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Respectable union representative, you come here and say, well, thats not fair. americans would have a tough time understanding that, or would understand it better if back in 2006 you had done your due diligence and gotten rid of some bad apples. >> actually, i was not in washington, d.c. at that point. i was in new york city, and we in 2004 asked to police our own profession because we also didnt like the kind of system that had these kind of drive-by evaluations. we all agree that the evaluatio...

Missing men is going on right now. we are all on top of that story. we will keep an eye on it for you. a suspected u.s. drone attack in pakistan has killed 16 alleged militants supporting the pakistani regime. also, washington, d.c., 241 teachers are waking up without a job. the schools chancellor says almost all of these teachers have been fired for poor performance. few are being let go for licensing issues. the teachers union says they were judged under a flawed evaluation system and is pla...

Two contradicting reports regarding zsa zsa gabors health. her husband, prince van holt says shes in critical condition. but her daughter claims shes adjusting to medication and not in a coma. she broke her hip falling out of bed and had hip reemployment surgery. >> the washington public school district fired teachers after poor reviews after the evaluation system. another 700 have a year to shape up or they, too, will get the ax. parents say theyre very concerned. >> and all the teachers-- >> w...

We should continue to employ that teacher and continue to put children in that teachers classroom when in fact the data shows that theyre not able to move student achievement levels. >> i guess obviously at the heart of this question is what data actually shows that. let me read to you the way "the washington post" summarized the teacher complaints about the system. they say its overly complex and dependent on unreliable stas tis kl methodology to certain teachers. >> if you look at the way that...

Perennial issues that have plagued school districts to date in collective bargaining agree agreements. those are tenure, lockstep pay and seniority. this contract addresses all of those by ensuring that we do not have a system that has teaching as a job for life regardless of performance, that teachers are recognized and rewarded for the incredible work that theyre doing, and that we look at the quality of the teachers and not just how long theyve been in the system. >> but how are you going to ...

Other people think that just isnt fair, because students have test score problems for reasons other than the quality of the teacher. >> yes, sir. weve had a very rich and robust growth -- measurement of student growth in tennessee for a number of years, and so what weve done now is to take that measure of student growth. weve been able to actually employ that into -- or deploy that into the teacher evaluation system, were building out a new evaluation system that takes into consideration not jus...

Teachers. >> why dont we just get rid of tenure, seriously? >> campbell, this is not about union contracts or not. frankly, there is a lot of places where schools are not as good as they should be where you dont have union contracts, and in places where schools are the best, like in maryland, you have union contracts. >> address evans specific points, though, tucked. >> the issue really is we dont have a good evaluation system. if you look at principals, principals have recently said, about 85% ...

Because the overwhelming majority of teachers, whether union, non-union, doesnt make any difference. i think theyre heroes and theyre doing their very best, sometimes in most trying circumstances. particularly in many, many high-poverty districts. >> how do you -- that said, how do you keep teachers motivated when theyre come in there and facing these -- you cant ask anybody to take on what were asking them to take on. >> well, with that said and done, i think you need to do two things when it c...

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