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Who are so concerned that in spite of people, adults who did step in and try and stop this, why didnt more adults step in and try and stop this? and based on the district attorneys statements, there will be no charges brought against administrators or other adults who potentially might have been aware of what happened but there is a disquiet in that and there is a concern and its a concern that every community we should have -- i mean, we hear about bullying. >> it happens everywhere. >> theres ...

At school. >> it was common knowledge to the south hadley student body. the investigation revealed certain faculty, staff, administrators of the high school were alerted to the harassment of phoebe prince before her death. >> reporter: experts say its painfully familiar. >> we consider it a rite of passage. everyone says its bullying, its words. who cares if someone shoves you into the locker? were seeing more and more teens taking their lives as bullying becomes constant. >> reporter: sadly, ev...

Whole school was out to get her and in fact, when you look at the evidence and peter, youre an attorney and this is important to talk about. yesterday, the d.a. announced indictments against seven of the so-called mean girls, these girls who bullied her and two young men, both teenagers have been charged with statutory rape but apparently, a number of teachers and administrators at her school not only saw her being bullied but knew about it and did nothing. and the d.a. said we dont think it ris...

First amendment? doesnt she have free expression? he said no. >> unfortunately, hes correct and the supreme court has gone along with this. the law once was that students had the same expressive rights as adults. as long as the exercise of that expression did not interfere with the mission of the school. student cant harass a teacher while speaking. a student couldnt hold a rally in the middle of the hallway and block other students from passing. but in the right time, place and manner, students...

Nothing changed. so instead of those bottom-performing schools, where there is chronic underperformance, you need to take dramatic action and do it now. and so were trying to, again, fundamentally flip this on its head. schools that are getting better each year, we support those, but those schools were simply not working for children. we have to come with a very, very different solution and do it with a real sense of urgency. >> as you know the teachers unions have been very critical of the clai...

So instead of those bottom-performing schools, where there is chronic underperformance, you need to take dramatic action and do it now. and so were trying to, again, fundamentally flip this on its head. schools that are getting better each year, we support those, but those schools were simply not working for children. we have to come with a have, are very different solution and do it way real sense of urgency. >> as you know the teachers unions have been very crit calf the claim. theyre claiming...

He came to the emergency room just to get a roof over his head and since he is enrolled in the program in the last three years, he has been to the hospital one time. listen. >> one of the people who dont have health insurance is the homeless people . if we have more programs like this where they are taken off of the treats and given a place to lich. you get a infection and you live out in the street, you are dirty and it is hard to cleep keep it clean. >> just another one of the benefits, saving...

>> as you know, the teachers unions are critical of the plan. they claim theyre being set up as scapegoats. this appears to place 100% responsibility on teachers and administrators while giving them zero percent authority to act. do you think youre doing enough, i guess, to support teachers in your efforts to reach this goal? >> that is hugely important to us. she is a real reformer. actually for the first time in this law, not just schools, but districts and states will be accountable for resul...

Theyre losing confidence in our government. >> we always like to touch base with you, mr. mayor, when youre in town. thank you very much for joining us. david and gloria as well. top obama administrators gave israeli leaders an earful. james carville is ready to sound off on that. and we traced the guns used in two high profile shootings. how did they get from the hands of authorities to the hands of criminals? and california teachers, speaking of a bellwether state, theyre drowning in pin...

State spending, and you can hear a collective amen from administrators from around the country. >> those are smart comments. they have new technology and new pool and no students in the classrooms, and that stuff is not paying off. where do you continue the conversation with the kids? >> we will be asking students, and we would love for any students, if you like to log on to cnnstudentnews.com. we are looking for creative solutions. we know some of them support a four-day school week, and not a ...