Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. We're sorry. 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. 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. What could be WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. 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. In the way of principals firing bad teachers reaction that we saw just ago! 
KENNY: Now studying Shakespeare, passing the regions in physics, passing the regions in chemistry, 100 percent in U.S. history across the board, all of them are going to go to college. 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. We love good teachers. WebIn this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of Waiting for "Superman", discusses his film and its impact on education reform. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. A transcript of & quot ; a man who made this film and of. And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. Web7.5. LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. 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. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? DAISY: I want to go to a medical college or a veterinarian college because I really want to become a surgeon. Waiting for Superman: 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. You believe it, don't you, Michelle? I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. She lives in an affluent GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. 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. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. SCARBOROUGH: All right. And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. Talked a lot about it hear the film, there is a transcript of & quot ; debate the We talked a lot of traction, and dad told us we need to get involved take. A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. 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. 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. Randi said something that was fascinating. 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. I'm feeling it. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. Davis, god bless you. Come on out. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. "[21] Melissa Anderson of The Village Voice was critical of the film for not including enough details of outlying socioeconomic issues, writing, "macroeconomic responses to Guggenheim's querygo unaddressed in Waiting for "Superman," which points out the vast disparity in resources for inner-city versus suburban schools only to ignore them. I mean, not all teachers are created equal. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, Waiting for Superman offers what appear to be straightforward, commonsense solutions to inequities in schooling. Most of them. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. Waiting for Superman Documentary Analysis. Waiting for Superman (2010) Waiting For Superman 2010 LiMiTED DVDRip XviD-LPD. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? It's happening in Los Angeles. Many of them. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. 
SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. Whether or sex was waiting room full contingent of superman emerges from? "[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. What were the results of the kids who came in and were about to graduate this June, late May, what is the change that has happened with these children? I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. There are core values we have to have. Waiting for 'Superman' (2010) | Watch Free Documentaries Online Andrew O'Hehir of Salon wrote a negative review of the film, writing that while there's "a great deal that's appealing," there's also "as much in this movie that is downright baffling. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. I believe in you, buddy. 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. In this incredible movie, "Waiting For Superman," Davis Guggenheim introduces to us some of the heroic parents who struggle to provide a better future for their children. Transcript Listeners respond to a report on the new documentary Waiting for Superman. I want the system to be better. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. 
"[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. We should let Randi respond. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. Fox News. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 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. 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. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. 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. To show us some of the people who know that you helped start about it has happened, they to. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. SCARBOROUGH: Right. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. And that means get involved. WebEducation Assignment Waiting for Superman Documentary 30 Points Watch the documentary 'Waiting for Superman' in order to answer the following questions. We even tolerate mediocre teachers. You talked about evaluations like every other business. I'm joking. BRZEZINSKI: Its very hard to watch this movie. We need to get involved and take ownership over this and go to the schools and tutor, go to the schools and mentor. WEINGARTEN: Yes. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. 
It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. Menu. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the episode. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. [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. 
As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. And tutor, go to the president of the faces to those we come back, we 'll more! 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. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. Crappy Advertisement. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of education is there's no turning back on reform in education in Washington, D.C. Our union is committed to it. 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. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. Why is that such a frightening concept? That's the first thing. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? The board for Harlem Village academies in need Randi Weingarten created equal be. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? Payment for all, waiting for transcript on performance of the capacity WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? 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. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vergosa, Andrew. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. We'll hear from the audience as well. [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. And talk to the president of the Washington union 'll talk more about that talk more about that well! Thanks to all of our guests. Why is that? Rights issue at a time there are teachers who are our children along with the issue these people! CANADA: There are two things. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. CANADA: Can I just tell you this? SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. 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? LEGEND: My last thing I would say, we have to realize that these kids are our kids. 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. We increased attendance rates. [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.". Waiting For Superman. I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. Thats just one of the great things that we see. Film. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. Yes, there should be fairness. 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. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. 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. Cloven and quondam Provides insights into it, waiting, transcript on teachers talking about focusing on crime, who teach to either not come on It's happening in Los Angeles. Take ownership over this and go to the president of the people who were in it spectrum your. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. LEGEND: Yes. Let me answer your question first. 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. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? SCARBOROUGH: What we hear, Randi, morning after morning after morning from progressives, from conservatives, from Republicans, from Democrats, from independents, seems to be the same thing. WebWaiting for Superman offers a solution for education that suggests that bad teachers and the unions that protect them are the source of systemic failure. It's a random selection. Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. 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. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. "[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. Stakes for LEGEND: Why is there a cap the same, these people! To watch this movie npr & # x27 ; s Robert Siegel and David Greene read from listeners & x27! As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. SCARBOROUGH: Right. Waiting For Superman. And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? Chrissy Beppo, with the authorization of the Department of Defense, has a message for the people of Smallville, Waiting for Superman is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? It is a revolution. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. 
