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And the school districts. the nua says those students performance has improved in the class room and theyre sponsoring forpal research to confirm that. >> teachers should know that they should keep on trying and keep teaching the kids no matter what. >> steve perry, bridgeport, connecticut. >> we take an in depth look at school systems across the country. tune in for "dont fail me, education in america." its judgment day, or is it? an expert weighs in on the dooms day prediction made popular b...

this hour, this moment i came to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> her main cain there. mitt romney meantime is in south carolina focusing on jobs and the economy, also a hopeful for the presidency. its his first visit to the state since gearing up his political machine for possible presidential run in 2012. so far the former massachusetts governors candidacy is undeclared. peter hand by is at the event and joins us on the phone from suburban columb...

Inaugerated as hahaitis new president. it was a stark reminder of the challenges facing haiti after last years earthquake. and more than 1 hl people fleeing libya and tunisia arrived last night in lampedusl. people have fled the unrest in africa since february. and people were wounded in the protests in yemen. several others saw protests but those were largely peaceful. a controversial school policy called tracking in this country has sparked some heated debate. supporters say it makes sen...

a re-sounding success. watch or dvr inside the mission, getting bin laden tonight, 8:00 eastern time. topping our news at this hour, louisianas morganza spillway is opening. its expecting to begin burdening the waters away from new orleans and baton rouge. while many homes will be protected, the homes and farms of 2500 people will be expected to be flooded. >> an arrest warrant may be issued for moammar gadhafi. an international close to the courts cells cnn to expect a formal announ...

Hours ahead. were hearing new reports of a new explosion at a nuclear reactor in japan. the tokyo electric company said they did not believe any additional evacuations are necessary. and well check in with cnns wolf blitzer whats traveling to the middle east with secretary of state hillary clinton. as we keep our eye on the devastation in japan, japanese officials estimate almost a half million people are living in shelters. >> reporter: there are so many victims in this tsunami, this is just ...

Something odd when he started going to class, there were no flags in the classroom. nobody ever said the pledge of allegiance. well, sean decided to get the flags and put them in the class room to have the students recite pledge of allegiance again. seems like a pretty benign request for me, but not in massachusetts. no, no, no. its been this way now for years. hes been working to change that for three years. its a very controversial fight, getting the american flags into classrooms. i can see w...

Something odd when he started going to class, there were no flags in the classroom. nobody ever said the pledge of allegiance. well, sean decided to get the flags and put them in the class room to have the students recite pledge of allegiance again. seems like a pretty benign request for me, but not in massachusetts. no, no, no. its been this way now for years. hes been working to change that for three years. its a very controversial fight, getting the american flags into classrooms. i can see w...

Teachers unions in the national push to revamp schools. the move to tie tenure to student performance. lets bring in kate walsh, president on the national council on teacher quality whos for the changes and make your best case for us, why does this need to happen? >> were responding to years of allowing teachers to hold their jobs without any attention to whether or not they were effective in the classroom. so this is a response that was very much needed and very much sought after, the fact that...

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