waiting for superman documentary transcript
SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. IE 11 is not supported. SCARBOROUGH: All right, Davis, Davis, you said at the beginning you didn't want to get involved in this project. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. Take a moment. BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. DAISY: I want to go to a medical college or a veterinarian college because I really want to become a surgeon. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. Now it's happening in Houston. SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? 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. /Im0 19 0 R RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. And what the teachers wanted in Washington were the tools and conditions for them to do their jobs. I said I don't want to go up. The documentary follows Because politically, these -- the things that we were doing, closing down schools, firing teachers, moving principals, those were not politically popular things to do. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. >> SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? 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. And that is a concept that is so necessary. 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. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. 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. Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. /GS0 18 0 R /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Eighth graders at Kipp L.A. Prep get triple the classroom time in math and science. 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. /Properties << We have to take ownership. 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. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. The most influential scene during this segment is when one of the students, Bianca, and her mother, Nakia, wait for Biancas name to be called as the lottery nears the end. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. You have to live in the district. 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. 2 0 obj 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. When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. << WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. RHEE: I do. endobj In some ways when we fought for sources for kids like my union did, we were fighting to help kids get what they needed. You are not exactly what some would consider to be a conservative filmmaker. Why? >> And it says that if all of us are actually committed to fixing this, we will follow the evidence of what works, follow it, be innovative, be creative but follow the evidence of what works and we will all work together to fix this so that every single child has access to a great public education, not by chance, not by privilege but by right. WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. Why not? BRZEZINSKI: All right. They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. That's the first thing. Thank you for joining us. 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 Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. 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? Let's give five extra hours for all the teachers in America to help kids right now and have the unions lead this charge of saying this is an emergency, we need to help these kids. Waiting for Superman: Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose /Properties << WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. Why did you pick this topic? We increased student achievement levels. You said, you still cry every time you see it. First, I loved that town hall today. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? That means politically get involved. It's happening in D.C. Geoffrey Canada. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. /Type /Page There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? 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. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? You think it was about -- let's be respectful. SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. RHEE: Yes, that's right. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. I get to meet all the wonderful teachers out there. BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. Because there is no downside to failure. If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. /Length 866 HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. (d acJ4@%Q8C/! Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. WebWaiting for Superman/Transcript. 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 /Type /Page One of them is Nakia. 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. >> /MC0 34 0 R Come on out. WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, RHEE: You wake up every morning and you know that 46,000 kids are counting on you. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. SCARBOROUGH: Right. A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. 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? This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. 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. 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'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. I want to say something about what John just said. The film also examines teacher's unions. /Properties << 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. It affects good teachers, too. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. /Font << 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. >> Take a look. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? /GS1 17 0 R 10 0 obj << So people keep talking about accountability just in terms of firing teachers but what I think people need to understand is how accountability allows you to unleash teacher passion by setting on fire all the teachers in the school because you're allowed to give them the freedom to teach the way they see fit. I'm feeling it. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. He's a Grammy award winning songwriter. So there are teachers who are having this debate within the spectrum of your organization. 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 ] You don't have all sorts of external rules. /Rotate 0 SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? Cross your fingers. >> Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. 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. 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. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. [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." BRZEZINSKI: Youre outnumbered. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. Davis Guggenheims Documentary, Waiting for Superman explores the corrupt American School system. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. /Parent 1 0 R If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] SCARBOROUGH: Last in, first out. You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. I want to talk about New York for one second. So the question is, what's New York City doing right? SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? LEGEND: Yes. "[7] On Metacritic it has a score of 81% based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". /T1_0 52 0 R 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. The Superman movie fans are waiting for Superman: Legacy will be released on 11 July 2025. Because we talked to Randi before. 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. If you look at what the Kipp schools have done or the uncommon schools, they've been able to replicate this model over and over. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? /Pages 1 0 R Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. /Rotate 0 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. /T1_1 24 0 R And I think seeing what's possible in this film is very inspiring. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. BRZEZINSKI: Okay. I think he wants to do the right thing. 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. BRZEZINSKI: What happens to these kids? Michelle and I love great teachers. /GS0 18 0 R I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. CANADA: Sure. WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? SCARBOROUGH: If you're going to lock kids in Harlem out of that process and let a few see the light and see the -- that seems to me to be immoral. 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. 1h 51m. [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. 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. GUGGENHEIM: Ive seen the movie hundreds of times. I have a good feeling about this. We're also joined by Deborah Canny of the Harlem Village Academy. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. /Resources << >> " YR0^hC#mlj'@]Gc2x}SVvP[sL,yD1-ut |c,{CG1 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. BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. It's shameful. I mean, not all teachers are created equal.
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