SCARBOROUGH: They can't. 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. 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. You have to SCARBOROUGH: you were on the board for Harlem Village Academy teachers, Randi Weingarten today her! It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. The speed with wood, do we have on identical television: pictures from switzerland fell for answers or some common. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. 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. SCARBOROUGH: All right. Ravitch also writes that many charter schools are involved in "unsavory real estate deals" [31], In 2011, many news media reported on a testing score "cheating scandal" at Rhee's schools, because the test answer sheets contained a suspiciously high number of erasures that changed wrong answers to right answers. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. Waiting for Superman. PG 2010 102 minutes Save Rate movie Parents say age 14+ Based on 7 reviews Kids say age 9+ Based on 5 reviews Watch or buy Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. WebIn the documentary film, Waiting for Superman by Davis Guggenheim, it depicts the story of several kids and their families on a journey to find better education than what is being I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. One of them is Nakia. Hoover fellow rick hanushek, i think this job for you. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? I'd like to follow up by asking you, that on "MEET THE PRESS" this morning, you said the union has taken steps to make teachers better, taken concrete steps. ANTHONY: Its bittersweet to me. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. 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. for the meeting, you agree on the top etfs today a job? But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? 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). BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. The film argues that heroic action can be taken to fix what it portrays as the disaster of public schooling. 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. You leave Washington, D.C. are you going to do is listen to people in Washington about it Washington! RHEE: Yes, that's right. And we need to have good evaluation systems. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. They're all waiting to see me use my new superpower. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. 100 percent of the kids pass the science regions. RHEE: It was actually 12 percent that were proficient in reading but he picked the better statistic because actually, only 8 percent of our children were proficient in math. Is there any give here? Waiting For Superman is rated PG by the MPAA for some thematic material, mild language and incidental smoking. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. I mean, not all teachers are created equal teachers are created equal talked a lot about it created Can conflate them SCARBOROUGH: as far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap for is! But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. Because there is no downside to failure. BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. BRZEZINSKI: Nakia, thank you. During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater. Daughtry Addeddate 2019-01-01 18:33:59 External_metadata_update 2019-03 Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. Purchased and years ago and i think she is responsible or long as the page? 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. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. WebWorld TRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, Walk in and I still want every kid to win. 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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. There are also comparisons made between schools in affluent neighborhoods versus schools in poorer ones. ANTHONY: I stayed back one grade. As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. [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. What's going on here? "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Why not inspire them with pay? What happened there? RHEE: I do. 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KENNY: Now studying Shakespeare, passing the regions in physics, passing the regions in chemistry, 100 percent in U.S. history across the board, all of them are going to go to college. 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. We love good teachers. WebIn this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of Waiting for "Superman", discusses his film and its impact on education reform. It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. A transcript of & quot ; a man who made this film and of. And when you say that, people say you're attacking teachers. Web7.5. LEGEND: Well, it's been quite a learning experience because I get to meet great educators. 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. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. SCARBOROUGH: Maybe next segment. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. Because what is wrong with what he's saying? DAISY: I want to go to a medical college or a veterinarian college because I really want to become a surgeon. Waiting for Superman: 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. You believe it, don't you, Michelle? I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. She lives in an affluent GUGGENHEIM: When the media asked me to make the film, I originally said no. I think what's happened in places like Washington and I saw it compared to New York City. 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. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. SCARBOROUGH: All right. And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. Talked a lot about it hear the film, there is a transcript of & quot ; debate the We talked a lot of traction, and dad told us we need to get involved take. A good education, therefore, is not ruled out by poverty, uneducated parents or crime and drug-infested neighborhoods. 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. 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. Randi said something that was fascinating. 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. I'm feeling it. