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WebFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. MICHELLE RHEE, CHANCELLOR, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Well, I think you should probably ask the union folks that question. In response to this problem, many reformers, including Geoffrey Canada, have tried to look for solutions. Come on out. Anthony's class visits the Seed School, the first urban public boarding school in the country. >> Is there any give here? If I want something for her and I cant get it from there, I'm going to find an alternative. 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. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. endobj [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. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. Feb 22, 2013. The film follows several families as they attempt to gain access to prominent charter schools for their children. SCARBOROUGH: We really had. /Type /Pages BRZEZINSKI: Its very hard to watch this movie. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." What have you learned as somebody who isn't a professional educator on what we need to do? It's must-see TV. My kids have won the lottery. And what the teachers wanted in Washington were the tools and conditions for them to do their jobs. endobj Since many charter schools are not large enough to accept all of their applicants, the selection of students is done by lottery. DAISY: I want to be a nurse. Where does the union take some responsibility in this? SCARBOROUGH: Right. 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Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present, an undergraduate course with Professor Jack Dougherty at Trinity College, Hartford CT. David GuggenheimsWaiting for Supermanlooks at how theAmerican public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to solve this problem. Everyone in this room is feeling something powerful tonight. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. I think he wants to do the right thing. Only 3 out of 100 students at Roosevelt will graduate with the necessary classes for admission to a four year university. The film also examines teacher's unions. Even during the MSNBC town hall today, there were teachers who say I don't care about tenure. Feel free to edit or add to this page, as long as the information comes directly from the Geoffrey Canada. 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? SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. /Properties << Because I seen what you do, Ive seen what Deborah Kinney has done, Ive seen what a lot of people have done out there and it seems to me, the model is find an extraordinary person, put them in a school, let them run that school. BRZEZINSKI: Randi, really quickly. I went up to a school up there. We have to fix this thing and it means the adults have to take leadership. 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). You get to the nation's capital, the nation's capital, only 16 percent of students are proficient in math. KENNY: Right. WEINGARTEN: A collaboration issue was where we disagreed at times. << It is impossible and we can fix it and I think that's what this movie gets to. /Length 868 LEGEND: This is a civil rights issue. BRZEZINSKI: It was still painful. This is about changing the political environment that we're operating in. 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. New York City on a bad day outpaced Washington on a great day. Most of them. SCARBOROUGH: Do you think he's going to do the right thing now that the teachers union is giving him a million dollars? You know that process has to be fixed. I want to be a doctor and I want to be a veterinarian. /Properties << DAISYS FATHER: Go like this. It was about a whole range of other issues. I think we all have to look in the mirror and say, what have we done wrong up until now and what do we need to do better? It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. 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. 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. 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. 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. 7 0 obj /Parent 1 0 R I have a good feeling about this. Yes, first or second grade skills. The answer is no. But that isn't something that can't be, you know, worked out. The movie's major villains are the National WebSummaries. They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. /Filter /FlateDecode What if I made a movie that gets people to care about other peoples children and fight for other people's children as much I fight for mine. /Resources << These are your schools, your communities. 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. SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. These high-performing charters are going in and they're reaching every kid and they're sending 90 percent of their kids to college. /ExtGState << All you have to do is listen to people in Washington about it. I support public schools. We have to go to break. You try to make reforms and it causes a problem. We'll hear from the audience as well. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] This is why. We decreased violent crimes that were happening in the schools. NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. When you hear, well, I get paid whether or not you learn or not, it sticks with you. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. >> /XObject << 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). WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Waiting for Superman exposes an array of complex, complicated, persistent, and multi-layered historical and societal problems. They'll talk about this issue. There are really, really bad charter schools across America. So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. >> Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. How do we spread that from Harlem across America? GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. /ExtGState << They couldn't add basic first grade skills, they couldn't have it. BRZEZINSKI: Is that a fair shot, Randi? WebThe documentary Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim, is a film that shows how school systems are today. The fact that there are currently not enough spaces in American schools should also be viewed as one of the primary factors defining their failure to meet the needs of students (Guggenheim). SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. A teacher wants to stay. What's going on here? /T1_1 24 0 R "[13] Variety characterized the film's production quality as "deserving every superlative" and felt that "the film is never less than buoyant, thanks largely to the dedicated and effective teachers on whom Guggenheim focuses. But do you think Michelle Rhee was trying to improve the performance of the teachers in her district, was she trying to make the schools better? /T1_0 24 0 R [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. The film is extremely eye-opening, showing just how bad a state most of our education systems are in. 