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To put that in somewhat of a perspective, that is an area as large as the united states east of the mississippi, in patrolling that area probably no more than 34 international ships at one time. >> what i hear you saying is that the decision to go ahead and arrest, to detain those two pirate negotiators may have then panicked the other pirates and as a result, they killed those four americans. is that what is under investigation right now? >> reporter: exactly. thats what theyre looking at, wolf...

Anyone. the real issue here is that we havent had a good evaluation system. and my union and others have looked to how do we overhaul an evaluation system and how do we align due process with it. its a false choice to say either no process or cumbersome process. and ultimately if you look at what teachers do, we are responsible for everything in a childs life. now, maybe thats not fair, i dont think it is. but ultimately thats what we try to do in instruction. and its for all kids, not just some...

That in every union meeting you have attended it has always been about salary increases, benefits, the contractual day. we never have a chance to say what we would like to do in our schools to make instruction easier and more beneficial for the kids. >>neil: so kids and their own desires desires and what can hope them, they have never come up in union negotiation at all? >>guest: exactly. this is an example. if my school, i am in a new school which is really an old school, the computers were not...

Around supporters have taken a different tact. what theyve done is, they say if youre an illegal immigrant, if you have attended, graduated from a colorado high school after having attended for three years you can get the interstate tuition rate but you cannot get the college opportunity fund scholarship a state subsidy for your cost of college. it is a direct subsidy, follows every student to college. their argument is, theres no direct subsidy to these particular students. the counter argument...

Different tact. what theyve done is, they say if youre an illegal immigrant, if you have attended, graduated from a colorado high school after having attended for three years you can get the interstate tuition rate but you cannot get the college opportunity fund scholarship a state subsidy for your cost of college. it is a direct subsidy, follows every student to college. their argument is, theres no direct subsidy to these particular students. the counter argument is, the state still provides p...

There are a number of days that are required, 180 days of face to face instruction, a certain number of hours for secondary schools, certain number of minutes for elementary schools. and our contract provides that we have that many days, and we have offered to the school district that were willing to discuss that, like were willing to discuss all the issues, try to come to some resolution on that. >> list tone what governor walker said today. >> first off, i want to begin certainly acknowledging...

I have seen it. it includes not only the address but the cross streets. also includes an instruction that this doctor should get visits at her office or at her home. the doctor described as an unspeakable, horrific murderer that earns blood money for violently slaying the innocent. it lists the address of her office. it says dont ignore her. do provoke her. the supposedly more mainstream anti-abortion movement under the banner of kansasns for life doing all but the same thing. naming the doctor,...

Specific. i have seen it. its not only the address, but the cross streets. it includes an instruction that this doctor should get visits at her office or home. the doctor described as an unspeakable murderer who earns blood money for violently slaying the innocent and lists the address of her office and said dont ignore her. provoke her. the supposedly more mainstream movement under the banner of kansas for life. naming the doctor and calling her practice a killing center and denouncing her as g...

Beliefs to our children freely. we can teach anything that we want. you know? >> according to the national center for education statistics of the estimated 1.5 million students home schooled across the country, 36% of their parents do so for religious reasons. another 21% do it out of concern about the school environment. 17% are not satisfied with the academic instruction available. and 26% do it for a variety of other reasons. >> weve become experimental about the way we offer education to chi...

Bill: more and more parents in the u.s. are taking total control of their kids education. texas is the state where the most homeschooled students in the nation, and kris gutierrez is live in dallas on that. how popular is that in texas. >> reporter: an estimated 1.5 million children are homeschooled across the country and the number is growing. in fact over an 8 year span we learned that homeschooling has grown nationally by roughly 75%. look at the grabbiphic, the com reason why families choose...