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A lot of areas and so this is short-term stop gap measure, in my opinion because, yes, the federal government has a duty to respond when states are not responding, but understand that teacher pay is also connected to benefits and other things states have to pay for. so with the feds infused cash into teacher pay, you might create another problem. so this is something i think everyone recognizes, as you stated, everybody needs a way to live in a city. but by no means is this a way out of a proble...

Colombia, south carolina. joining us now, andre perry, fellow for the brookings institution. >> can we ask the question, the discussion we were having in the break? >> absolutely. we say this all the time. everybody thinks teachers should be paid more. its common sense, except its not. when it comes to voting for it, the only people who do are people who have children. everybody wants their garbage collected. everybody wants good firefighters and police officers in their town. so, its actually...

A consensus about paying teachers a living wage. >> we also have to remember that teacher pay is impacted by a lot of other endeavors. health care, for instance, is crowding out our ability to teach -- to raise teachers salaries. criminal justice is another area. and places like louisiana. theres no way to increase teachers salaries unless you reduce the number of prison beds. so, one can argue that from senator harris position, she can do a lot to increase teacher pay by addressing health care,...

Where some people dont want to live in those areas and how much of it is structural because it becomes a vicious circle where these property values are lower so different types of businesses dont go in there and, you know, it preys on itself. whats the answer? >> andre perry and his colleagues were very careful in their study to isolate the impact of race. and then the question that you just asked is how did we get here? i think its interesting to note also in their study we have ample evidence ...

Them. here, here, here. there are a few areas of appreciation where majority black neighborhoods have higher home values than non-majority black neighborhoods but the overwhelming majority of cases of which black neighborhoods have lower property values. in florida sebastian-vero beach area, higher valuation but far more areas that have devaluation. perhaps the starkest area is lynchburg, virginia. neighborhoods there have home values 81% lower than in other areas. absolute home value almost tot...

Controversial. spokesman he denied that slander. of course he doesnt believe on hiring on merit on the basis who is more qualified and who has the most experience or bigoted skill based criteria. at the department of interior they hire on the basis of genetic what people look like. ryan zinke believes in diversity like everybody else. of course no one believed him. in op-ed for cnn today andre perry of the brookings institution said zinckys preference for qualified people could, quote: threaten ...

Controversial. through a spokesman, he denied that slander. of course he doesnt believesl on hiring on merit on theg basis who is more qualified and who has the most experience or any of those bigoted skill based criteria. at the department of interior they hire on the basis of genetic, what people look like. ryan zinke believes in diversity like everybody else. of course, no one believed him. in op-ed for cnn today andre perry of the brookings institution said zinkes preference for qualified pe...

>> we have to move past this rhetoric of all charter schools are bad, all traditional schools are bad, and move towards some of the issues that have endured. suspension expulsion, not serving special needs students well, providing the condition for teachers to come into the profession, among other things that need to change. >> dr. andre perry ahead of this joint appearance between betsy devos and randi weingarten, president of one of the largest teachers unions. thank you, dr. perry, i hope you...

Even before she was committed. >> when someone is very, very fixated on lobbying for privatization and for for-profit schools, then youre not qualified for the job that americans need you to do. >> she said she wasnt qualified, now theyre touring a school together. dr. perry, thanks for being with me. lets start with this meeting here. the optics here in northwest ohio. the fact that this meeting, the fact that theres tours even taking place, what does that tell you? >> well, randy weingard was ...