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We should continue to employ that teacher and continue to put children in that teachers classroom when in fact the data shows that theyre not able to move student achievement levels. >> i guess obviously at the heart of this question is what data actually shows that. let me read to you the way "the washington post" summarized the teacher complaints about the system. they say its overly complex and dependent on unreliable stas tis kl methodology to certain teachers. >> if you look at the way that...

Wind gust would bring. they ordered evacuations, they have been pulling up pipe and other things that they have out there, moving them out of harms way, you can see the venice marina here behind me is full of boats now getting out of the path of bonnie, which by the way is headed this way, should be here this time tomorrow. >> and when do they anticipate that theyll be able to start moving back into location, what will the total delay be? >> reporter: they say after the storm passes, they can ge...

Teachers potentially from elsewhere in the country? >> i think that other superintendents have been incredibly frustrated because their contracts and their sort of bureaucracies lock them into a system where its incredibly hard to get rid of ineffective teachers, in fact when you look at some of the cities that have seen the most progress like new york city and chicago, denver, ma places like that, the number of teachers who are dismissed every year are less than 1%. so youve got tens of thousan...

To be any better. >> we have been implementing the system for the entire year, so we have been preparing for this day and we have known all along that we would have to replace some teachers so we have been running an incredibly aggressive recruitment effort and we just recently passed a new teachers union contract that has in place an incredibly generous raise and a performance pay system that will essentially double the pay of the most effective teachers in washington, d.c. >> is this the contr...

Louisiana is telling the people of louisiana to prepare for a category one. we dont think it will be a category one, but he just wants everyone to be on alert, its already causing problems with the oil, they have had to pick up the booms, theyre moving some of the boats, so it is causing issue. the waves could get as high as 12 feet. but the good news with this system is its moving very fast. though its organized, if it was moving slower, maybe five or six miles an hour, we could have had a majo...

Rated as doing an excellent job. and you just cant have that kind of misalignment in a system. >> and as you know theres been a long standing debate not just no d.c. but all across the country about whether student test scores should be tied to teacher tenure. let me tell you what we just heard from the union, theyre going to contest these firings and they say at the very least, this should have been a one-year pilot program. how would you respond to that. >> the way i would respond is this way ...

A ground breaking battle is underway that could have widespread impact on your childs education because it strikes a the core of a long standing debate over teacher competency and teacher tenure, ground zero is washington, d.c., where just today, 241 teachers whose students had poor test results got the ax and there could be more. teacher unions are furious. joining us is the woman at the center of this catastrophe, d.c.s school chancellor michelle reid. thank you very much for joining us. first...

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