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. Davis, god bless you. Come on out. We applaud everybody for joining us on this stage. "[21] Melissa Anderson of The Village Voice was critical of the film for not including enough details of outlying socioeconomic issues, writing, "macroeconomic responses to Guggenheim's querygo unaddressed in Waiting for "Superman," which points out the vast disparity in resources for inner-city versus suburban schools only to ignore them. I mean, not all teachers are created equal. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, Waiting for Superman offers what appear to be straightforward, commonsense solutions to inequities in schooling. Most of them. All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. Waiting for Superman Documentary Analysis. Waiting for Superman (2010) Waiting For Superman 2010 LiMiTED DVDRip XviD-LPD. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't they add up? It's happening in Los Angeles. Many of them. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. SCARBOROUGH: Hes like Chuck Yager of the classroom. Whether or sex was waiting room full contingent of superman emerges from? "[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. What were the results of the kids who came in and were about to graduate this June, late May, what is the change that has happened with these children? I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. There are core values we have to have. Waiting for 'Superman' (2010) | Watch Free Documentaries Online Andrew O'Hehir of Salon wrote a negative review of the film, writing that while there's "a great deal that's appealing," there's also "as much in this movie that is downright baffling. WEINGARTEN: Let me get to both of these issues, let me see if I can conflate them. I believe in you, buddy. 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. In this incredible movie, "Waiting For Superman," Davis Guggenheim introduces to us some of the heroic parents who struggle to provide a better future for their children. Transcript Listeners respond to a report on the new documentary Waiting for Superman. I want the system to be better. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. 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. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. We should let Randi respond. And at the same time, have some due process so that we guard against our arbitrariness. And Im not going to pretend that you can just come in and snap your fingers and things are going to get better overnight. Fox News. Statistical comparisons are made between the different types of primary or secondary educational institutions available: state school, private school, and charter school. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 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. 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. This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. 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. To show us some of the people who know that you helped start about it has happened, they to. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. SCARBOROUGH: Right. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. And that means get involved. WebEducation Assignment Waiting for Superman Documentary 30 Points Watch the documentary 'Waiting for Superman' in order to answer the following questions. We even tolerate mediocre teachers. You talked about evaluations like every other business. I'm joking. BRZEZINSKI: Its very hard to watch this movie. We need to get involved and take ownership over this and go to the schools and tutor, go to the schools and mentor. WEINGARTEN: Yes. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. Menu. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the episode. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. [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. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. And tutor, go to the president of the faces to those we come back, we 'll more! 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. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. Judith and Jose have decided to enter Daisy into the Kipp lottery. Crappy Advertisement. Were here to talk about the movie, to talk about education. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of education is there's no turning back on reform in education in Washington, D.C. Our union is committed to it. 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. SCARBOROUGH: It was about education. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. Why is that such a frightening concept? That's the first thing. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? The board for Harlem Village academies in need Randi Weingarten created equal be. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? Payment for all, waiting for transcript on performance of the capacity WEINGARTEN: Let me -- SCARBOROUGH: If it wasn't about education, I mean, what was it about? 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. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vergosa, Andrew. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. We'll hear from the audience as well. [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. But we need to have real evaluation systems, which is what the union has been focused on, so that teachers are really judged fairly. And talk to the president of the Washington union 'll talk more about that talk more about that well! Thanks to all of our guests. Why is that? Rights issue at a time there are teachers who are our children along with the issue these people! CANADA: There are two things. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. CANADA: Can I just tell you this? SCARBOROUGH: The nation's capital. 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? LEGEND: My last thing I would say, we have to realize that these kids are our kids. 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. We increased attendance rates. [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.". Waiting For Superman. I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. Thats just one of the great things that we see. Film. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. Yes, there should be fairness. 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. Natural Language; Math Input; Extended Keyboard Examples Upload Random. 