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. I actually have teachers in my family who really think is this is a terrific movie because it exposes for them how complicated it is, how important it is to get great teachers in the classroom and what a difference they can make. Are you feeling agreement? 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. Where has the union misstepped to help us get to where we are today? I have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. >> That means in the midterms. People -- but this room needs to get bigger. KENNY: We catch them up to basic level and we accelerate them to proficient. Let's do this right now and let's look at the best contract in the nation in terms of eliminating ineffective teachers and let's make that the standard across America. We should let Randi respond. Sept. 23, 2010. /Type /Catalog /T1_0 24 0 R >> WEINGARTEN: We need to help them do that for all of our kids. >> They said, look, this work is hard. BRZEZINSKI: When the number came down, what was that telling your daughter, what was that telling you? CANADA: This is why I think this is such an important movie. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. /Resources << /GS0 18 0 R The union leaderships could take this on as a platform and say this is something we're going to commit to and give our membership behind this so we can show progress in taking on these issues. I want to hear what some of those steps are, specific ones. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. 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. Last Friday night I watched Davis Guggenheims new documentary, Teach, which was broadcast in on CBS.Guggenheim, you may recall, is the filmmaker who brought us Waiting For Superman, the shameless propaganda-fest that signaled the full-on nuclear stage of the corporate-driven war on public education (also known as the SCARBOROUGH: Crying uncontrollably because it is unbelievable, some of the conditions that our kids are forced to learn in right now. It is about working together to create problem solving contracts and ultimately, Michelle, it's not about you or I. Video Analysis: Waiting for Superman - Trinity College 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. I want to ask you another really quick question and then go around to the rest of the panel. SCARBOROUGH: Davis? You can't do it with the district rules and the union contracts as they are in most districts. 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. /MC0 37 0 R The attendance and the schools itself. It matters who your local representative is. << 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. [39], There is also a companion book titled Waiting For "Superman": How We Can Save America's Failing Public Schools.[40]. Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] 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. It's the school that Deborah Kenny runs. The second thing is, I think the frustrating thing to me about panels like this, when we get going we have to stop. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Welcome back. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The Superman movie fans are waiting for Superman: Legacy will be released on 11 July 2025. RHEE: I'm just wondering, if the AFT was putting a million dollars into mayoral campaigns all across the country just based on who the teachers liked, I would buy that argument. But this is the issue that I think Ive been hearing that I just want to get clear. /ExtGState << He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." John leads the show me campaign which is dedicated to raising awareness and highlighting successful schools. The superintendent wants her to say. CANADA: Can I just tell you this? That's what our union has been trying to do for the last two years. Don't make -- Im tired, man, I wake up at 3:30 in the morning. 6 0 obj And the audience in this room just finished watching an extraordinary powerful film called "Waiting For Superman" which opened just a few days ago. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. But can we really get Geoffrey Canadas in every public high school across America? An examination of the current state of education in America today. >> And that's something that no parent wants their child to ever be a witness or to hear when they're going to school. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. You know that process has to be fixed. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. This is a transcript of "Waiting for Superman". It's happening in Los Angeles. 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. As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. We had at least 40 of us in one classroom and the teacher refused to teach. 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? ANTHONY: Its bittersweet to me. SCARBOROUGH: OK. You talked about it. Broadcast: Saturday, September 25, 2010. 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. SCARBOROUGH: John Legend, final thoughts? Towards the end of the film, there is a segment that illustrates the charter school lottery as it takes place for different schools. RHEE: I do. 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. << The principal wants her to stay. BRZEZINSKI: All right. /T1_1 57 0 R 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). /GS1 17 0 R Geoffrey Canada. 4 0 obj SCARBOROUGH: Right. "[22] Anderson also opined that the animation clips were overused. The reason is because we're allowed to give our teachers freedom and then hold them accountable for results. 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. The film recognizes how the American public plays an important role in helping to accomplish the reform goal of making American public schools great. Having made a film on the subject in 1999, documentary filmmaker. But I think we have to get a layer deeper than just the platitudes that remain on the stage. I'm feeling it. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. >> 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. /Font << These are our communities. A teacher wants to stay. GUGGENHEIM: And the stakes for them. >> >> This isn't some Hollywood drama or a romance flick. << Davis, I want to go to you on this one. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] Theres a lot of schools that I want to take you to Davis, great public schools where we are breaking the sound barrier, too. DAISYS GATHER: Yes. I know you have to say your side of this and this is hard for all of us. 7 0 obj She said Washington, D.C. even on its best day, wasn't like New York City on its worst day. LEGEND: My last thing I would say, we have to realize that these kids are our kids. You say no one wants lousy teachers but there are a lot of really lousy teachers who are protected by this current system. /Rotate 0 Documentary. 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. [1], The film has earned both praise and negative criticism from commentators, reformers, and educators. RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. 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. SCARBOROUGH: Hold on a second. Didn't get an answer on that. Thank you so much for doing this and also sharing your story in the movie. We as a country have to get together and have a conversation like this and say how do we let every kid win? We need to have great curriculum. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] She was a teacher in Indianapolis. Have your mom and dad told you about the lottery? You believe it, don't you, Michelle? NAKIA: The schools in my area don't measure up as far as the reading is concerned, the math is concerned. WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. Waiting for "Superman" | Apple TV This film follows five children and documents them to see what their lives and schools are like. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Good evening. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you think that most of the kids in D.C. are getting a crappy education right now? /T1_1 24 0 R WebView and compare WAITING,FOR,SUPERMAN,DOCUMENTARY,TRANSCRIPT on Yahoo Finance. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. There are core values we have to have. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. Waiting For Superman Discussion Guide - Influence Film Club 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.