're going to do is pay good teachers more money. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. You believe it, don't you, Michelle? >> Last Friday night I watched Davis Guggenheims new documentary, Teach, which was broadcast in on CBS.Guggenheim, you may recall, is the filmmaker who brought us Waiting For Superman, the shameless propaganda-fest that signaled the full-on nuclear stage of the corporate-driven war on public education (also known as the No one wants lousy teachers. >> These students range in /Parent 1 0 R And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. I get why that's good for the adults. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? I like to follow the evidence. LEGEND: We need to be clear, you know, sometimes it sounds like everybody is on the same team up here because we all sound like we agree. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. And I think seeing what's possible in this film is very inspiring. American schools face frequent budget cuts, but its not all about the money. And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. She was assigned in January. Walk in and I still want every kid to win. Explain to me how that is good for children. DAISY: I want to go to a medical college or a veterinarian college because I really want to become a surgeon. Documentary. Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. That means in the midterms. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. That's why -- SCARBOROUGH: To John's point, though -- WEINGARTEN: So we never -- SCARBOROUGH: Unions fought like hell against these successful charter schools being able to expand in New York State. 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. >> /Resources << 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. SCARBOROUGH: All right. (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. endobj /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) >> WebGenre: Documentary Waiting for 'Superman' Screenplay Edit Buy Year: 2010 4,775 Views Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me "Geraldo at Large." So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. GUGGENHEIM: Weve won the lottery. We increased graduation rates. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. endobj /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. 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. That means politically get involved. It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. And it's more about a jobs program than it is about the kids. 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. We're not attacking teachers. 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.

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