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Line against attacks is the wrong thing to do. ed: we want to be fair and give a direct quote. it says selected school districts must reallocate funding to other evidence based and promising practices designed to promote school safety and healthy learning environments, including increase use of school psychologists, social workers and other mental and behavioral health specialists. as you say, deputy, thats fine. lets bring in those elements as well. but when you are on the front lines of this b...

Parents and everyone needs to work together. what is the fix here? >> well, clearly, we have to make sure that we give teachers the resources and the training they need. we have also make sure that the principals are involved and that we are working with social welfare agencies, the local law enforcement. but also parents. everyone has to be brought into the room. because we cannot solve this simply by -- >> is this a conservative problem as jason says? >> you know what? there are so many proble...

Announcements for the fourth anniversary of lets move. >> the first is that were issuing new school wellness guidelines to help build healthier learning environments for our kids. and as part of this effort, well be eliminating advertisements for unhealthy food and beverages in our schools. because i think we can all agree that our classrooms should be healthy place where is kids are no, maam bombarded for ads for junk food. our second announcement focuses on school breakfast. i cannot possibly ...

Who had first suspended him indefinitely without pay but now he has stepped down. theres also new fallout from the controversial relationship involving a california teacher who literally left his family and then moved in with his 18-year-old student. now a state lawmaker is proposing a bill that would make it a felony for any elementary or high school teacher to date any student regardless of their age. abcs nanette miranda has details. >> reporter: their relationship made national headlines. ...

Kids are learning about sustainability and healthy living. >> even if you just go like this and brij, what does it smell like? >> it was a way to create environments for teachers to utilize -- to get kids to learn about the closed food loop psych em, learn about a seed being planted in the ground, nurturing the seed, harvesting, cooking and actually bringing it back to composting and putting back to the earth. something that our urban kids generally arent getting when they go to a local superint...

>> it also absorbs the what? >> the nuttrients. >> reporter: the 4,500 square foot rooftop is part of a program where kids are learning about sustainability and healthy living. >> even if you go like this and breathe, what does it smell like? it smells like mint. >> it was a way to create environments for teachers to utilize to get kids to learn about the closed-food loop cycle. meaning the idea of a seed being planted in the ground, nurturing the seed, growing the fruit of the seed. harvesting....

Lets break these down, because there is so much in there in the first place. there is, often people say, good, bad and ugly. tell me what you think is good, what you think is bad, and what you think just is ugly. >> well, i think the good news is, were closer than we have been in the last decade to investing deeply in a high-quality education. first is challenging and engaging learning environments. second is highly effective teaching in every classroom. and the third is an overall system commit...

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