she now has the endorsement of the national education association and the afp, two big teachers unions. both of them are opposed to school reform efforts, and specifically when it comes to charter school vouchers and the like. and believe me, this is obama administration policies to promote charters schools. so does this mean that hillary clinton is opposing obama and opposing so much in terms of school reform efforts that i think are maybe the civil rights issue of our generation? that s where i would go. i like speaking of obama, he something to say about hillary i think it was 60 minutes about the e-mail scam. i think it was a mistake that she s acknowledged, and as a general proposition, when we re in these offices, we have to be more sensitive and stay as far away from a line as possible when it comes to how we handle
a french magazine says it is publishing caricatures of the prophet muhammad in its edition which comes out today. the french prime minister condemned the publication and called it a catastrophe. john, sunny? the chicago teachers strike is over, clearing the way for hundreds of thousand of students to head back to school this morning. after missing seven days of classes, union delegates voted 98% in favor of reopening schools. elated teachers were cheering, honking horns, and singing solidarity forever. the mayor called the settlement an honest compromise. this contract is a break with past practices and brings a fundamental change that benefits our children. we knew that we were going to have to give up some stuff in order to get some stuff. the standoff was largely based on teacher evaluations and job security. the same two issues at the heart of school reform efforts across the country. the contract still has to be
critical for a lot of democrats. he s weak in that. he s never faced that kind of scrutiny and had that controversy about exaggerating over his war record and she has done a great job driving the anti-war message. a democratic mayor of washington d.c., mayor adrian fenty, facing a strong challenge in today s primary election there. what s going on, major. you got high marks from just about everybody i know that lives in d.c. i talked to. what s going on? i think good morning. i think it s really about a lot of tough decision making that we ve made, that you guys are very familiar with our school reform efforts. when you make an omelet, you will break some eggs. we ve done probably more school reform in 3 1/2 years than most jurisdictions have ever done. special interests aren t happy about it. it s the right thing to do.
wholeheartedly endorsed that. harkin couldn t get republican votes the senate passed the bill without that provision. in the house, representative said maybe if i cut the amount, i can bring some republicans onboard and find some offsets. he targeted some school reforms the white house cares about. paul: why would he do that? [ talking over each other ] they are lacking somewhat. the idea this is the only place you can find to cut money in education is in school reform efforts like race to the top funds that give money to states charter school expansion money, ridiculous. i can think of a few reasons why. let s try to be as cynical as we can. reforms don t make campaign contributions. teachers unions do. sure. in the 20 years before 2009, before public unions,