I've never seen anything like it in my life. You went into the lottery system for your daughter. Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of the Washington, D.C. public schools (the district with some of the worst-performing students at the time), is shown attempting to take on the union agreements that teachers are bound to, but suffers a backlash from the unions and the teachers themselves. Wouldn't that have been better? People couldn't believe you could do it. What? I've been amazed by what's possible. Waiting for "Superman", in case you haven't heard, is the hot new film from Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim. We even tolerate mediocre teachers. 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. Each is eager to get an education, but in a system riddled with ineffective teachers, staggering dropout rates and schools that are literally falling apart, the odds are more than stacked against them. [3] An electropop ballad, the song was co-written by Sam Holland and Boys Like Girls lead singer Martin Johnson. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); WatchDocumentaries.com | Games | Quizzes | Contact |Privacy & Terms | Manage Cookies |Advertise | DMCA. Geoffrey Canada: One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. The film also examines teacher's unions. One of them is Nakia. It was a torn up old looking book. BRZEZINSKI: Ill tell you right now, Randi, I want to know after the break why we can't use pay to inspire teachers. SCARBOROUGH: It really is. I want to just ask Randi, you've been taking pot shots from everybody here on stage, including us at times. Chrissy Beppo, with the authorization of the Department of Defense, has a message for the people of Smallville, not only is the merging of planets real, it is happening. 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? You said OK we're not going to penalize bad teachers. 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. We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. I said I don't want to go up. Show Superman and Lois Radio, Ep Superman and Lois Radio Season 2 - Episode 15: "Waiting for Superman" - Jul 3, 2022 The films premise is simple and straight-forward. The goal of the film is to create a successful public education system filled with great schoolsthat leave no child behind, andit calls for reform from all of usin order to reach that goal. But the issue in terms of the election, went far further than education. BRZEZINSKI: Its worked for you and for hundreds of kids in Harlem. Tomorrow morning Joes going to be live from Learning Plaza. And that most of them are getting a really crappy education right now. Orlando Magic . GUGGENHEIM: Those kids can't learn. We're here at the site of our education nation summit launching today at NBC News and MSNBC. Geoffrey, let me ask you this question. 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. I knew -- as Davis said, I knew what was going to happen before she knew what was going to happen. LEGEND: Well, you know, there are plenty of constituencies that usually align with the union, for instance. GUGGENHEIM: Ive seen the movie hundreds of times. You do not come off as the hero of this movie. There's also some great cinematography and visual effects, the quality for these last couple of episodes and just the finale, it have been noticeable and they really made it epic. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lets get started. BRZEZINSKI: They were underperforming it. You said, you still cry every time you see it. An examination of the current state of education in America today.An examination of the current state of education in America today.An examination of the current state of education in America today. SCARBOROUGH: Not a Bush apostle. We can't wait and talk about this another seven, eight, ten years. You tried to change things and chances are good, because of it, you're going to get fired. Michelle, you have been on the wrong side of the debate over here. And we're going to figure out, we're going to get people together here. 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. That's not the case with all charter schools across America. 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. Rhee said that only a small number of teachers and principals cheated. However, due to this battle between all of them happening when the worlds were merging for Ally's plan, the problem of space being a vacuum might not have been an issue at the time. While he briefly acknowledges views to the contrary, he does not correctly delve into the negative material associated with this subject with the same tenacity he does with the positive-thinking figures he documents. I mean I think that's what this whole debate is about in many ways. RHEE: What I think it comes down to, people underestimate we did from the school system side everything we need to do. I think that we've all I mean Davis said it when he said he passed three public schools. No one wants lousy teachers. We have to go to break. As part of lifting the cap they wanted to make sure that there was accountability for everyone. Join us for another episode of the Superman and Lois Radio podcast where we talk all about 2x15 "Waiting for Superman." Listen here. 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. END VIDEO CLIP BRZEZINSKI: All right. There's a lot of people in this country that aren't feeling what we feel. BRZEZINSKI: These are compelling arguments that we all can agree on but, Randi, let me just put it to you this way. We'll come back and continue this. Waiting For Superman Lyrics [Verse 1] She's watching the taxi driver, he pulls away She's been locked up inside her apartment 100 days She says "Yeah, he's still coming, just a little bit late He. Clark believes that Tal throwing him into the sun will jump-start his powers and level him up to the degree needed to take on Ally. 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. The other part is where money goes to now a days. Thank you so much. We have to go to break right now. RHEE: I do. WEINGARTEN: Yeah, of course. Educational reception and allegations of inaccuracy. What's amazing about these tears, I knew about the film for months and just knowing the system, I knew how it was going to end. Already I am getting worked up over the issues that this documentary has risen, and I have only talked about a fraction of what this entire example of documentation has shown. NAKIA: The public schools in my neighborhood don't add up to what I want from her. Its so interesting you say that because Mika, Chris, our EP, myself, everybody thats seen this movie says first of all, they break down and cry at the end of this movie and then when they go home and they look at their children, children who can go to really great schools, they look at their own children differently. We love good teachers. Sep 24, 2010 You don't have all sorts of external rules. WEINGARTEN: Theres lots of -- look. A documentary is suppose to enlighten one on a topic, and this documentary does more than enlighten: it gets you angry. It is must-see TV, from 9:00 to 11:00 Eastern Time right here on MSNBC. Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 2, Link to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Link to Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering. GUGGENHEIM: The issue is not just lousy teachers. The filmmakers deliberately kept the camera on certain students and their families, like Nakia and Bianca, in order to show how those who did not get into charter schools felt extremely disappointed and emotional because they had hoped to be accepted into a schoolthat would not fail them. "Waiting for Superman" is a song co-written by Chris Daughtry for his band Daughtry 's fourth studio album, Baptized. Coming up next, MSNBC's going to re-air the teacher town hall hosted by Brian Williams. [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. Because what's happened in so many instances, is that the evaluation system is what's broken. But for the first half of the school year, I got this blessed angel of a teacher that actually taught the material. The film methodically dissects the system and successfully explores its seemingly intractable problems. BRZEZINSKI: When we come back, we'll talk more about that. Your last really big film was "Inconvenient Truth." PG (Some Thematic Material|Mild Language|Incidental Smoking), Genre: I went up and I saw a revolution, a revolution that you helped start. 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. Jan. 11, 2022. Of course, Washington has problems going back decades. That means politically get involved. They want to know what good teaching looks like and they want to emulate it. SCARBOROUGH: Its about jobs. If Superman represents the bright side of DC Comics as the hero who believes in the good in people, Batman is the cynical one, ready to find the bad in others. Waiting for "Superman" is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Davis Guggenheim and produced by Lesley Chilcott. DAVIS GUGGENHEIM: No. The lives of five Harlem and Bronx families in the high stakes lottery for access to New York City's best charter schools. SCARBOROUGH: Really quickly. [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. Come on out. This is a movie about imperialism, the impact of good/bad You've done an amazing job there in Harlem. Original title: Waiting for 'Superman' 2010 PG 1h 51m IMDb RATING 7.4 /10 12K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:35 8 Videos 26 Photos Documentary An examination of the current state of education in America today. But Id like -- I think there is a disconnect here that John Legend talks about. 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: 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 all have to move off self-interest. WEINGARTEN: Theres nothing wrong with what Geoffrey just said. "[20], The film also received negative criticism. RHEE: Were not going to be able to solve the problem going one city at a time. While his last film capitalized on liberal guilt over destroying our planet (and maybe voting for Ralph Nader? Watch full episodes and live stream OWN whenever and wherever you want. Having said that, we have all done too much about focusing on bad teachers. All rights reserved. The Darkness in Lee's Closet and the Others Waiting There is coming out early 2018. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Love Them First Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary, Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World, The Day The Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's American Pie, Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). "[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. SCARBOROUGH: 15 seconds. Waiting For "Superman" is a gripping story about the state of public school systems in America, told through the eyes of five hopeful students. The book she is reading is called "The Giving Tree" written by. SCARBOROUGH: This is a civil rights issue? Agreed they did know that's what they were doing. 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. He wrote "Shine," the theme song for "Waiting For Superman." 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. Billy Kimball, Release Date (Theaters): They were the right things for kids but they made the adults incredibly uncomfortable. With the way things are in America (being the laughing stock of the world of education), it is easy to see why we are: all of our teachers are terrible. 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. Obviously at the end most people watching this movie teared up. Now, a couple of years ago, an independent group called Ed Sector actually surveyed a whole bunch of teachers and asked teachers the question about whether they needed or wanted a union. WEINGARTEN: Look, what the unions actually talked about was as part of lifting the cap, as part of lifting the cap, they didn't fight against lifting the cap -- LEGEND: Yes, they did. 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. [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. BRZEZINSKI: Why didn't you want her to go to a regular public school in your neighborhood? What happened there? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Daisy and her parents have found one other option. [38] The documentary was directed, filmed, and edited by Julie Cavanagh, Darren Marelli, Norm Scott, Mollie Bruhn, and Lisa Donlan. BRZEZINSKI: No. 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. You all have your numbers, right? Let's give five extra hours for all the teachers in America to help kids right now and have the unions lead this charge of saying this is an emergency, we need to help these kids. You're almost there! BRZEZINSKI: Thank you. By the time she leaves Stevenson, only 13 percent of her classmates will be proficient in math. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, Waiting for Superman offers what appear to be straightforward, commonsense solutions to inequities in schooling. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. The hip-hop star and clothing designer Kayne West opened up about why he wore a shirt emblazoned with "white lives matter" earlier in the week. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve change through the stories of five students and their individual struggles and triumphs. On Board Online January 24, 2011. The attendance and the schools itself. The Watch OWN app is free and available to you as part of your OWN subscription through a participating TV provider. Waiting for Superman.2010. GUGGENHEIM: Whats really -- people -- when I hear this conversation, I want to bring it back to parents. NAKIA: I was disturbed. Explain to me how that is good for children. GEOFFREY CANADA, PRES. We just don't want lousy teachers to be able to keep their jobs and kids not get an education. BRZEZINSKI: Is there a possibility? The film argues that heroic action can be taken to fix what it portrays as the disaster of public schooling. And that still scared the hell out of the Washington union. The principal wants her to stay. 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. 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