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Virginia schools are some of the best performing schools in the country, not only pre-k 12 schools, but also our higher ed institutions. most governors if they could do it in a secret ballot would trade their education systems for virginia. terry mcauliffe, great education governor, investing in education, expanding early childhood education. childhood nutrition, better funding for community colleges. a lot of people move to virginia because the public schools are very very high quality. that do...

Normative fights in democracy. what do kids learn? but, i cant really find anything else about what exactly a glenn youngkin gubernatorial administration would look like in the state of virginia. other than this sort of coating on, defund the police or security or whatever. >> well, i think youre right chris. and virginia folders are in danger. -- because he is in putting up anything about what he wants to do is governor, he wants to use these cultural issues. im sure i got a lot of virginias wa...

0 tonight on all in. you endorsed youngkin? >> and i didnt uncle. i did i endorsed him strongly. >> the slow motion coup in progress and the last two investigations ongoing are tomorrows vote in virginia is anything but normal. then, -- >> on december 17th the fbi gets a tipster call that warrants them that theres chatter on these extremists site thats pro donald trump. and they are saying lets kill these cops around congress on january. six >> blockbusters washington post -- tonight my exclusiv...

Financial crisis. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 8 in cleveland as u.s. customs and border protection officers seize thousands of fake vaccine cards and pfizer inoculation stickers in cincinnati. officials say counterfeit cards have a fake cdc logo and come from shipments originating in china. officers noticed misspellings that helped identify them as fake. and this is a live look at chicago from fox 32. our affiliate there. one of the...

Only 10% of a schools budget comes from the federal budget. its up to districts and states to stem the inequity. another thing they do really well in shanghai is they have sister programs so the higher performing schools take on a lesser performing school and take over the management to elevate it. >> you also talk about the respect the teachers had in the societies. now, thats something the government i suppose cant really do. teachers could be paid more, which i think is one of the tragedies i...

Protesting a state plan that they say would lead to resegregating public schools in little rock. 62 years after the district was integrated. cnns victor blackwell has more. >> reporter: outside of little rock central high school where nine african-american students desegregated the then all-white school six decades ago, parents, students and teachers are calling on the state to kill a proposal they fear will lead to a new era of school segregation. the state has controlled the little rock school...

Right? if you dont have the kid around lead, theyre not going to have their brain irreparably harmed. its simple. we very this thing in the philadelphia we call it the philly shrug yeah kids are getting lead poisons. nobody seems to realize this impact them. the fact its all i dont have the schools is criminal. >> one of the most frightening parts of their investigation was the dangerous levels of lead and asbestos found in philadelphia schools. and look, the kids in philly are already exposed t...

Its one of the worst performing schools in the philadelphia school system. this is chelsea. these a fifth grader at cassidy. so do you play on these playgrounds? >> the little kids do, yeah. >> do you play over there? >> yeah. >> wendy and barbaras investigation uncovered alarming amounts of asbestos dust throughout the school. >> its got to go beyond the status quo because this is a public health crisis. >> sharon bryant, a teacher with over 25 years of experience, has taught at cassidy. last y...

>> one more thing before we go, day two of the teachers strike in the denver public school system and talks have resumed to end the impasse over teacher pay and bonuses. they want to lower bonuses district-wide to free up moan for better salaries overall. as it stands now, the district hands out larger bonuses to teacher who is work in high poverty and high priority campuses. the union wants bonuses to reflect a teachers education and training like most school districts across the country. distr...