[38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. You can't do it with the district rules and the union contracts as they are in most districts. Most will go to John Phillip Souza, which the "Washington Post" called an academic sink hole. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. An examination of the current state of education in America today. 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. IE 11 is not supported. RHEE: Heres the thing. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? She was a teacher in Indianapolis. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. We'll be right back. It's happening in Los Angeles. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. [15] Deborah Kenny, CEO and founder of the Harlem Village Academies, made positive reference to the film in a The Wall Street Journal op-ed piece about education reform. In New York City, a group of local teachers protested one of the documentary's showings, calling the film "complete nonsense", writing that "there is no teacher voice in the film. 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. >> I think he actually wants to do the right thing. It reveals that the two major problems DAISY: I want to be a nurse. "[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. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. And I think seeing what's possible in this film is very inspiring. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. The film will focus on the times when Superman is younger, with an emphasis on how he balances his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing . 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 Feb 22, 2013. 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 /Type /Page I'm feeling it. ?zBzD%YC1_PVu,fkGsM'2Hnm^]6_1W|qpff&,+y cWoM~UNxa*_EE}=}z/P__~:Y)z `'4Q!-ccE"?6HD6JW (b]Jl BP> 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. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. >> The film assumes that any student below proficient is "below grade level," but this claim is not supported by the NAEP data. /Font << TRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL The film also examines teacher's unions. >> Watch Waiting For Superman | Prime Video - amazon.com Waiting for 'Superman Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. /Im0 19 0 R I said what I if I made a different kind of movie from a parents' point of view? But you did. BRZEZINSKI: Okay. 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. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /GS1 17 0 R Waiting for 'Superman' Quotes 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. GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. I like to follow the evidence. LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. /ExtGState << People -- but this room needs to get bigger. endobj And that means get involved. You went into the lottery system for your daughter. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. Why were you frightened to send her to school. 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. 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. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement. Will they give him a million dollars for re-election if he keeps you in your position? But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. << Waiting for 'Superman' (2010) | Watch Free Documentaries Online SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. You believe it, don't you, Michelle? NAKIA: Shes 7 now. I think the point of departure between Michelle and I may be that I see, just like in Finland and Singapore and other places, that we need to all actually work together, focused on instruction, focused on how we help people do the best jobs they can and then -- BRZEZINSKI: Wasnt that what she was doing? If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. BRZEZINSKI: How do we get to what you're saying, though? Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. 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. 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. Waiting for Superman 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. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. The attendance and the schools itself. 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. 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. LEGEND: Who your state senator is. We have to go to break right now. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. What happened there? 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. /Type /Catalog It's a random selection. 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. The Superman movie fans are waiting for Superman: Legacy will be released on 11 July 2025. And we need to have good evaluation systems. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Yes, there should be fairness. As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). >> We actually have to change the political environment. /MC0 62 0 R Waiting For "Superman" is an inside look at the problems with education in America. What's the big takeaway from "Waiting For Superman"? Waiting for Superman >> This is about the kids in the movie, and this is about how those of us on this stage help kids. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. We increased graduation rates. endstream Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. 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. You tried to change things and chances are good, because of it, you're going to get fired. And I always -- Im at screenings all across the country. SCARBOROUGH: They can't. 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. SCARBOROUGH: Okay, Michelle -- WEINGARTEN: We agreed at times. LEGEND: I think there needs to be an understanding in our community when we fight for our kids we're fighting for our community. SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. %PDF-1.3 There are two Americas right now when it comes to education. There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. Waiting for "Superman" streaming: where to watch online? SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. Superman Movie DAISYS FATHER: Come on, Daisy, cross your fingers. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageC ] BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? BRZEZINSKI: What happens to these kids? JOHN LEGEND, SONGWRITER: Well, it's an interesting story because I was making this album "Wake-Up." The principal wants her to stay. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. /Font << 10 0 obj SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". Most of them. And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. SCARBOROUGH: You guys were great. At the end of the film, there is writing that states: The problem is complex but the steps are simple. WebWaiting For Superman (871) 7.4 1 h 51 min 2010 X-Ray PG The lives of five Harlem and Bronx families in the high stakes lottery for access to New York City's best charter RANDI WEINGARTEN, PRES., AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS: Sure. >> She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. BRZEZINSKI: All right. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Parent 1 0 R KENNY: We catch them up to basic level and we accelerate them to proficient. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] You think it was about -- let's be respectful. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? The film is extremely eye-opening, showing just how bad a state most of our education systems are in. Waiting for Superman Documentary Analysis - Trinity You have to live in the district. << BRZEZINSKI: All right. /Length 866 Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. /Font << LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. 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. I just think -- SCARBOROUGH: Do you really think he wants to the right thing? CANADA: There are two things. [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. 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. SCARBOROUGH: Welcome back to our education nation special on "Waiting For Superman." That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. >> What did you learn? 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. The film shows how Geoffrey Canadas solution to this problem was to create charter schools that would give children and their parents more options within the public school system and would hopefully raise academic performance, decrease dropout rates, andincrease the number of students who attend college. [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. You all have your numbers, right? If Anthony goes to Souza, odds are he'll enter high school three to five grade levels behind. 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. Film. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. You know that process has to be fixed. GUGGENHEIM: Weve won the lottery. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] << [3], Geoffrey Canada describes his journey as an educator and recounts the story of his devastation when, as a child, he discovers that Superman is fictional, that "there is no one coming with enough power to save us.". 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. I knew what the final scene would look like and I still broke down three times. Because we talked to Randi before. WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. Education in Waiting for Superman Documentary It was so heartbreaking to see her upset and all of the other children around her not being called and not being picked. >> SCARBOROUGH: Why would you spend a million dollars to defeat a mayor? I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. 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. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. They'll talk about this issue. [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. /Resources << I think we all need to take more responsibility. waiting for superman documentary transcript Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. /T1_1 20 0 R 4 0 obj That was in the second grade, because my father had passed. That's the first thing. Ravitch says that a study by Stanford University economist Margaret Raymond of 5000 charter schools found that only 17% are superior in math test performance to a matched public school, and many perform badly, casting doubt on the film's claim that privately managed charter schools are the solution to bad public schools. RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. SCARBOROUGH: Right. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: /Properties << Cross your fingers. Waiting for Superman Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? 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 /T1_1 20 0 R Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. It's about figuring out what works in charter schools and exporting that across America. RHEE: You know what, heres the thing. Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. And the city of Indianapolis said you're the most effective ninth grade reading teacher in our city and we're going to give you a great reward, five days later they had to fire her because the contract said she's the youngest teacher and she has to go Now, there's no one -- bad person in the process.