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Those problems and you certainly cant blame it on the teachers. >> but they have been fixed or at least improved more than where your school is in other places. you dont feel like the administrators needed to do something pretty drastic here, given how bad those scores were and the failure rates? >> no, because we implemented a portfolio program and various other things that we did that we just need some more time on improving, but there are some things that we still need to work on but the teac...

Yesterday with the administrators of the dillon or macleod health care center in dillon, south carolina, a little town, mr. president, that youve become quite familiar with. they told me that their emergency room activities have doubled over the past several years. and they were looking for some assistance to expand the size of their emergency room. when i began to question them as to why in this small county, not in my district, they had such a doubling, what it turns out is that they told me t...

Talking about with respect to insurance is very different than the way this has been framed during the course of the dewait over the last year -- debate over the last year which is government takeover of insurance. this is not a government takeover of insurance, what it is is saying lets set up some baseline and then use market principles, the private sector and pooling in order to make sure that people get a better deal. so jim, and then what were going to do is just move on to the next topic, ...

Will hear this story about a passenger that was crushed by a defect in the 2004 p.t. cruiser. johnson points a finger at the agency that is supposed to be the watchdog over carmakers. >> well, what should have been done to prevent this is to have federal safety standards that mean something. when it comes to autos. >> nhtsa had considered changing requirements for seats in 1994, but no action has been taken and it is still looking at the issue. it says that the balance of seats has balanced the ...

Im a troll. calls himself a troll. this has to be a first. an entire faculty and staff of rhode island high school have been shown the door. 100 educators and administrators in all watched last night as their school board approved a measure proposed by the superintendent. central falls high school is the only public school in the small city of the same name. the superintendent has a new hiring plan including a professional development measure to meet federal standards. are you having problem...

Massive cash with the other hand. $20 billion bonuses were given to employees last year. total compensation for the biggest three firms, up 3 %. lets take a look at the market boards right now. dow jones up 27.5 point. the s&p up just over 2 and the nasdaq up almost 12 points. this has to be a first. an entire faculty and staff for a rhode island high school, theyve all been fired. 100 educators and administrators watched last night. were talking about central falls high school. its the only p...

Thats it for cnbc, first in business worldwide. david, over to you. >> julia, thank you very much. if your child was not making the grade, who would you blame, the teacher or the student? rhode island central falls high school has a 52% dropout rate. only 48% of the students get their diplomas. last night the school board voted five to two to fire the entire teaching staff and many administrators. the teachers and administrators got a pink slip effective at the end of the year. the school supe...

Along the way. most of the reports are pretty glowing. now all of the sudden we are hearing about complaints that have been lodged. >> yeah. reportedly some of her students have complained about her to administrators saying that she was just as a strange teacher, wouldnt make eye contact. had a very odd teaching style. some of them had gathered together and formed a petition and tried to get her removed from the classroom. >> shepard: thats interesting. molly line from our newsroom tonight. than...

Columbia prez betieria -- prez sbyterian hospital. were working on that. they say we should have fun with it. a cap and trade bill would cost us dearly, would it not? >> it would cost between $3 and $4 billion a year. in my state of oklahoma, each family following a tax return, it would be $3,000 a year. the thing is you dont get anything for it. even the administrators, e.p.a. says if we pass cap and trade here, it wont have any effect on the world co2 emissions because china, go china, india a...

Lasted a couple of months from august to october of 2007. and they determined it was because of the floor mat issue and then, later, they had some floor mat recalls on some lexus models. >> thats right. >> so now, lawmakers are also wondering did they do enough and we also know that tomorrow, there is going to be a house committee aever oversight hearing. >> good. >> and that is going to -- that hearing is going to talk about the accelerator issue. they want to know, representative daryl isa sen...