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Quickly rolled out. near new york state, what happens is because they were implemented so quickly, they then farmed out curriculum development to different companies, one called common core incorporated, and spent millions of dollars to create what are called modules that most of our teachers find to be unusable. so a lot of the problem, governor, it was done so quickly, and pushed out so quickly, with tests, that the natural unfolding that should happen never occurred. wh we do change in our di...

Iran. >> let me outline the reportedly good things. number one iowa ran has to divert the fuel stocks and lengthening the time it takes for iran to build a bomb. >> it is a red herring. it is like the iran danni gelle a shiny object and they fell for it. if you delawsuit it down to five percent enrichment, the only difference is a couple of weeks between the time it enriches from the lower active grade level. it say nonconcession and a very paradigm of a easily reversible concession in exchange ...

On tests? is that key? >> when i was the d.c., we had a circumstance where only 8% of the children in eighth grade were on grade level in mathematics. when you looked at the performance evaluations of adults in the system, 98% were rated as doing a great job. >> everybody was a genius. >> you have a disconnect. d.c. and tennessee were the two jurisdictions across the country that actually implemented the model first, which said we have to link how well students are doing, how much theyre growing...

There were five during the course of the year. some that were done by the principal and some done by master educators, experts in their subject area and grade level. and then we also looked at things like contributions to school community and how the school overall was doing. it looked through multiple lens at how effective a teacher is. it was much, much more sort of comprehensive than any kind of teacher evaluation system that had been in place before. >> michelle, some of your critics say its...

Kids were on grade level there was something odd about how the teachers were ranked. >> when i looked at the performance evaluation of how the adults doing. >> how good are the teachers doing. >> right. i found that 95% of the adults were being rated as doing great job. so how can you have a system where all the workers are thinking were doing great job, you know, a great job for our kids whabld were producing for them is 8% success? >> she visited schools and saw empty classrooms. >> i walk int...

You can do it! >> oprah thinks this woman can fix it. >> thank you, michelle. im rooting for you. >> michelle is michelle reid. >> michelle reid an acting chancellor. >> five years ago the mayor picked her to manage the d.c. schools. >> you had never run a school system before. >> i had never run a school before and that why people thought that adrian was nuts. a 37-year-old girl from toledo, ohio. >> and a people said what? who? people said he has lost his mind. >> her friends said she had lost...

We know levons progress in math and reading is a direct consequence of this support that weve given him academically. >> and chamar? >> his math was 88%, so hes well above grade level. chamar is now reading at a beginning fourth grade level and hes returning to mastery and his mom finally got a job. >> im not pulling my hair out trying to figure it out. >> as for brendon montgomery -- >> i would say its been pretty successful academically. >> whats the first thing were going to do? we have to fo...

The citys district schools. if you were to shine a light on the few schools that are doing really well, eric mahmouds school would be one of those. why not say whatever it is hes doing, lets do more of that. >> by what standard is he doing well? >> a standard by which most schools are judged, proficiency on reading and math tests. >> the problem is those tests are flawed to begin with. the idea that we are measuring with these standardized test is part of the problem. >> if i look at bethune acr...

This attempt at a pin gets him five points, the win, and the second place trophy. >> lets get a picture. >> as the school year winds down, its clear levon had wins in the classroom, too. he grew from the bottom one percentile in math to the 31st percentile. >> whats the rule? >> amazing growth, but still below the 50th percentile, which is average. in reading, sessions two times a day. >> you already know it? good job. >> hes about at the beginning of 2nd grade level. >> is he going to be up to ...

>> hes still well below grade level, but just the improvement and the ability for him to sound out words is very important. we keep the standards where they are and we just try to push him. >> do you worry about him going to 3rd grade? >> yes. 3rd grade is when they start state assessments. >> do you think levon is going to be promoted to 3rd grade or will he be held back? >> were looking at that. >> it matters because 3rd graders not on grade level are more likely to become dropouts. >> mastery...