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Lets turn to bob shrum democratic strategist and professor at nyu. i want to show you the live shot, rick santorum in fargo, north dakota speaking live. he just said he wants to take state and federal money out of education. now, i didnt know he would say this, my analysis is this guy is going big time radical. bob, what is the strategy, what is happening? >> that is insane, that is not just radical its insane. anybody who is in college, anybody who wants their kid to go to college, anybody who ...

And literacy testing. how do we make sure there are robust science programs, because this is when we have to hook them and not middle school or high school. >> you got applause. >> i am the colorado state teacher of the year, and i am here with my colleagues who are the state teachers of the year, who are on the cutting edge of innovation every single day. its important that we look at the innovation happening inside and outside of the classroom, so as we talk about the students, we are talking ...

Changes in science and technology are a huge part of any readiness gap that exists. thats something they are saying we have to be mindful of as well. and then this one says i am not against students on facebook or twitter, its real world. how can we use it as a tool? to that point we had somebody tweet who said how delighted we were with your teacher on stage that talked about using skype to connect to the student who had leukemia. that was wonderful and got a lot of response for that and want t...

Thats something they are saying we have to be mindful of as well. one more we want to share with you. this one says im not against students on facebook or twitter. its real world. how can we use it as a tool? to that point we had somebody tweet who said how delighted we were with your teacher on stage who talked about using skype to connect to the student who had leukemia. they said they thought that was wonderful. we got a lot of response for that, and they want to see more people doing it. 2,6...

Lily is an elementary schoolteacher and vice president of the national education association. lily, how do you get the most out of school as a parent? >> you know, go up to the schools website, take a look at all of the programs. theres an awful lot thats being offered in public schools right now that nobody knows about. we dont have a big advertising budget. but weve got ap classes, international baca lorrate classes, foreign languages, science programs, afterschool music programs. theres an am...

I think we all worked hard to not use any more than we had to. >> joining me now, director of pe treel yum gee owe science programs at the university of houston. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> i want to ask you what your greatest concern is about all the chemicals used to break up the oil. is it the amount? the kind of toxin? >> the biggest issue is the amount f one of the things that i am a bit puzzled about is the oil is worse than the dispersant but we seem more concerned abou...

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