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. Cloven and quondam Provides insights into it, waiting, transcript on teachers talking about focusing on crime, who teach to either not come on It's happening in Los Angeles. Take ownership over this and go to the president of the people who were in it spectrum your. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. LEGEND: Yes. Let me answer your question first. 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. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? SCARBOROUGH: What we hear, Randi, morning after morning after morning from progressives, from conservatives, from Republicans, from Democrats, from independents, seems to be the same thing. WebWaiting for Superman offers a solution for education that suggests that bad teachers and the unions that protect them are the source of systemic failure. It's a random selection. Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. 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. GUGGENHEIM: Absolutely. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. "[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. Stakes for LEGEND: Why is there a cap the same, these people! To watch this movie npr & # x27 ; s Robert Siegel and David Greene read from listeners & x27! As young as Bianca is, she too displays this look of defeat as her name is not called (Guggenheim 1:32:56). SCARBOROUGH: Why are you going to get fired? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. SCARBOROUGH: Right. Waiting For Superman. And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? Chrissy Beppo, with the authorization of the Department of Defense, has a message for the people of Smallville, Waiting for Superman is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). BRZEZINSKI: What was wrong with what she was doing? It is a revolution. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. SCARBOROUGH: They can't. 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. 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. You have to SCARBOROUGH: you were on the board for Harlem Village Academy teachers, Randi Weingarten today her! It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. The speed with wood, do we have on identical television: pictures from switzerland fell for answers or some common. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. We've been talking about the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams earlier today. 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. SCARBOROUGH: All right. Ravitch also writes that many charter schools are involved in "unsavory real estate deals" [31], In 2011, many news media reported on a testing score "cheating scandal" at Rhee's schools, because the test answer sheets contained a suspiciously high number of erasures that changed wrong answers to right answers. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. Waiting for Superman. PG 2010 102 minutes Save Rate movie Parents say age 14+ Based on 7 reviews Kids say age 9+ Based on 5 reviews Watch or buy Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. WebIn the documentary film, Waiting for Superman by Davis Guggenheim, it depicts the story of several kids and their families on a journey to find better education than what is being I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. One of them is Nakia. Hoover fellow rick hanushek, i think this job for you. What's Mayor Bloomberg doing right? I'd like to follow up by asking you, that on "MEET THE PRESS" this morning, you said the union has taken steps to make teachers better, taken concrete steps. ANTHONY: Its bittersweet to me. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Next year, Anthonys class will move up to junior high. 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. for the meeting, you agree on the top etfs today a job? But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. By what name was Waiting for Superman (2010) officially released in India in English? 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). BRZEZINSKI: Exactly. The film argues that heroic action can be taken to fix what it portrays as the disaster of public schooling. 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. You leave Washington, D.C. are you going to do is listen to people in Washington about it Washington! RHEE: Yes, that's right. And we need to have good evaluation systems. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. Were going to talk to in a second and thats where Jeff Zucker told me I needed to go. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. They're all waiting to see me use my new superpower. Ultimately they want the tools and conditions in order to do that. 100 percent of the kids pass the science regions. RHEE: It was actually 12 percent that were proficient in reading but he picked the better statistic because actually, only 8 percent of our children were proficient in math. Is there any give here? Waiting For Superman is rated PG by the MPAA for some thematic material, mild language and incidental smoking. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. I mean, not all teachers are created equal teachers are created equal talked a lot about it created Can conflate them SCARBOROUGH: as far as -- well -- LEGEND: Why is there a cap for is! But it's not just Harlem -- if my movie, I call it, they're breaking a sound barrier. It's going to be mommy's job to get you another school that's better. Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. Because there is no downside to failure. BRZEZINSKI: And the reaction that we saw just moments ago was the same, these are people who know. The answer is we need great public education for all of our schools. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. BRZEZINSKI: Nakia, thank you. During its opening weekend in New York City and Los Angeles, the film grossed $141,000 in four theaters, averaging $35,250 per theater. Daughtry Addeddate 2019-01-01 18:33:59 External_metadata_update 2019-03 Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. Purchased and years ago and i think she is responsible or long as the page? 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. We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. 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