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People that ensignty visz behavior and you get paid based on outcome. i believe in 20th century standards we can find a better way to pay our teachers. >> we know better teachers in schools run by principals with mow autonomy create more effective learning environment. >> period. >> period. >> hold them accountable for results. crazy in places like newark, takes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fire a teacher. we cannot vilify any group. teachers as a whole, even those performing in lower per...

His principal. >> your cell phones are supposed to be where? in your locker, not in class. >> reporter: class is exactly where they end up. even in schools that ban cell phone use, nearly 60% of all students admit texting during class, a growing problem in schools across the country. >> why are you so addicted to this technology? >> reporter: students risk being suspended if the phone is confiscated more than once. 200 kids have had their phones taken away. >> students need to be fully engaged i...

Everything from statutory rape, the football player that she dated i guess is involved in one of those charges, another young man is also charged with that, and then the girls, the teenage girls, who apparently were the ones who caused all of this harassment and all of this pain for this girl, four of them are facing civil rights charges. what do you think of the charges and how apartment they are for what they think happened here? >> actually, i think the charging in this case is spot on, its a...

Rounds with a lot of daily, hourly practice. some of the best firearms instructions in the world. >> the president and his daughter both talking about highly capable people who could use a gun like this or any gun, period, to protect their students. do you think that training is going to be possible for enough teachers across the country to make it a truly effective deterrent? >> no. i think its a really bad idea. a classroom is a place of learning. its a place where students come to learn from ...

Expression that school administrators disagree with. none of this has anything to do with education of course its a political indoctrination of stunned by force and theyre not even trying to hide it. in january, the district took a stand for illegal immigration they sent an email letting parents know that montgomery county remains a welcoming learning environment for all students regardless of immigration status. teachers will do nothing to report illegal immigrants. you would think that somewhe...

Says his kkk claim was false. but who cares? when hate becomes a hoax, divisive deseptemberors just say, its happening somewhere. its just like the preschool case, except these arent babies, but students who wish to be treated like babies. thousands in afghanistan protest the isis beheading of a little girl. thats real horror. while our kids fret over mean words. i wrote a book on it called the joy of hate, the banning of speakers, the rise of safe spaces, driven by the notion that speech is som...

America. this didnt just materialize on campus, its been building for a while. i hesitate to criticize her. she seems very sincere and earnest. and i dont know where society failed her. >> i would never hire somebody who said that. >> absolutely not. >> when she says shes in an unsafe learning environment and you compare that to what girls in afghanistan have to go through. to be allowed to go to school. i dont know what, what i dont understand is i dont understand what theyre looking for. >> at...

Diversity and inclusion, saying, "it might make a space that is unsafe for students, even moron safe. we have also seen national attention this week on a similar debate at yale where a administrators are trying to convince angry young people at yale that the exchange of ideas, defensive or not, is the foundation of higher learning, not to mention the first amendment. students were told this week to call campus police if they heard offensive peach or insulting speech, the vice president of the st...

Chant was widely known at this frat leadership conference? >> so im not surprised. im really disappointed that this is going on but not surprised at all. this is a problem that this doesnt only impact campuses and colleges around the country, but it impacts many parts of our nation, unfortunately. >> jason, the schools president in his letter he also says and im quoting from the letter this matter cannot be closed in our view. however, until the culture at the national level has been -- has also...

>> what is innovation mean? it means to do something new. that means you have to practice you havent done somethi-- you done before so we create a learning environment. >> that learning starts on day one when someone joins the wet team. every employee goes through an intense two-week program. no matter if youre startings a reception or head of the robotics team during the two weeks you rotate through every stage of development. from the model shop to fountain maintenance to the machine shop, not...