>> We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. 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. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? 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? I started to count the public schools that I was driving by. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. /GS0 18 0 R endobj UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. WEINGARTEN: John. I was really tired. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? "[18] Kyle Smith, for the New York Post, gave the film 4.5 stars, calling it an "invaluable learning experience. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? 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. One of the things we were thinking about, we were covering songs from the civil rights era, from the '60s and '70s and people who fought for justice and equality. /Resources << /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) /ExtGState << 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. >> Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. 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. KENNY: We catch them up to basic level and we accelerate them to proficient. GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] It was about a whole range of other issues. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. BRZEZINSKI: All right. BRZEZINSKI: You also knew that a little girl like Daisy can be a vet or a doctor or anything she wants to be if she's given the tools to do it. RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. Geoffrey Canada has done it. << It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. 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. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. >> (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. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. Most of them. WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. GLORIA: Im just so afraid for him. /Rotate 0 BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. The movie's major villains are the National If I want something for her and I cant get it from there, I'm going to find an alternative. So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. A reminder for everyone, coming up right after this program, MSNBC will re-air that teacher town hall that was hosted by Brian Williams, that's from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time, right here on MSNBC. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. 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. 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. First, I loved that town hall today. /GS1 17 0 R BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. endobj >> RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. Why were you frightened to send her to school. All of my kids have gone to public school. /Font << stream 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. Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] And we have to have everyone, even parents, recommitted, you know, even school officials, district heads, superintendents, unions, all of us have to move off a position of self-interest like I do with my own kids, sending them to private school, like the unions do, I think, preserving the status quo. /Pages 1 0 R LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. And that means get involved. You have to pull out a bingo ball and call your number. There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. Guggenheim, Davis. Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. This is about the kids in the movie, and this is about how those of us on this stage help kids. You cannot say -- you can't say, well, the problem with charter schools is they only serve some of the kids when in fact you are advocating for caps on those effective charter schools. It was not simply about education. The Superman movie fans are waiting for Superman: Legacy will be released on 11 July 2025. I'm feeling it. /GS1 17 0 R We spruced up -- modernized the building. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? 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. >> It matters who your local representative is. 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. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] CANADA: There are two things. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". 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. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Because what is wrong with what he's saying? As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. /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 ] 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). If I have kids, I don't want kids to be in this environment. /Im0 19 0 R The attendance and the schools itself. I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. I think we all need to take more responsibility. >> Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. Why not? NAKIA: Shes 7 now. Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. "[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. " YR0^hC#mlj'@]Gc2x}SVvP[sL,yD1-ut |c,{CG1 Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu 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. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose People -- but this room needs to get bigger. 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 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. That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. 1. endstream And what the teachers wanted in Washington were the tools and conditions for them to do their jobs. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. Acquiring that good education is the daunting challenge they face. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. /Properties << What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? /MC0 34 0 R WEINGARTEN: Look, what the unions actually talked about was as part of lifting the cap, as part of lifting the cap, they didn't fight against lifting the cap -- LEGEND: Yes, they did. More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. BRZEZINSKI: How old is she? BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. >> "[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. << 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. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Good evening. "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. Thats just one of the great things that we see. We actually have to change the political environment. It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? John, tell us how you got involved in this. We need to have great curriculum. You went into the lottery system for your daughter. 1h 51m. WebSummaries. << /Properties << These students range in 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. endobj She was a teacher in Indianapolis. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. Ht6R*bs7n& BRZEZINSKI: All right. That is the problem. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. /T1_0 52 0 R 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. Are you feeling agreement? GUGGENHEIM: Ive seen the movie hundreds of times. BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. That's when we come back as we dive into the issues presented in "Waiting For Superman." Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. BRZEZINSKI: Its very hard to watch this movie. You don't come off well in this movie. And I think seeing what's possible in this film is very inspiring. /Type /Page What happened there? We love hard-working teachers. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. We're turning to you now. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. Yes, first or second grade skills. Why is that? But, Mondello END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. You think it was about -- let's be respectful. The superintendent wants her to say. Take a look. 4 0 obj How do we let every kid -- SCARBOROUGH: There are two Americas. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Well, I think you should probably ask the union folks that question. >> You know that process has to be fixed. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. LEGEND: Yes. Be the first to contribute. We can't have our school system running like this. This documentary follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, and undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. SCARBOROUGH: Michelle, let me ask you this. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? WEINGARTEN: I think look, again, we had a moment in time where we actually got to an agreement. Let's do this right now and let's look at the best contract in the nation in terms of eliminating ineffective teachers and let's make that the standard across America. Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. "[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. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> /Resources << CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. 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. /Type /Page SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. It affects good teachers, too. They asked Rhee whether the pressure on teachers led them to cheat. In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, There is a perception out there that is the union that is standing in the way of principals firing bad teachers. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). You do not come off as the hero of this movie. [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. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. 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. >> One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. 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. 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. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: It really is. JOHN LEGEND, SONGWRITER: Well, it's an interesting story because I was making this album "Wake-Up." SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. 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. 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. [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.) SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. 10 0 obj It's about those kids. BRZEZINSKI: If you leave Washington, D.C. are you going to Newark? And that is a concept that is so necessary. There are core values we have to have. SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. My kids have won the lottery. What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? LESTE BELL, DAISYS TEACHER: She chose her college and she wrote a letter to the admissions and asking them to allow her to attend their college. >> It's happening in D.C. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. And while our guests enter the stage, let's show you a little clip of the movie, because "Waiting For Superman" is about our system, but what really gets to you in this movie is the individual stories of each child. E]D[JWlwH{,j73?Mazd. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. >> I said I don't want to go up. The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. The contract says she has to go. It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. RHEE: We wanted to give the teachers the tools. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. /ExtGState << 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. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I know, but you didn't have enough money. 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. Walk in and I still want every kid to win. Randi said something that was fascinating. BRZEZINSKI: Okay. SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. endobj SCARBOROUGH: Right. But I think that's false. People couldn't believe you could do it. endobj It's not about charter schools. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? "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 goal of the film is to create a successful public education system filled with great schoolsthat leave no child behind, andit calls for reform from all of usin order to reach that goal. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. We should let Randi respond. /GS0 47 0 R /T1_1 20 0 R WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Feb 22, 2013. By Stephen Holden. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. SCARBOROUGH: Right. Obviously at the end most people watching this movie teared up. It's a random selection. We're not attacking teachers. MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Take a look at some of the reactions from just a few minutes ago as people watched this movie. And I don't want to make this about the presumptive mayor. BRZEZINSKI: Please help us welcome founder and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, Geoffrey Canada, Washington D.C.'s school's chancellor, Michelle Rhee, American Federation of Teacher's president Randi Weingarten and filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. 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. }>=Uw2cS=V. I9kZJw^EAOd j]Y[wl-e06E#/mlyTbE9f}@8 a/ ^} SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. Take a moment. You could fail those kids for another 20 years, everybody keeps their job, nobody gets the go. endobj BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. CANADA: Can I just say this -- [ applause ] this is the one area and Ive heard, Ive heard this suggested. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. We even tolerate mediocre teachers. They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. An examination of the current state of education in America today. I'm just wondering. If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. 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. But I think it's quite frankly a little disingenuous for the union president to stand up and say we liked what Michelle was doing, we wanted it to continue to happen, when the national AFT poured $1 million into the campaign in Washington, D.C. a million dollars in a local mayoral race you know clearly sends a message that they didn't want things to continue as they were.
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