I knew what the final scene would look like and I still broke down three times. 3 0 obj /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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). >> 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. /Producer (Python PDF Library \055 http\072\057\057pybrary\056net\057pyPdf\057) /GS0 18 0 R Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? That was teachers talking to each other and talking to the world about what teachers needed. I think we all need to take more responsibility. /Font << And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. 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. >> We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. So we're going to differentiate and we're going to recognize and reward the highest performing teachers and we're going to look at the lowest performing teachers and we're going to remove them from the system. Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. SCARBOROUGH: Why is it -- [ applause ] why is it that you have an area like Washington, D.C. that is 12 percent proficient in math? Wouldn't that have been better? HdT]H|G?GdW{MND)>qOX3cL>NHjr5i:bSqu But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. JOHN LEGEND, SONGWRITER: Well, it's an interesting story because I was making this album "Wake-Up." /Resources << /Type /Page WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families, Go. It affects good teachers, too. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater. RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. The movie's major villains are the National Geoffrey Canada. My kids have won the lottery. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] >> (d acJ4@%Q8C/! DAISYS GATHER: Yes. /T1_1 20 0 R BRZEZINSKI: What are you saying, Randi, what is he saying? I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. [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.) BRZEZINSKI: When the results came down, we watched you respond, we watched her respond. These are your schools, your communities. The film follows several families as they attempt to gain access to prominent charter schools for their children. /Parent 1 0 R And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. In fact you come off quite badly. Nakia joins us here tonight. [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: Last in, first out. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. endstream /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. They'll talk about this issue. SCARBOROUGH: All right. That means in the midterms. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? We're not attacking teachers. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? 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 Why not? I mean, from my perspective, it really seemed like what was scary to people was this idea of beginning to differentiate folks. Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth /Font << As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> 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. Or it can't be done. [32][33][34][35][36], A teacher-backed group called the Grassroots Education Movement produced a rebuttal documentary titled The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman, which was released in 2011. >> Because there is no downside to failure. /Properties << Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. /Contents 36 0 R I want to say something about what John just said. 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. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. Geoffrey Canada has done it. NAKIA: Yes. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. She was assigned in January. We're just saying --. BRZEZINSKI: 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). [17] The Wall Street Journal's William McGurn praised the film in an op-ed piece, calling it a "stunning liberal expos of a system that consigns American children who most need a decent education to our most destructive public schools. 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. Let me answer your question first. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. By showing its audience that even charter schools close their doors to some students, which them forces these students to attendfailing public schools, the video illustrates howthere are still flaws to the American public school system and challenges that need to be addressed. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. I'm joking. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. Coming up, right after we're finished here, MSNBC will re-air the two-hour town hall. "[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: They can't. "[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. endobj Is there any give here? /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] These students range in 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. I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. People couldn't believe you could do it. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The space with the Xs is for all of the fifth grade students moving into the sixth grade for next year. What have you been able to do with them? RHEE: Heres the thing. Like around here, I mean, I want my kids to have better than what I had. /ExtGState << UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think she can do it? /Contents 33 0 R We even tolerate mediocre teachers. endobj /Resources << Waiting For Superman may refer to: Waiting for "Superman", a 2010 documentary. /ExtGState << There are two Americas right now when it comes to education. If I have kids, I don't want kids to be in this environment. The principal wants her to stay. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. SCARBOROUGH: Davis, let's begin with you. The film shows how the audience members, filled with prospective students and their families, all sit with apprehensive looks on their faces as they anxiously listen to the names and numbers of the children who are called and are therefore accepted into the charter school by luck of the draw. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] And what the teachers wanted in Washington were the tools and conditions for them to do their jobs. MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Well, I think you should probably ask the union folks that question. /Type /Page So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. Joe and I saw the movie a few days ago and we literally walked up Broadway, I think it was, in complete silence, both feeling very twisted and angry about what we had seen. 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 We spruced up -- modernized the building. Take a moment. Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". endobj WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. BRZEZINSKI: They were picked off the street in a lottery. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? We'll be right back. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. 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. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. So the question is, what's New York City doing right? /Type /Page [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. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, << You talked about evaluations like every other business. "[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. 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. >> Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up In fact, those are the very areas where he has success. /GS0 47 0 R SCARBOROUGH: Fantastic. Where you tried to focus on good teachers in Washington. I said that's right, but that was mommy's choice to put you in that school. This is about the kids in the movie, and this is about how those of us on this stage help kids. >> 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. I love teachers. 100 percent of the kids pass the science regions. "[30], Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, similarly criticizes the film's lack of accuracy. 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. SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. We'll come back and continue this. When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. Geoffrey Canada: I was like what do you mean he's not real. 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 know, but you didn't have enough money. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? No one wants lousy teachers. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To come see, geography and love, thats it. stream Because we talked to Randi before. /T1_1 20 0 R It's not about charter schools. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. endobj There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. We increased graduation rates. Thanks to all of our guests. Waiting for Superman. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. << GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? They have to go see this movie and have smaller conversations like this. 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. 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. 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. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. First of all, can we start by, we want to thank you for coming here. WEINGARTEN: Yes. When you have kids from Harlem going there with first grade reading proficiency and science proficiency and they leave three years later with 100 percent proficiency, it just -- at some point it becomes a moral issue. LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. 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. NAKIA: I was disturbed. So we've got to open up this issue of innovation and we've got to make sure that in those places we allow real educators to come in and redesign this thing so it works. /T1_0 24 0 R It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement.

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