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Like. and im just thinking for me, ce sesame street was all about in you stories and different kind of folks and part of what developed me as a kid to find stories that i loved and liked. is this an actual attack on this very thing we are looking at here? >> theres been tons of attacks. romney also wants to give the defense department $2 billion more than theyve asked for and yet wants to cut not just big bird but is he taking on national education cuts, no. we are cutting education. we are cutt...

Heater. you know what he forgets when we come home, he pretends to forget and says cold showers, theyre not so bad. ross perot is writing a book called "my book." and class size. >> did romney say class size doesnt matter. >> it didnt seem to me that class size is the key. with president obama winding his lead in ohio and early voting begins there next week, today president obama and mitt romney are crisscrossing that state, making five campaign appearances between them. this is day three ...

Would take to get a kid into cranbrook. >> it helps if your father is a governor and president of american motors. >> and it doesnt matter what the your grades are. at the end of the day its very easy to say it doesnt matter the class size, its all about the teacher. there was a time when tv the conservative position that parents had a responsibility to make sure that their kids were up for school on time, that theyd had breakfast, they were ready to learn. i have heard horror stories coming out...

Teachers in this community that makes them work together rather than be wary of each other? >> well, we know that it wasnt so easy the first year. but that it became pretty clear and we heard this over and over again from the public school teachers we talked to that the charter school it teachers like they were focused on their students and that they werent trying to take over their jobs. they were trying to help them be the best teachers they could be and support them with the tools that they h...

And said, you have a 17% chance of getting better if i swallow this pill, would we go thats all you got? thats charter schools. a stanford study showed 17% actually are those better schools. and we have a lot we can learn from those. were not against charter schools, but the national education association. we want all schools to be as good as the best school. what we -- what concerns us is kind of a bait and switch. lets talk about vouchers or charter schools so we dont have to talk about class ...

No need to get nasty. heres your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. if i have to be here for den days, i will be here for ten days. but at the end of the day, i will be able to sleep better because class size will be reduced and children will be getting all their services. >> teachers are on strike in chicago. the chicago teachers union announced they were heading to the picket line. teachers could not come t...

♪ if i have to be here for ten days, i will be here for ten days. but at the end of the day, i will be able to sleep better because class size will be reduced and children will be getting all their services. >> teachers are on strike in chicago. the chicago teachers union announced they were heading to the picket line. teachers could not come to an agreement with chicago mayor rahm emanuel and officials on a new contract. 26,000 teachers and schools workers are fighting for what? fair teache...

Negotiations there are classes without air-conditioning ant class size. rahm emanuel is clearly not happy. >> because this is a strike of choice. because of how close we are it is a strike that is unnecessary. a oo mayor emanuel says it is unnecessary totally unavoidable and chicago public school kids dont need this. last time there was a strike was in 1987 back then it was mayor harold washington on the hem. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. >> now as promised it is time for yo...

Months of negotiating the union and the school district failed to reach a midnight deadline on a new contract. at issue, everything from pay raises to class size to the role of standardized testing. >> im not an expert on such things, but i would guess teachers going on strike at the beginning of the school year probably not a good pr move for teachers. sorry. sorry. its not going to work out well for them, willie. >> i was in chicago over the weekend. this is a huge story there, obviously. a fr...

When they gets more engaged and want to see a turnaround, they say we dont want your involve there. we have to consist president, and i think the message we want to send is you have to be integrally involved in your childs education, jeb bush made it the centerpiece of his speech. chris christie talked about education. in an article just out about the president, getting out and campaigning more, a number of adeck dots hes talked about are meeting with teachers. theyre frustrated about class size...