waiting for superman documentary transcript

Ht6R*bs7n& << /ExtGState << [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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. S/p?G4lt(20}G(8!h-D! 5 endstream "Waiting for Superman," a fascinating new documentary, is drawing attention to the state of our public school, directed by Davis Guggenheim, who brought us 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. 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. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. No one can go home and stick their head in the sand. DAISY: Isnt that when people play and they win money. 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. /Contents 33 0 R >> 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. GUGGENHEIM: And fight for these kids. And we need to have good evaluation systems. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. /Parent 1 0 R There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. The only disagreement that I think our union has had in terms of the way in which things have gone, is that our folks have desperately wanted to have a voice in how to do reform. We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. schools. Be the first to contribute. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. The superintendent wants her to say. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. Our guests will include Governor Chris Christie, Newark Mayor Corey Booker and U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. Web2010. BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. 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. You don't come off well in this movie. SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. SCARBOROUGH: Thank you so much. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. Geoffrey Canada. I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] We can run the school the way we want, which is to give our teachers the power to teach. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. >> /ExtGState << People -- but this room needs to get bigger. 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. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. [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. Guggenheim, Davis. Are you feeling agreement? 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. DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. It's must-see TV. LEGEND: Yes. If I get in, they give me a better chance in life. All of my kids have gone to public school. [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. >> They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. /Resources << 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 endobj 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. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. >> 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. We're not attacking teachers. It's not about charter schools. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To come see, geography and love, thats it. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] "[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. 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. /T1_0 24 0 R BRZEZINSKI: Okay. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. 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. >> 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. I've been amazed by what's possible. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. A teacher wants to stay. 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. WEINGARTEN: Look, we have schools in New York, like the school that Steve Barr and I run, which has a union contract, we're 100 percent of the kids path the math regions. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. My kids have won the lottery. /Contents 36 0 R /Parent 1 0 R "[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. (soundbite of film, "big george foreman: the miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world") KHRIS DAVIS: (As George Foreman) Last time they saw me, I looked like Superman. And it started to haunt me, the idea that kids in my own neighborhood, and I live in a pretty good neighborhood, aren't getting what my kids have. /TT0 48 0 R 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. SCARBOROUGH: Because we've been up to Harlem, we've seen what's happening up there. I just heard a story, I met a teacher the other day. An examination of the current state of education in America today. So it's important to understand how this is locked down here in D.C. and in New York. IE 11 is not supported. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. Compute answers using Wolfram's breakthrough technology & knowledgebase, relied on by millions of students & professionals. SCARBOROUGH: What have you learned since getting involved? What are your thoughts? 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. SCARBOROUGH: All right, Davis, Davis, you said at the beginning you didn't want to get involved in this project. Take a moment. 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. It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. /T1_1 20 0 R That means in the midterms. I want the system to be better. SCARBOROUGH: You mean against -- RHEE: Against Fenty, my boss. [8], Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and wrote, "What struck me most of all was Geoffrey Canada's confidence that a charter school run on his model can make virtually any first-grader a high school graduate who's accepted to college. WEINGARTEN: This is not about the adults. Let me answer your question first. John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. Go. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] "[14] Geraldo Rivera praised the film for promoting discussion of educational issues. endobj BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll be joined -- SCARBOROUGH: One thing we do agree on -- BRZEZINSKI: We have to go. /GS0 47 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] /Font << We love hard-working teachers. The issue here in terms of education -- SCARBOROUGH: Wait. That's so important to help level the playing field for kids who may be disadvantaged. I said mommy wanted you to stay in your school and she finished my sentence. We're in a crisis. I've never seen anything like it in my life. According to Waiting for Superman, from 1971 to today, America has gone from spending an average of $4,300 per student to $9,000 per student, (adjusting for inflation). BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. And what teachers have told us is that focus instead on the tools and conditions we need to do our jobs. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. 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. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. This is our country. Teaching standards are called into question as there is often conflicting bureaucracy between teaching expectations at the school, state, or federal level. I went up there, Jeff Zucker pushed me to go up there one day. 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That means politically get involved. 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.

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