waiting for superman documentary transcript

BRZEZINSKI: No. 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. There are core values we have to have. These students range in And that is a concept that is so necessary. /Rotate 0 E]D[JWlwH{,j73?Mazd. Sept. 23, 2010. BRZEZINSKI: You can hear the distrust here. /ExtGState << We should let Randi respond. DAISY: Isnt that when people play and they win money. It's not sexy to vote in the midterms but it matters who, you know -- BRZEZINSKI: Oh, yes it is. It seems to me, Davis, that you done get -- teachers don't get evaluated like every other business. "[9] Scott Bowles of USA Today lauded the film for its focus on the students: "it's hard to deny the power of Guggenheim's lingering shots on these children. /Parent 1 0 R There are really, really bad charter schools across America. Since charter schools do not operate with the same restrictions as public institutions, they are depicted as having a more experimental approach to educating students. RHEE: Heres the thing. >> I love teachers. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Feb 22, 2013. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." /Type /Page << [4][5][6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 90% based on reviews from 118 critics. 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. /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Type /Page In some ways when we fought for sources for kids like my union did, we were fighting to help kids get what they needed. Davis, god bless you. We love hard-working teachers. /Resources << Randi said something that was fascinating. 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. << endobj Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. If I don't, Ill just be with my friends. 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. 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. 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. /TrimBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Because we talked to Randi before. It was about a whole range of other issues. Webwaiting for superman movie transcript+filetype:ppt+filetype:pdf. "[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. So we've got to open up this issue of innovation and we've got to make sure that in those places we allow real educators to come in and redesign this thing so it works. SCARBOROUGH: No doubt about it. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. So the kids who came to us in 8 plus 3 they would couldn't the like this. 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). A teacher wants to stay. /GS1 17 0 R 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 . "Waiting for Superman" ( Superman & Lois), an episode of Superman & Lois. [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. By Stephen Holden. Though money doubled, reading and math scores have flat-lined. BRZEZINSKI: Im sorry, we have news for our audience as well. More importantly than our union, the new mayor is committed to it. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R ] Michelle and I love great teachers. 5 0 obj 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. But it's also frustrating when you know what's possible can't be replicated because there are barriers in the way. What's going on here? The attendance and the schools itself. An examination of the current state of education in America today. If I have kids, I don't want kids to be in this environment. The lottery in this movie is a metaphor. 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. 57 percent of Daisys classmates won't graduate. And a lot of times some of the older civil rights organizations have historically aligned with the unions. 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. This is where the work gets tough, because innovation, this is about innovation. /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] The issue is about how we create the best environment for kids. SCARBOROUGH: If she's given the chance. These are your schools, your communities. People -- but this room needs to get bigger. We even tolerate mediocre teachers. SCARBOROUGH: Thanks a lot, Davis, way to go, man. I think sometimes there's a disconnect between them. 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. WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. We have to go to break. 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. BRZEZINSKI: Okay. [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.) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You see the cages up here. >> BEGIN VIDEO CLIP: NAKIA: I grew up in the public school system. /CropBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] I cry for him sometimes. 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: OK. You talked about it. But when I saw you after the film, and I would -- being macho, hey, Davis, how you doing, man? /Contents [ 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R ] 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. Some of us have spent our lives working on behalf of children and teachers who teach children. Guggenheim, Davis. We're going to do it with a man who made this film and some of the people who were in it. 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. Mika and I want to welcome you to this special hour. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. LEGEND: We need to be clear, you know, sometimes it sounds like everybody is on the same team up here because we all sound like we agree. SCARBOROUGH: And you also, your movie talks about how what's happening in some of these schools is demolished a lie, a bigoted lie that some kids are incapable of learning. And that means get involved. /Type /Catalog 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. WebTRANSCRIPT: WAITING FOR SUPERMAN PANEL DISCUSSION WITH: NBC'S JOE SCARBOROUGH; NBC'S MIKA BRZEZINSKI;DAVIS GUGGENHEIM, DIRECTOR, 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 have a 12-year-old that goes to public school. Like around here, I mean, I want my kids to have better than what I had. I want the system to be better. People couldn't believe you could do it. SCARBOROUGH: You were on the board for Harlem Village Academy. 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. LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. I know, but you didn't have enough money. American schools face frequent budget cuts, but its not all about the money. Webwaiting for superman full transcriptred gomphrena globosa magical properties 27 februari, 2023 / i beer fermentation stages / av / i beer fermentation stages / av I think we all need to take more responsibility. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. The issue is, and we saw it and heard it in the town hall today a lot, we need to have instruments like they do in every other business to effectively judge and assess teachers. There's a problem with our system and who know that there are children in this country who are falling behind. We'll be joined also by Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter John Legend and our friend at "MORNING JOE" as well. RHEE: You know what, heres the thing. There are a couple of things leaders, in which we all are, could do. 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. /BleedBox [ 0 0 595.27600 841.89000 ] Teachers in this country want to make a difference in the lives of kids. >> And I couldn't understand that why did it take this much to go through all of this? << BRZEZINSKI: All right. One of these amazing children is a boy named Anthony. >> >> So let me say, because I get told a lot that Im teacher bashing. Waiting For Superman has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of the struggles students, families,