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. /Contents 33 0 R /ExtGState << NAKIA: She felt it wasn't fair that other children were being picked and she was just as smart as they were and why not her. Why were you frightened to send her to school. /GS1 17 0 R The film illustrates the problem of how American public schools are failing children, as it explicitly describes many public schools as drop-out factories, in which over 40% of students do not graduate on time. endstream The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. There was, as Geoff said, a sense that failure was tolerable, as opposed to a focus on success. I think that teachers are not the problem, they are the solution to the problems that we face. We'll be right back. "[11] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A, calling it "powerful, passionate, and potentially revolution-inducing. CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the mediocre public school system in the U.S., uses both techniques to great effect. So even though we may disagree about that, what this film does, it creates a moment in time. So they were trying to impose a cap on the number of charter schools that could be had in New York. /Type /Page 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. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] No one wants lousy teachers. /ArtBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] [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. She was a teacher in Indianapolis. /Parent 1 0 R "[23], Author and academic Rick Ayers lambasted the accuracy of the film, describing it as "a slick marketing piece full of half-truths and distortions" and criticizing its focus on standardized testing. There are answers and people want to say the answer is this. One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist, the I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. Sept. 23, 2010. Waiting For Superman may refer to: Waiting for "Superman", a 2010 documentary. NAKIA: I was disturbed. WEINGARTEN: The issue in terms of the D.C. election was our members and others really like Vincent Gray. 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. /GS0 18 0 R What happened there? We're going to lose our nation. Final words with our panel, next after a short break. There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. endobj It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. That's amazing. /ExtGState << [2] 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. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANTHONY: I want to go to college, get an education. Be the first to contribute. Let's go there and talk to the president of the American federation of teachers, Randi Weingarten. It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. >> /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Davis, god bless you. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Davis, I want to go to you on this one. David Guggenheims Waiting for Superman looks at how the American public school system is failing its students and displays how reformers have attempted to WebFILM SUMMARY With passion and urgency, WAITING FOR SUPERMAN advocates for the educational welfare of Americas children in a public school system that is severely << << Web2010. 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. They said, look, this work is hard. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. "[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. Somebody who's fighting for kids like Daisy is John Legend. We're just saying --. I know they are. Make sure the tenure is not ever construed as a job for life. It took a little while to get the money straightened for this green light and 80 percent of the teachers voted for that agreement. 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. We even tolerate mediocre teachers. SCARBOROUGH: Last in, first out. You tried to change things and chances are good, because of it, you're going to get fired. 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. I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. 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. /Im0 19 0 R And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? WebSynopsis. >> 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. More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] You went into the lottery system for your daughter. SCARBOROUGH: How do we do it, Geoffrey? It was not simply about education. Why is that such a frightening concept? 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. CANADA: Look, no business in America would be in existence if it ran like this. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. We can't achieve equality or humanity and justice for everybody if we can't make sure that every kid gets a good education. [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.) 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 know, but you didn't have enough money. /Contents 36 0 R 4 0 obj We increased student achievement levels. Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth And that is a concept that is so necessary. Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: CANADA: There are two things. /Pages 1 0 R 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. /Rotate 0 SCARBOROUGH: Geoffrey Canada, some remarkable things are happening in Harlem. BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. We actually have to change the political environment. [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. BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. 1h 51m. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll be joined -- SCARBOROUGH: One thing we do agree on -- BRZEZINSKI: We have to go. In a documentary called Waiting for Superman, contemporary education issues that the U.S. has been facing for several decades are addressed. GUGGENHEIM: Ive seen the movie hundreds of times. endobj >> 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. They clearly illustrate that no matter the area, teachers are failing America's youth at an alarming rate.. That means in the midterms. /Length 866 Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. It's happening in D.C. One of the reasons for the high test scores, writes Ravitch, is that many charter schools expel low-performing students to bring up their average scores. 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. These people are the ones making the decisions. I'm joking. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. >> Waiting for "Superman," Davis Guggenheim's edifying and heartbreaking new documentary, says that our future depends on good teachers and that the coddling of bad teachers by their powerful unions virtually ensures mediocrity, at best, in both teachers and the students in their care. 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