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Teachers credit for moving kids up. they get credit moving them to or above grade level. the teacher -- because of their position, the obama administration as well too often puts priority on not how well the student is doing, value added or just objective outcomes, what theyre putting an emphasis on, how long the teacher has been in the classroom. for example, going back to the job fund, last in, first out policies and instead of safing, all right, ive have a teacher moving children up a grade o...

Did that was terrific is it created a new atmosphere of transparency around american schooling. before no child left behind, there were any number of states when you simply could not find out how well children were doing when it came to reading or mathematics in elementary or middle school. >> i think its important to point out that three out of 10 of our students, shep, do not graduate high school. >> we are talking about 10 states who got out of these requirements. thats not to say others dont...

A former secretary of education under the reagan administration and a professor at nyu stein hart of education. is a public school education enough to prepare a student for an engineering course of study? are we giving the tools to get that job? >> some public school educations are and many others arent. it all depends. if youre at the academies in phoenix youre going to be ready. in harlem at the harlem promise academy or harlem village academy or kip schools across the country youre probably g...

A ground breaking battle is underway that could have widespread impact on your childs education because it strikes a the core of a long standing debate over teacher competency and teacher tenure, ground zero is washington, d.c., where just today, 241 teachers whose students had poor test results got the ax and there could be more. teacher unions are furious. joining us is the woman at the center of this catastrophe, d.c.s school chancellor michelle reid. thank you very much for joining us. first...

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