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American education. >> andrew, the movie focuses on the so-called parent trigger laws which allows parents to sign a petition to essentially take over the school and make dramatic changes if its failing. that sounds like empowering parents. that doesnt sound like a bad thing. i would say that the notion of allowing parents to take control of a school and have more control over the childs education, doesnt also seem like a fundamentally conservative idea to me. >> it isnt necessarily i suppose a ...

Gretch? >> gretchen: thank goodness, brian. fixing failing schools, the main focus of a powerful new movie "wont back down." the film supports the controversial parent trigger law which empowers parents to overtake underperforming schools. >> we are taking back our schools. go out there and fight for something better. >> we have to find a teacher that has the same ideas you do. >> were going to try something new. were going to work a little harder. me included. >> you want to take overt school w...

Teachers with tenure, and now youre seeing more and more democrats saying weve had it too. >> yeah, the fissures starting to emerge on this. megyn: what do they talk about in the film? >> when over 50% of the parents in a failing school by certain metrics vote for a major overhaul that can vote to convert it to a charter school, one usually run by a group outside the traditional system, that can vote to shut down a school, 51% of the parents. they can vote to, basically, sack half the staff, fir...

Books. i know technology is a very sort of hot button issue but we spend a lot of money on computer labs and didnt always get a good return on investment. a great teacher has to be well trained. a great principal has to be well trained. you wouldnt let a doctor in to an operating room without a tremendous amount of training and training at a very, very high level. our teachers deserve that kind of investment. >> im curious about these trigger laws which have been met with controversy. three stat...